Compare and Contrast Palaces

In Vienna and London we visited the Schönbrunn, Hofburg and Kew. Schönbrunn was the summer home for the Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Sisi of Austria. The extravagant home is only 6 kilometer away from their main palace, Hofburg, which about a 20 minute train ride. During Franz Joseph rule they would have been traveling by horse and carriage so it would have taken  significantly longer. Franz rooms were right next to each other for easy access. His office, bedroom and waiting area were all connected together. The entire palace had very few hallways, but they had doors connected to other rooms. He would work sixteen hours days with little time to spend with his wife. Sisi's would describe her rooms as a prison since she was only given few narrow rooms out of the entire palace.The walls were a few meters thick allowing servants to travel unseen throughout the palaces. This palace was isolated from the rest of tightly packed Vienna. While the Hofburg was the headquarters of the Empire in the heart of Vienna. Franz had a giant statue of himself to show the power he had in his home. He had a plentiful amount of portraits of the love of his life Sisi. Sisi had more rooms and space in the Vienna palace than she did in the summer house. In the Schönbrunn, she had about three rooms but in her home in Hofburg she had several larger bedrooms plus, sitting room, work-out room and more. There was a hallway separating the rooms between Franz and Sisi which in my opinion made them more separated. They even had to make appointments to eat breakfast together. These two palaces are located in Vienna and are quite different from Kew located in London, England. 
Kew was the home for King Geroge III and his family. The main difference I notice was there was no grand elegant palace. He built a large house for him and his family to escape the world of politics. Another difference would be the gardens at the two palaces in Vienna were more man made and gravel paths while Kew was much larger and had trees and flowers growing everywhere.