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LONDON — Kensington Palace will stage its largest exhibition yet in April with a show called “Crown to Couture” that pulls parallels between the red carpet fashion of today and the lavish royal court dress of 18th-century England. The show will open on April 5 with greater than 200 objects on display within the State Apartments. The show will concentrate on how the wealthy and privileged in each centuries prepared for giant events; the sartorial decisions they made, and the way they dressed to attract attention to themselves. Historic Royal Palaces, the charity that oversees the parts of Kensington Palace open to the general public, has tapped the Emmy award-winning production designer Joseph Bennett, who can be known for working on Alexander...