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Revealed: Prince Charles’s secret property deals 
– including £38 million industrial carbuncle

see also below – The secrets of Prince Charles’ homes and properties

Exclusive: Duchy estate bought Milton Keynes 
supermarket depot despite his famously forthright 
views on preserving traditional architecture and countryside

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Cahal Milmo @cahalmilmo – Saturday 15 June 2013

Revealed: Prince Charles’s secret property deals 
– including £38 million industrial carbuncle

The Prince bought the sprawling grey warehouse 
complex in Milton Keynes from an Anglo-Indian 
property fund, The Independent has established

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Prince Charles, renowned for his aversion to 
“monstrous carbuncle” buildings, has spent £38m 
on an industrial depot in Milton Keynes as part 
of a £102m series of confidential property deals, 
The Independent can reveal. The purchase of the 
vast supermarket warehouse through his estate – 
one of the single largest acquisitions by the 
Duchy of Cornwall in its 670-year history – was 
completed 18 months ago but has been kept from being made public.

A recent judicial ruling declared the Duchy to be 
a “public body” potentially liable to freedom of information rules.

But Clarence House has repeatedly refused to 
disclose any details of the expensive acquisition 
due to what the Prince’s officials said was the Duchy’s “private” status.

The Prince bought the sprawling grey warehouse 
complex in Milton Keynes from an Anglo-Indian 
property fund, The Independent has established. 
His tenants are Waitrose, who are using the depot 
as a lorry distribution hub. The deal offers a 
glimpse into the hard-nosed business ethos of the 
Duchy, established in the 14th century to provide 
an income for the Prince of Wales and his heirs, 
as well as the multiple layers of confidentiality 
and opaque procedure that govern the Prince’s commercial dealings.

Under an arrangement which is now being 
scrutinised by MPs, the Duchy is exempt from 
capital gains and corporation tax, saving it 
millions of pounds a year. Charles voluntarily pays income tax.

An investigation by The Independent has revealed 
that the Duchy, which is one of Britain’s largest 
private estates and owns more than 50,000 
hectares of land, conducted property transactions 
worth at least £102m between 2009 and last December.

Any sale or purchase by the Prince worth more 
than £500,000 must be approved by the Treasury.

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The Duchy’s holdings of land and property form 
the bulk of its assets, worth £693m, and stretch 
across 23 counties, including most of the Scilly 
Isles, Dartmoor Prison, the Oval cricket ground 
in central London, a Holiday Inn in Reading and 
the Prince’s private homes such as Highgrove. To 
this extensive list has now been added property 
title BM191066, otherwise known as the Waitrose 
distribution centre in Brinklow, Milton Keynes, 
whose new owners are listed by the Land Registry 
as “His Royal Highness Charles Philip Arthur 
George, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and 
Rothesay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of 
Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of 
Scotland”, and the Duchy. The sale price was £38,385,500.

Like all other significant Duchy transactions, 
the deal in November 2011 with Indian property 
fund Meghraj Properties had to be approved by the 
Lord Commissioners of the Treasury, an ancient post held by Government whips.

The depot, built in 1993 to withstand 20 million 
lorry journeys over its lifetime, sits awkwardly 
with the heir to the throne’s well-publicised 
love of traditional architecture along with his 
emphasis on rural life and environmental sustainability.

The purchase of the 396,000 sq ft warehouse is 
not the first link between Charles and the John 
Lewis Partnership supermarket. A previous deal 
between the Duchy and Waitrose in 2009 saw it 
take over the once-troubled Duchy Originals 
organic food brand, which now generates more than 
£1m a year for the prince’s charities.

When The Independent yesterday approached 
Clarence House with evidence of the warehouse 
purchase, it insisted there was no connection 
with the Duchy Originals tie-up, adding it was a 
“coincidence” that Waitrose was the tenant of the industrial complex.

The revelations come at an uncomfortable time for 
the Duchy, which is facing a private members’ 
bill in the House of Lords demanding that its 
structure be radically overhauled and its surplus 
income – £18.3m last year – be distributed to 
Cornwall rather than to the heir to throne. The 
bill’s sponsor, Labour peer Lord Berkeley, says 
the Duchy is a “feudal anachronism”.

The day-to-day management of the Duchy, including 
investment decisions on commercial property such 
as the Waitrose warehouse purchase, is carried 
out by a professional managerial team. But it is 
widely known that Prince Charles takes a close 
personal interest in the running of the estate. 
In many ways, the estate, which transfers its 
handsome surplus every year to the heir to the 
throne to form the bulk of his income, is a 
paragon of success. Despite the global downturn, 
the Prince has defied the prevailing economic 
winds to grow the Duchy’s income every year since 
at least 2008 – to £26.5m last year. His estate’s 
total value has risen by 15 per cent to £764m.

Charles voluntarily pays income tax on the income 
he receives from the Duchy (last year he paid 
£4.5m to the tax man from incoming funds of 
£18.3m). He uses the money to fund himself and 
the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of 
Cambridge, Prince Harry, a sizeable staff and his charitable activities.

But while the Duchy has been slickly managed, a 
growing number of critics say it has existed for 
too long in a constitutional no-man’s land where 
it discharges the duties of a public body, for 
example running the harbour authority on the 
Scilly Isles, and is subject to the financial 
scrutiny of Government whips, yet maintains it is 
a “private estate”. One benefit of this hybrid 
status is that the hereditary holding is exempt 
from both corporation and capital gains tax. The 
situation, which Clarence House insists is valid 
because the Duchy is “not a separate legal entity 
for tax purposes”, has led the powerful Commons 
public accounts committee, which is also 
investigating the tax affairs of Google and 
Starbucks, to demand answers from Treasury 
ministers as to whether the Prince’s exemptions are justified.

The Duchy is also fighting a separate attempt to 
force it to be more open about its workings. The 
Prince’s officials lost an important case before 
the Information Rights Tribunal, which after a 
three-year legal battle ruled that his estate was 
a “public authority” in performing its “primary 
function” to provide an income for the heir to the throne.

The landmark ruling could make the estate subject 
to the Freedom of Information Act. The Duchy is 
appealing. A spokeswoman said: “We do not agree 
that the Duchy performs functions of public 
administration. Hence we are appealing the ruling.”

Lord Berkeley, who lives in Cornwall, said there 
was a “conspiracy of silence” surrounding the 
status of the Duchy and it was time for a debate 
about its future: “The Duchy is a complete 
anachronism. It is feudal and I suspect many of 
those who work for it would say so if they felt 
able. It vacillates between being a private and a 
semi-public organisation according to its best 
advantage and yet there is no debate about how it 
should be best managed. It would seem to me that 
the Duchy would be a far better situation if it 
was turned into a public trust for the benefit of 
the people after which it is named.”

In a statement, a Duchy of Cornwall spokeswoman 
said: “The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate, 
not a public body and is not funded by the 
taxpayer. The Prince of Wales chooses to use his 
private money from the estate to pay for his 
public duties, as well as those of the Duchess of 
Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

“He also chooses to pay income tax on the income 
generated by The Duchy. The Duke of Cornwall 
manages the estate for present and future Dukes, 
and for the wider benefit of tenants, communities and the environment.”


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The secrets of Prince Charles’ homes and properties

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The Prince of Wales: a life through property

[]


 From his official London residence at Clarence 
House and stunning country pile at Highgrove to 
boltholes in Scotland, Wales and even 
Transylvania, Prince Charles has accumulated a 
fascinating real estate collection. The scenes of 
scandalous affairs, hauntings and two marriages, 
we reveal the secrets lurking within the future 
monarch’s past and present properties.


The young prince

[]


Born in 1948, the oldest of Queen Elizabeth II’s 
children, the Prince of Wales grew up in 
privileged surroundings. He spent his early 
childhood living between Buckingham Palace and 
Windsor Castle, departing the royal residences for prep school in 1958.


Growing up royal

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Prince Charles spent much of his youth living 
away from home but would still return to visit 
The Queen and his younger siblings. He spent the 
early part of his twenties studying at Trinity 
College, part of the University of Cambridge, 
eventually earning a master’s degree in history 
by 1975. He also served in the armed forces 
between 1971 and 1977, during which time he’d 
spend his leave living in rooms at Buckingham Palace and Windsor.


Prepping for marriage

[]


In 1980, the year before his marriage to Lady 
Diana Spencer, Prince Charles bought Highgrove 
House but was still spending much of his time on 
the road performing his royal duties. At 31 he 
was ready to have his own base, and the 
Gloucestershire house is equidistant between London and Cornwall.


The honeymoon suite

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At the age of 32, following his fairytale wedding 
to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, the prince and his 
new wife moved into London’s Kensington Palace. 
Apartments 8 and 9, which were built by King 
George I for his mistress the Duchess of Kendal, 
were combined to create a new large home for the newlyweds.


Kensington Palace, London, UK

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A sort of 
<http://www.loveproperty.com/gallerylist/77667/inside-the-palace-that-princess-eugenie-shares-with-meghan-markle>upmarket 
housing estate for royals, the palace dates from 
1605 and was snapped up in 1689 for £20,000 
($26.3k) by King William III and Queen Mary II, 
who appointed Sir Christopher Wren to expand it. 
The palace served as the principal residence of 
Queen Anne, the subject of the Oscar-winning film 
The Favourite, but fell out of favour after her 
reign and was divided into apartments.


Kensington Palace, London, UK

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The estate is made up from the main mansion and a 
series of smaller properties scattered through 
the estate like Nottingham Cottage, where Prince 
Harry and Meghan Markle lived. The palace itself 
is divided into different apartments that 
traditionally serve as homes for non-ruling 
members of the immediate royal family, such as 
the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent in apartment 10.


Kensington Palace, London, UK

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Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales 
welcomed their first child Prince William on 21 
June 1982. The trio are shown here in their 
sitting room, which was decorated in the dusky 
pink and duck egg blue hues Diana was so fond of.


Kensington Palace, London, UK

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This image of the young family posing for a 
picture in their apartments in Kensington Palace 
was captured in 1983. A year later, Prince Harry 
was born, but the couple’s marriage was already 
floundering. According to a recent Channel 4 
documentary, 
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7188868/>Diana In 
Her Own Words, Charles was having an affair with 
his paramour Camilla Parker-Bowles as early as 
1982. The royal couple eventually separated in 
1992 and the prince moved to St James’s Palace.


Kensington Palace, London, UK

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According to Paul Burrell’s book, 
<https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/550/55046/a-royal-duty/9780141018287.html>A 
Royal Duty. Diana would often sneak in suitors, 
using neighbour Princess Margaret’s secret door 
to gain access to her apartment. The princess 
remained at the palace following her divorce from 
Prince Charles in 1996 until her untimely death a 
year later. Her spirit is still celebrated in the 
halls of Kensington Palace, as in this 
installation dedicated to her by designer 
Vivienne Westwood during a major restoration of the apartments in 2010.


York House, St James’s Palace, London, UK

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Prince Charles’ London base following his 
separation from Princess Diana, York House was a 
historic wing of St James’s Palace. It was built 
in 1736 for a previous Prince of Wales, Frederick 
Lewis, and was the home of the Duke of 
Cumberland, who later became King of Hanover, for 
several decades during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.


York House, St James’s Palace, London, UK

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After Princess Diana’s tragic death in 1997, 
Prince Charles remained at the St James’s Palace 
with his sons. Her apartment at Kensington Palace 
was stripped bare, and some of the contents were moved to York House.


York House, St James’s Palace, London, UK

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Prince Charles resided at York House with Princes 
William and Harry until 2002. The property is 
said to comprise a number of low-pitched rooms on 
the ground floor, several small drawing rooms on 
the first floor, and servants’ quarters on the 
top floor that have exceedingly low ceilings.


York House, St James’s Palace, London, UK

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Since 2002, the wing has been used as offices for 
Prince Charles’ household and the future monarch 
holds events in the state apartments of St 
James’s Palace – here he is pictured there in 
2010 at a dinner for the Asian Trust.


York House, St James’s Palace, London, UK

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Other receptions the prince has hosted there 
include an event to honour surviving members of 
the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association 
(pictured). More recently, the prince opened the 
doors of the palace to 120 Greek students and 
businesspeople, greeting them in perfect Greek. 
Charles can also converse in French, German and Welsh.


Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, UK

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Prince Charles bought his Gloucestershire country 
pile, Highgrove House, in 1980 – the year before 
he married Diana – for around £865,000 ($1.1 
million) from Maurice Macmillan, the son of 
former UK Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The 
deal was slammed by Labour MP Reg Race who called 
it: “bloody outrageous on a day that the 
Government are cutting social security benefits 
for millions of people.” Princess Diana 
reportedly wasn’t a fan of the nine-bedroom 
property, which she thought was too small and not private enough.


Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, UK

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As with so many stately homes, the 18th-century 
Georgian mansion has something of a tragic 
history. In 1850, the granddaughter of the then 
owner died after her ballgown caught alight 
during a soirée, and in 1893, the house was 
gutted by fire. It was renovated not long after 
at a cost of £6,000 ($7,862). Princess Diana 
reportedly wasn’t a fan of the nine-bedroom 
property, which she thought was too small and not private enough.


Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, UK

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Nevertheless, Princess Diana spent many weekends 
with the family at Highgrove during the 1980s. 
Charles, who famously talks to his plants, set 
about creating a showcase organic garden in the 
estate’s 37 acres of grounds. A champion of 
organic farming and sustainability long before it 
went mainstream, HRH believes gardening “helps heal damaged souls.”


Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, UK

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The house was decorated by Princess Diana’s 
favourite interior designer Dudley Poplak 
following the royal wedding in 1981. Poplak, who 
also revamped the Kensington Palace apartment, 
opted for a similar pastel colour scheme and a 
“youthful variant of the chintzy country-house 
look”. In 1987, the house was remodelled by 
Prince Charles (pictured here with his staff in 
1991) who commissioned several Neoclassical additions.


Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, UK

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The prince also added the “Wall of Worthies” to 
the garden, which features several busts of 
historic figures. Following the divorce of Prince 
Charles and Princess Diana, Camilla Parker-Bowles 
(pictured at a reception at Highgrove in 2009) 
had the house redecorated, calling on the 
services of interior designer Robert Kime.


Clarence House, London, UK

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Prince Charles took ownership of another superb 
property after the death of the Queen Mother in 
2002. Clarence House became his official London 
residence and home to Prince William and Prince 
Harry up to 2012. Located next to St James’s 
Palace, the John Nash-designed building built for 
the Duke of Clarence in 1827. The four-storey 
house was also home to the Queen and Prince 
Philip for a time before HM ascended the throne.


Clarence House, London, UK

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Before the Prince of Wales moved into Clarence 
House, the mansion was refurbished with the 
British taxpayer footing the bill of £4.5 million 
($5.9m), though the royal did splurge £1.6 
million ($2.1 million) of his own money on soft 
furnishings. The prince allowed Google Arts & 
Culture into the house last year for a nose 
around, so you can see for yourself if it was money well-spent.


Clarence House, London, UK

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The prince has legions of staff, including 
multiple footmen who are responsible for 
escorting guests along specific corridors of Clarence House.


Clarence House, London, UK

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In his 2006 book 
<https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/545/54568/on-royalty/9780141012223.html>On 
Royalty, Jeremy Paxman wrote that at breakfast 
each morning the royal is said to be presented 
with seven boiled eggs cooked to varying degrees 
so he can choose the perfect one to eat. But 
Clarence House 
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9672693/The-Prince-of-Wales-does-not-have-seven-eggs-for-breakfast-insists-Palace.html>dismissed 
the claim in 2012, saying: “No, he doesn’t and 
never has done, at breakfast or any other time.”

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of the British Royal Family’s private homes.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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The Prince of Wales’ private Scottish estate, 
Birkhall is situated on the edge of Balmoral in 
the wilds of Aberdeenshire. Dating from 1715, the 
estate, which sprawls over 53,000 acres, was 
acquired by Prince Albert in 1852 together with 
Balmoral. It eventually passed to the Queen 
Mother, who bequeathed the property to her grandson upon her death in 2002.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 
spent their honeymoon at the unpretentious pile, 
which was described by the Queen Mother as “a 
small big house, or a big small house”. In fact, 
the charming hunting lodge has hosted six royal honeymoons in total.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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The Prince of Wales has adored the property since 
his first trips there as a young child. He is 
pictured here with his sister Princess Anne in 
1951. A sanctuary for the prince during his 
teenage years, he would visit regularly to escape 
the horrors of Gordonstoun – the notoriously 
strict Scottish prep school that Charles once 
reportedly described as “Colditz in kilts”.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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When at Birkhall, the prince is said to spend his 
time fishing, stalking deer, sketching and 
watercolour painting. Following the Queen 
Mother’s death, Prince Charles and the Duchess of 
Cornwall oversaw a sensitive redecoration of the 
property, hiring their favourite interior 
designer Robert Kime for the job, but they were 
careful to retain its distinctive character.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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Given this is a strictly private home, images of 
the interiors are few and far between but this 
shot of the prince, which is taken from a BBC 
documentary, gives you some idea about the décor, 
which is simple and homely. The house is said to 
feature Royal Stewart tartan on the floors and 
walls, plus a number of quirky features, 
including 11 grandfather clocks in the dining room.


Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, UK

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The prince and his wife aren’t the only royals 
who enjoy staying at Birkhall. In 2011, the Duke 
and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated what must 
have been a very memorable New Year’s Eve at the 
property. The Queen (pictured with Charles in the 
sitting room at Birkhall) also likes to spend 
time at the secluded estate and is said to particularly enjoy riding there.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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Prince Charles’ love of Scotland led him to save 
a 
<http://www.loveproperty.com/gallerylist/73203/stunning-stately-homes-struggling-to-survive>struggling 
stately home, Dumfries House. The magnificent 
Palladian country house was built in the 1750s 
for William Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries, by 
eminent architects John Adam and Robert Adam. The 
property was eventually passed down to John 
Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, who struggled to pay for its upkeep.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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Unable to keep the house on, the marquess 
(pictured) was forced to sell up. An 
architectural gem, Dumfries House was purchased 
for the nation in 2007 by a consortium led by 
Prince Charles at a cost of £45 million ($59m), 
with the prince putting in £20 million ($26.2m) 
from his own charitable foundation’s funds.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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Dumfries House was in a rather poor state of 
repair when the prince acquired it. A painstaking 
restoration was carried out not long after the 
property was purchased, and the country house was 
opened to the public in 2008. The idea is for the 
estate to be self-sufficient and help regenerate the local economy.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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As part of the project, an eco-village called 
Knockroon, similar to the prince’s experimental 
new town of Poundbury in Dorset, is taking shape 
in the grounds of Dumfries House. The sustainable 
project is expected to take around 25 years to 
complete. The royal is shown here in 2011 unveiling the foundation stone.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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Though Prince Charles has received much praise 
for saving the estate, the royal has been widely 
criticised in equal measure for pumping so much 
of the Duchy’s cash into it. Some view Dumfries 
House as a vanity project for the prince but it 
has provided Cumnock locals with valuable 
employment opportunities. This picture shows the 
mansion’s elegant drawing room restored to its former glory.


Dumfries House, Ayrshire, UK

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Chillingly, the Duchess of Cornwall is convinced 
the house was haunted: “It had a really eerie 
feel about it,” she recently revealed in an 
<https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week17/real-camilla-hrh-duchess-cornwall>ITV 
documentary. “There was definitely a ghost. 
Without a shadow of a doubt.” Camilla, the future 
queen consort pictured here walking her dog in 
the grounds, would freeze upon entering the 
property initially, but now feels the phantom has gone.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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The Castle of Mey is situated in an especially 
isolated location on the windswept north coast of 
Scotland. Featured in the Netflix series The 
Crown, the castle, which was built between 1566 
and 1572 for the 4th Earl of Caithness, was 
purchased by the Queen Mother in 1952 following 
the death of her husband King George VI.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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A faraway retreat for the recently widowed Queen 
Mother to mourn her late husband. She would 
escape to the much-loved Castle of Mey every 
August and October from 1955 until shortly before 
her death in 2002. Before moving in, the royal 
reinstated the original name – it was called 
Barrogill Castle when she bought it  – and 
restored the building, removing many of the 19th-century additions.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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While Prince Charles doesn’t actually own the 
castle – it now belongs to a trust – he travels 
there every year in late August with the Duchess 
of Cornwall for a 10-day stay. Remarkable in its 
remoteness, there is very little to do at the 
castle aside from playing board games and venturing out for bracing walks.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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Still, the Queen Mother was in her element at the 
Scottish estate. Prince Charles and the Duchess 
of Cornwall are equally enamoured with the 
castle, enjoying its seclusion and distance from civilisation.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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Keen to introduce the delights of the castle to 
paying guests, the prince is overseeing the 
renovation of the old stables and granary, which 
are being transformed into 10 eco-luxe guest 
rooms. The sustainable project is expected to be 
completed in April 2019, in time for the summer season.


Castle of Mey, Caithness, UK

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The castle is popular with other royals too – 
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 
enjoyed a romantic break there in 2018. Whether 
they encountered the resident ghost is anyone’s 
guess. The castle is rumoured to be haunted by 
the Green Lady, the ghost of Lady Fanny Sinclair, 
who is said to have had an affair with a stable 
hand in the 1880s. When her father found out, he 
banished the young man, and the heartbroken Lady 
Sinclair supposedly took her own life.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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Llwynywermod is Prince Charles’ 192-acre Welsh 
estate on the edge of the breathtaking Brecon 
Beacon mountains in Carmarthenshire. Though he 
has been titled Prince of Wales since 1958, the 
monarch-to-be acquired the property relatively 
recently, with the Duchy of Cornwall purchasing the house and grounds in 2006.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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The property was bought for £1.3 million ($1.7 
million) and has a long and illustrious history. 
It was first owned by William Williams back in 
the 13th century, a relative of the ill-fated 
Anne Boleyn, and was the seat of the 
Griffies-Williams baronets until 1877 when the 
line came to an end. The estate was originally 
called Llwynywormwood, which means “Wormwood Grove”.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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The Griffies-Williams family resided in a grand 
13-bedroom country house on the estate, but the 
building has been in ruins since the 19th 
century. The prince’s three-bedroom cottage is 
actually part of the former coach house, which 
has been converted. The property also includes 
two characterful holiday cottages which can be 
rented out when the prince and duchess aren’t in residence.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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Prince Charles hired architect Craig Hamilton to 
transform the property. In keeping with the 
royal’s philosophy of sustainability, the project 
was undertaken with the utmost care and attention 
by local craftsmen and women. The mansion’s 
romantic ruins were preserved, lending an air of mystery to the estate.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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Sheep’s wool was used to insulate the structure, 
hemp plaster was daubed on the walls and other 
traditional materials were employed in the 
conversion. Prince Charles and the Duchess of 
Cornwall have decorated the interiors with Welsh 
artefacts and artworks by local artists.


Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire, UK

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The whitewashed structure has a courtyard garden 
with a fountain and two small wildflower meadows, 
one of which contains an apple orchard. The 
prince and the Duchess of Cornwall make a point 
of staying at the idyllic property every summer during their annual tour.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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This surprisingly modest four-bedroom bungalow on 
St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly was the 
20-year-old prince’s first proper private 
property purchase. He bagged the compact bachelor 
pad in 1969 – it was constructed a few years 
before in the mid-1960s – and spent Christmas of 
that year there, no doubt pleased as punch to 
have a place of his own to chill out in.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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Once the prince was a married man with children 
however, he preferred to stay with his family in 
Tresco during their regular holidays to the 
gorgeous Scilly Isles. Here they are in June 1989 
heading off for a bike ride. The bungalow was 
simply too small for the four of them, and the 
prince from that point onwards lent it out to relatives and friends.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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The property was named after the tamarisk shrubs 
that encircle it. Rare on the mainland, these 
plants thrive in the isles’ sub-tropical climate. 
In 2016, the prince was granted approval to 
transform the bungalow into a chocolate box 
cottage, though the revamp didn’t go down well with everyone.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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A local councillor voted against the renovation 
of the decidedly undistinguished 1960s property. 
Echoing criticism of some of the prince’s other 
pet projects such as Poundbury and Knockroon, the 
council member described the revamp as a 
“pastiche”. In any case, the project went ahead 
and the property is now available to rent out.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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In addition to the tastefully decorated 
dual-aspect sitting room, the cottage has an 
attractive country-style kitchen and dining area 
complete with an electric range cooker, 
traditional ceramic butler’s sink and shaker 
cabinets. From the countertops to the slate 
flooring, the home’s finishes are of the highest standard.


Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly, UK

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The understated luxury carries into the cottage’s 
four bedrooms. They feature pretty furniture, 
carefully selected artwork and quirky details 
such as a swan ornament (pictured), plus each bed 
is draped in high-end Egyptian cotton bed linen. 
All this doesn’t come cheap however. A 
seven-night stay costs from £1,605 ($2,096) in 
January, rising to £4,300 ($5,615) in high season.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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Famed for its association with Count Dracula and 
brutal real-life ruler Vlad the Impaler, 
Transylvania is one of Prince Charles’ favourite 
holiday destinations, believe it or not. The 
prince visited the region of Romania in 1998, not 
long after the death of Diana, and was smitten 
with the place – so much so that he went on to buy two properties there.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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The pair of properties are looked after by the 
prince’s close friend Count Kalnoky. Charles 
acquired his first Transylvanian home in 2006 in 
the Saxon village of Viscri. He followed up the 
purchase in 2010 by buying this cottage in 
Zalanpatak for the rumoured price of £12,000 
($15,666), which he restored. The prince is 
pictured here with the count and his staff.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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Prince Charles stays at the cottages when he 
visits Romania, but for the rest of the year they 
are rented out to holidaymakers. Like the other 
renovation projects the royal has been involved 
with, the properties have been sensitively 
restored using authentic construction methods and 
traditional, locally sourced materials.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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While there are no strategic strings of garlic, 
the rooms of each cottage boast Transylvanian 
antiques and other objects pertaining to the 
region. The sitting room has a grand fireplace 
and a snug bank of window seats, ideal for the 
cold and dark Transylvanian nights, as well as 
solid wood cabinetry and cosy armchairs.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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The regally named Prince’s Room is the most 
opulent. The spacious bedroom wows with a carved 
king-sized twin bed, which is adorned with 
heritage textiles that were hand-picked by the 
count and his staff. When Prince Charles comes to 
stay, this is the room he beds down in.


Transylvanian estate, Zalanpatak, Romania

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The dinky Aunt Ida’s Room has a traditional 
Transylvanian drawer bed, which sleeps two and is 
decorated in the same heritage style. Note the 
crucifix on the wall, which is clearly a must in 
this part of the world. If you’re brave enough to 
stay at the cottage, you can expect to pay from 
£81 ($106) a night for the Prince’s Room, and £66 
($86) per night for Aunt Ida’s Room.










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