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Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India Set on Jag Niwas island in Rajasthan’s Lake Pichola, Taj Lake Palace has been called the most romantic hotel in the world. Guests are transported by private boat to the majestic 18th-century, white-marble palace, where 83 lavishly appointed suites and rooms encircle a lush garden courtyard. The arduous business of being checked in concluded, an urgent dilemma asserts itself: yoga on the rooftop or a cocktail, served by a palace butler, beside the pool?
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The pain killers
Alexander Gavrylyuk
Chelsea Handler’s lush life
Mr Nice Guy?
BY STEPHANIE WOOD
BY SUSAN CHENERY
BY CHRISSY ILEY
BY PETER WILSON
The use of prescription opioids to relieve chronic pain has failed. Patients are suffering but doctors have been slow to understand their plight. p10
For Ukrainian-born pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, the nine years he spent in Australia from age 13 were a vital part of his artistic development. p14
The US comedian dubbed the new Joan Rivers has turned her failed romances into comedy gold, and now fronts a new Netflix series. p16
He has “emotionally destroyed” players, but will England’s new rugby coach, our own Eddie Jones, achieve the unthinkable against Australia? p 2 0
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