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You may have seen the three or four phone photos of a few years ago Durham, where the Cambridge family were unloading their car on Easter Sunday. Those also show a bit of the area. I’ve blown up the one photo I took and will re-post it here. The guides are everywhere about the castle and...

If you would like to travel Osipi, I hope you get to do so. I’ve seen castles and palaces in Brazil, China, Russia, Scandinavia, Turkey, France, Germany, all over the British Isles. And most of those in only the last six years. And despite some health issues - bad bones, and only ever earning...

A few last photos of this garden ... though the whole castle is amazing of course. And each part is quite different to other parts.

And some more photos I took of this area -

The view over the landscape when you turn away from the garden and look outside the castle walls - some more of my photos of this area from 2014.

The garden was open to the public in 2014 when I was there. I have photos I took of it in this thread - page 6, posts 112 and 113. I think it must mean people can now walk within this garden itself, rather than around it, around the edge of it. A very quiet area of the castle without the...

Face-timing while taking a bath was the big one for me muriel. That and Harry and Meghan not nibbling their nibbles on their first date. Who would notice that, the wait staff? Don’t think so, even if you recognised Prince Harry. Not reaching for the pretzels, or throwing back a few peanuts...

It is a compliment to the Sussexes, Curryong. I don’t know about any anti Ms Latham chatter on Social Media, I basically stick to a quick flip through the Daily Mail. It really struck me when I saw that snippet up-thread, that the Sussexes had some true-believers supporting them. To be...

I didn't know about them at all HereditaryPrincess - I even missed the official visit the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did a few years ago. What a delight it's been to find out about them these last few days. I even came across some of newspaper photos of a very young, very pregnant Diana...

They threw so much away Denville - and so quickly. And they had some amazing support. Someone posted a few days ago - it may have been you Betsypaige, sorry if it was another contributor - about how Sara Latham was willing to move her life to somewhere in Africa to be with them. (When that...

It was fantastic when they were here in Sydney Hallo girl - a really wonderful time, everything positive and upbeat. Who could have imagined we'd be where we are now. And goodness knows what may yet spill out of "FInding Freedom". This is going to blow up all over again when the full book is...

Your last paragraph Heavs - this is the big thing. Why relate all these little slights, why let the cat out of the bag over these nothings. Why put these things in a book and have the book say, this is why we ran away to a better life.

I agree caethi, the personalities/temperaments of both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have played a big, big part in what has happened. Other people - in the same situation - could have achieved a totally different outcome than the couple have for themselves.

Thanks to "The TImes"/"The Sunday Times" we have this quote from "Finding Freedom". "Every conversation, every issue, every personal disagreement, whatever it may be, involves staff" - a quote from a source. If that is so, particularly "every personal disagreement", no wonder things leaked...

Yes, princessskw, one of the best books for insight into this aristocratic world, and inspiring at the same time. Agree, Leopoldine has given a great review. Wonderful book.

I agree with you Betsypaige. I'm glad Kate stood up for a staff member when Meghan got out of line and that the Queen stood up for another staff member when Harry got out of line. Good to know the staff are taken care of by the Royals. It was a friend of the Sussexes being quoted as saying...

Me too Susan D. Dolphin House seems to be ideally situated, smack-bang in the narrow part of the island between Old Grimsby and New Grimsby. There seem to be many Facebook accounts for the Scillys, but this one looks very good as there are lots of videos of different aspects of the islands as...

Really glad to see the Royal Family defending Ms Kelly ... "But last night a Royal source pointedly said: 'The book's version of what happened would not be everyone else's recollection of events and certainly not those who were close to it'". A friend of the Susseses says the hairdresser had...

Now revealed that the Cambridge family spent their week's holiday in the Scilly Isles staying at Prince Charle's house on Tresco. A photo of the six-bedromm "Dolphin House" is in the article by Emily Andrews linked below. Sounds wonderful - Tresco is a car-free island. "Dolphin House" is a...

The Cambridge family are being reported as using a water-taxi to go dolphin and bird watching on their Scilly Islands holiday. And although the Duke and Duchess were spotted cycling on Tresco island on Thursday, it is believed they may have actually been staying on nearby Bryher island, and...

Thanks Iluvbertie. That actually sounds very good, a good ring to it. (And something unique for Kate.) A very nice article about the Isles of Scilly - just out, following news of the Cambridge's staycation. https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/off-the-beaten-track-the-isles-of-scilly/

True muriel. Will be strange when the titles change. Though I don't think it will be too hard to get used to them being the Prince and Princess of Wales when it happens, it will seem a little strange for a while that the Duchess of Cornwall will be Kate - after so many years now of Camilla.

Now this is something I am envious of - have just been checking out Tresco on Google Earth. Thanks Iluvberite. Great all the connections the Cambridges are building with that part of the realm. Lovely, laid-back looking place. Not the 21st century, and that's what's so charming.

Would be amazing to have the future King and Queen cycle past you and say hello. What a story to take home to family and friends from a holiday muriel.

Sustainable travel Cambridge style - "They were keen to support our travel industry". The Duke, Duchess and children have been holidaying on the Isles of Scilly. William and Kate laughing as they rode bikes on Tresco. No photos...