Bagshot Park, a Grade II-listed mansion given to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by Queen Elizabeth II, is a luxurious estate with 120 rooms, a private lake, stables, and 51 acres of land. The couple rents the property from the Crown Estate for £90,000 per year and has renewed the lease for another 150 years.
They may not live in a castle or royal palace, but the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s family home at Bagshot Park in Surrey is far from modest. The Grade II- listed mansion was given to the couple by Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate their 1999 wedding, and they are now said to rent it from the Crown Estate for a whopping £90,000 per year.
The house is reportedly worth around £30m in today’s money, and royal biographer Ingrid Seward tells us, “It’s got 120 rooms, a private lake and stables, and there are 51 acres of land. Edward and Sophie have renewed the lease from the Crown Estate for another 150 years, so it’s obviously their forever home.” Located 11 miles south of Windsor and lying within the designated area of Windsor Great Park, the ultra-secluded property was constructed in 1879, following the demolition of several existing lodges on the site. It was built for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Official records from that time show there were 26 servants living in the main house, as well as four valets, a cook, three footmen and at least nine maids. During his period of occupancy, Prince Arthur was known to have ordered a painstaking installation of Indian-style wooden panels in what was then a billiards room. It apparently took two years to finish, and the two men who completed the work were said to have stayed in a tent in the grounds. Now seemingly used as a reception area, the same room was visible in public video calls made by Sophie and Edward during the pandemic. Featuring a striking red brick exterior with Tudor gothic stone, other royals to have inhabited Bagshot Park in generations gone by include the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV, who lived there until 1816. King George III’s nephew and son-in-law, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester also lived there until his death in 183
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