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Taking the tour of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea seemed like the lamest idea my parents could have ever come up with. Especially, when we stepped out side of one of the Chelsea Hotels we were greeted by rain. But, my parents wouldn’t let me just go back inside and go up to our hotel room where it’s nice, warm and dry. I did my best to act all bratty and pouty but none of it got me out of the tour.

During the soggy tour we were informed that the Royal Borough is situated in West London and is surrounded by the City of Westminster to the east, by the London boroughs of Hammershith and Fulham to the west and by the London borough of Brent to the north. I can’t tell you just how bored I was, and not waiting on the edge of my seat to hear who surrounded the Royal Borough to the south, and I didn’t really care. My parents were taking notes! Please.

My ears did prick up when they mentioned that The Borough is internationally recognised as a shopping destination. It also is a host to world renown arts, parks and outdoor spaces. Shopping, shopping, shopping. I looked over at my parents with a face saying ‘let’s shop’!  They acted like I did about this tour, like they couldn’t care less about the shopping. My interest waned again as the tour droned on about how the Borough is a Borough of extremes with some of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in all of England as well as some of the most deprived. North Kensington and parts of Earl’s Court has a high rate of low income people, high unemployment and poor health.

Just over 22 percent of the residents belong to the black and the minority groups. Once again, my ears pricked up, sounds like good food, good night clubs and cute boys. Sounds like a place where the upper class young will go to get away from all the stuffy ways to just hang and chillout with the cool people. I again, looked over at my parents with a look of ‘let’s check out the poor areas’, they again gave me a look that their not interested. Why am I on this tour?