Australian couple's Tasmanian castle still unfinished 22 years on

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Christina Kent and Francis Shepherd put off their wedding to build a fairytale castle in Tasmania, and they are still working on it more than two decades later. The 27-room Castle Phoenix, which rises 17 metres, has taken around 100,000 bricks to construct so far. Financial and health difficulties have slowed progress, and only three of its eight turrets are finished. As a result, the couple's wedding remains on hold.

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