I was shicked I could rub it, scratch it, touch it, and all there was, was a red rope around it, not steel bars!
Race, back in 1954, my Granddad gave me a bunch of old books with grainy photo's, it was a series, that he got somewhere, he had broad interests, hooked me on history and archeology.
A visit to the British Museum is astonishing because of the myriad of treasures it contains but also how close you can come to them.
Same is true of the tour of Windsor Castle.