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Royal Musings
This is outstanding. Thank you very much for finding & posting it.
Fantastic research presented on this website!
Royal Musings
Well; I'd looked through the earlier parts of the thread so clearly missed that. As often I'm now a little embarrassed at making such an obvious mistake!
Thanks for posting.
I've seen some grumbling about the fact that the government (aka people) are having to pay for the renovations (aside from the furnishings) ...I've been surprised there haven't been articles about it yet. Some comments made that they should be having to contribute to all the costs.
LaRae
...And again the stupid story of moving to create distance between the families. I especially found the part about it being “rare for a member of the Royal family as important as Harry not to have a London base.” Umm, he’s only as important as Anne, Andrew and Edward-none of them have London bases.
Errr...that assertion is simply not true!
Andrew and Edward do in fact have “London bases”. They each have apartments in BP. Princess Anne has an apartment at St James’s Palace.
There’s also the fact all three that you mentioned, just like other senior working royals of the family, either have/live in mansions or palaces as official residence. That won’t be the case with Harry & his wife once they move to begin life with their baby in the home granted them by the queen as official residence, Frogmore Cottage.
So you are actually quite wrong
They have never said the Sussexes are giving up Nott Cott so if they keep that, they will still have a London space. That’s all the Queen’s 3 younger children have-small apartments for brief overnight or short stays—not London bases. The London apartments in BP and St James are not their “official residences.” Their official residences are Gatcombe, Royal Lodge and Bagshot.
They have never said the Sussexes are giving up Nott Cott so if they keep that, they will still have a London space. That’s all the Queen’s 3 younger children have-small apartments for brief overnight or short stays—not London bases. The London apartments in BP and St James are not their “official residences.” Their official residences are Gatcombe, Royal Lodge and Bagshot.
Trek? It's a one hour drive at the most. Many people I know have a longer commute than that to get to work or school every morning.Yes, but their children are older- at least old enough for boarding schools.
It won't be easy for the Sussexes to trek back and forth with a baby, and we've already mentioned that Nott Cott isn't large enough to accommodate the baby and nanny.
Yep I agree with you.Yes, but their children are older- at least old enough for boarding schools.
It won't be easy for the Sussexes to trek back and forth with a baby, and we've already mentioned that Nott Cott isn't large enough to accommodate the baby and nanny.
Yes, but their children are older- at least old enough for boarding schools.
It won't be easy for the Sussexes to trek back and forth with a baby, and we've already mentioned that Nott Cott isn't large enough to accommodate the baby and nanny.
You stated that Anne, Andrew and Edward had no London base, and you were categorically wrong.
I never mentioned h/m retaining NC either way, and it’s NOT spacious enough for a visiting growing family. In any case Frogmore Cottage has been announced as the couple’s official residence.
It is we who think there must be endless grandeur for Harry from sunrise to sunset.
Today, the queen gets around a quarter of the revenues and the rest goes to paying for eg parliament's work, the upkeep of Westminster palace, payment for the people who work for the MPs etc. So instead of costing the taxpayer money, the queen pays through the Crown Estate for things that the taxpayer should normally pay for.
Richard has apparently long been told that CH will be Harry's abode in the fullness of time (something I don't believe will happen, incidentally.) However, when he questioned people at KP about the Sussex tenure at Frogmore Cottage he kept being told they were there 'for the foreseeable future', a response that they stuck to.
Now, with the news that the Gloucesters old apartment at 1a is to be thoroughly renovated, I'm wondering who the next tenants are going to be. Is this apartment earmarked for H+M in the future, maybe when their children are of school age?
Has anyone even thought that the work to the properties may be simply because they need them? Its not preparing for a game of musical residences but rather ensuring that the properties that do exist remain in good shape for generations to come.
Isn't Apartment 1A the residence of the Cambridges though? I thought that was all taken care of before the Cambridges moved in. The Sovereign Grant paid for the repairs necessary for the structure of the building itself but it was William and Kate (with Charles' help) that paid for the interior work making it a family home.
That was just media guessing.
LaRae