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</a></font><h1><b>now......<br>
Inside King Charles III’s $25 Billion Real Estate
Empire</b></h1>
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<br>
</a><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/">Giacomo
Tognini</a><br>
Forbes Staff<br>
Staff Writer, Wealth Team.<br>
Oct 21, 2022,06:00am EDT<br><br>
<h2><b>The new British monarch lords over seven palaces, 10 castles, 12
homes, 56 cottages, and 14 ancient ruins where he can hang up his
crown.</b></h2><img src="cid:.0" width=600 height=356 alt="Emacs!"></b>
</h2><br><br>
<h3><b>Above: Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of
Wight</sup></b></h3><hr>
Charles III's official coronation may not occur until May 6, but the new
British monarch has already inherited a $25 billion real estate portfolio
fit for a king.<br><br>
When he acceded the throne in September, the 73-year-old sovereign
assumed control of a
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/09/15/how-rich-is-king-charles-iii-inside-the-new-monarchs-outrageous-fortune/?sh=1edd895b757f">
$42 billion empire</a>, much of it in real estate. <i>Forbes</i> scoured
property records, annual reports, audits, archives and legislative
documents to find all of the king’s new possessions. His holdings span
from Buckingham Palacethe official headquarters of the monarchy, which
<i>Forbes</i> estimates is worth $4.9 billionto Highgrove House, a
country residence in Gloucestershire that Charles
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jul/28/monarchy.immigrationpolicy">
first purchased in 1980 for £865,000</a> ($3.7 million today,) now valued
at $39 million.<br><br>
Although he has only had the crown for a few weeks, Charles is expected
to break with seven generations of tradition and
<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/king-charles-stalls-buckingham-palace-7bbd05sxzy">
reject Buckingham Palace as his London residence</a> to remain in his
current home at Clarence House (estimated value: $72 million.) But he
will also
<a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a41526384/king-charles-will-pay-rent-to-prince-william/">
reportedly continue to spend some time at Highgrove</a>. That means he’ll
have to pay about $740,000 in annual rent to his son William, who
succeeded him as Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and now holds
Highgrove under the Duchy of Cornwall.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>KING OF THESE CASTLES<br><br>
<br>
Charles III’s $25 billion real estate empire is spread across the United
Kingdom as well as two cottages in Transylvania. Here are all the
properties where he can stow thrones.</sup></b></h4><hr>
Those properties are part of a vast collection of at least seven palaces,
10 castles, 12 homes, 56 holiday cottages and 14 ancient ruins, per
<i>Forbes’</i> count. Aside from Balmoral Castle in Scotland and
Sandringham House in Norfolk, which he inherited from the Queen and now
personally owns, none of these opulent residences and historic monuments
are directly owned by the King. Most are held by the Crown Estate, the
Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall, institutions held
<a href="https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Financial%20Statements%202021-22.pdf">
“in right of the Crown”</a> for the duration of his reign. Others are
controlled by the monarchy itself “in trust” for his successors and the
nation, while another four properties are held by two foundations which
the King established when he was Prince of Wales.<br><br>
And it’s not just palaces and countryside homes: through the Crown Estate
and the Duchies, Charles now also oversees $12.9 billion in commercial,
residential and agricultural properties throughout the U.K., ranging from
Ascot Racecourse and the Oval cricket ground to at least three golf
courses, a private airfield and the Savoy Chapel in Westminster, the
private church of the reigning monarch. The Crown also holds one of
England’s most famous monuments, Stonehenge, which was
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/history/#footnote-20">
given “to the nation” in 1918</a> by Cecil Chubb,
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/stonehenge-sold-100-years-ago/">
a local resident who purchased it for £6,600 in 1915</a> (about $590,000
today).<br><br>
As the head of state in 15 Commonwealth realmsin addition to 13 British
territories and three crown dependenciesCharles also has access to at
least 49 residences for state visits across the globe, at the homes of
his representatives in each nation. Whether he’s traveling to Canada
(Rideau Hall in Ottawa,) the Caribbean (King’s House in Jamaica) or the
Pacific (Admiralty House in Sydney,) the new monarch always has a place
to rest the head that wears the crown.<br><br>
Closer to home, the lavish estates, extravagant mansions and crumbling
ruins maintained by the British monarchy, royal foundations or by the
King personally are spread throughout three of the four nations of the
United Kingdom, plus two cottages in Transylvania. And there used to be
more: between 1998 and 1999, the Crown Estate
<a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/land-reform-review-group-final-report-land-scotland-common-good/pages/32/">
ceded ownership of six castles, two palaces and one fort in
Scotland</a>including the millennium-old Edinburgh Castleto the
Scottish government.<br><br>
But only a small number of homesfourteenserve as official residences of
the King and the royal family. Two more royal residences are personally
owned by other family membersCharles’s sister, Princess Anne, owns
Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire (estimated value: $29 million), while
the Duke of Gloucester, his first cousin once removed, has put his
<a href="https://search.savills.com/com/en/property-detail/gblhchlar220029">
Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire up for sale for $5.4 million.</a>
Another of Charles’ new digs, the royal palace in Northern Ireland at
Hillsborough Castle, is owned directly by the British government,
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/hillsborough-castle/history-and-stories/the-story-of-hillsborough-castle-and-gardens/#gs.fwxo3o">
which purchased it in 1925 for £24,000</a> (or $1.3 million
today.)<br><br>
Average citizens can also get in on a piece of the royal lifestyle: the
Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster operate 56 holiday homes and cottages
across England, Wales and the Isles of Scilly that can be rented out,
while the Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund operates two
bed-and-breakfasts in Romania. Everything else, including medieval
masterpieces such as the Tower of London and Caernarfon Castle, is a
tourist attraction managed by various charities and trusts.<br><br>
<i>Forbes </i>valued these properties with the help of estimates provided
by Lenka Dušková Munter, a sales specialist for historical properties at
Czech real estate agency Luxent, and Colby Short, co-founder and CEO of
estate agent website GetAgent.co.uk. Here’s a breakdown of King Charles
III’s real estate empire.<br><br>
<br>
<dl>
<dd>ENGLAND <br><br>
<br><br>
</dl>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63519128523b1ee787dbbaac/Buckingham-Palace-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Buckingham Palace.">
<br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>BUCKINGHAM PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $4.9 BILLION</sup></b></h4>The official residence of the
royal family since 1837,
<a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40062636/buckingham-palace-secret-swimming-pool/">
the 775-room palace with a private swimming pool</a> is also King
Charles’s birthplace. First purchased by George III in 1761 when it was
still a house, construction to convert it into a palace began in 1820 and
only completed in 1847 with the addition of a new wing for Queen
Victoria's growing family,
<a href="https://www.rct.uk/visit/buckingham-palace/who-built-buckingham-palace#/">
financed largely by the sale of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton for
£53,000</a> ($5.4 million today.) Despite an extensive renovation which
began in 2017 and will cost more than $400 million, Charles is known to
dislike the “big house.”<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>HAMPTON COURT PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $1.2 B</sup></b></h4>Known as the Tudor Palace, Hampton Court
is where
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-hampton-court-palace/#gs.g0bnon">
King Henry VIII spent most of his time, with all six of his wives</a>: by
the 1530s, he had added a hotel, theater and numerous works of art;
visitors can now see Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar</i> plus works by
Caravaggio and Rembrandt. The palace also features a grand colonnade,
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/whats-on/fountain-court/#gs.g0npup">
Fountain Court</a>designed by Sir Christopher Wrenwhich had a cameo in
the second season of Netflix’s Bridgerton</i>.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TOWER OF LONDON<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $1.1
B</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-story-of-the-tower-of-london/#gs.g0fc4p">
Built by William the Conqueror</a> in the late 11th century, the towering
castle at the heart of London is home to the Crown Jewels, worth an
estimated $4 billion. Three Queens of EnglandAnne Boleyn, Catherine
Howard and Jane Greywere executed here in the 1500s.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6351915088c858c9cfdbbab6/Windsor-Castle-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Windsor Castle.">
<br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>WINDSOR CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $743
MILLION</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://www.rct.uk/visit/windsor-castle/who-built-windsor-castle#/">
Windsor Castle</a> was completed in 1086, one year before William the
Conqueror’s death. In 1377, King Edward III spent £50,000 (some $57
million today) to convert it from a military fort into a gothic
palacethe largest expense of any medieval king on a single building.
Over its nearly thousand-year history, the castle been home to 40
monarchs and is still a favorite of the royal family. The surrounding
estate
<a href="https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/what-we-do/on-the-land/windsor/">
includes Windsor Great Park, golf courses and Ascot Racecourse</a>.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>ST. JAMES’S PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $700 M</sup></b></h4>Overlooking Green Park and St. James's
Park in London<a href="https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks">two of the
eight royal parks in the capital held by the Crown</a>St. James’s Palace
was once the home of Elizabeth I during the defeat of the Spanish Armada
in 1558. More recently, it was also the location of King Charles’s
accession ceremony on September 10.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63518cdbefaab52fb5436050/Lancaster-Castle-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Lancaster Castle.">
<br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>LANCASTER CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. value: $674 M</sup></b></h4>Over its thousand-plus-year history,
Lancaster Castle has served as a Roman fort, the
<a href="https://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/">site of witch
trials</a> and as a prisonuntil it was decommissioned and converted into
a tourist attraction in 2011.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>KENSINGTON PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $630 M</sup></b></h4>The childhood home of Prince William and
Prince Harry, Kensington was known as the “party palace” in the late 17th
century for hosting
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-kensington-palace/#gs.g0ejlk">
extravagant balls where guests “ate, drank, gambled and flirted until
dawn.”</a> The palace is still William and Kate’s
<a href="https://www.royal.uk/royal-residences-kensington-palace#:~:text=Today%20Kensington%20Palace%20contains%20the,and%20Princess%20Michael%20of%20Kent.">
official London residence,</a> while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live
in a
<a href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/765-Rockbridge-Rd-Montecito-CA-93108/54892896_zpid/">
$23 million mansion in Montecito</a>, California, replete with 9
bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a private pool, spa, theater and tennis
court.<br>
<hr>
<br><br>
<h4><b>BANQUETING HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $296 M</sup></b></h4>The only remnant of the Palace of
Whitehallonce
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-whitehall-fire-of-1698/#gs.g0rmb8">
the largest palace in Europe</a> until its destruction in a fire in
1698Banqueting House in London is home to a
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-rubens-ceiling/">
2,420-square-foot ceiling painting by Peter Paul Rubens</a> commissioned
by Charles I in 1629.
(<a href="https://www.antwerpen.be/pics/Stad/Bedrijven/Cultuur_sport_recreatie/CS_Musea/Rubenianum/CRLB_09_links.pdf">
Rubens was paid £3,000</a> for the work</u>some $540,000 todayplus a
heavy gold chain.) It’s also where Charles I met a gruesome end on
January 30, 1649: just two decades after commissioning the Rubens
ceiling, he walked under it and
<a href="https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-execution-of-charles-i/#gs.g38jw5">
was then executed outside Banqueting House.</a><br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>CARISBROOKE CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. value: $225 M</sup></b></h4>Located on the Isle of Wight,
Carisbrooke Castle carries much darker memories for the royals: After its
capture by parliamentary forces in 1642 during the English Civil War,
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/carisbrooke-castle/history/">
the dethroned King Charles I was imprisoned
there</a>
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/carisbrooke-castle/history/">
in the years leading up to his execution.</a><br>
<hr>
</u><br>
<h4><b>ELTHAM PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $211
M</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens/history/">
Described as “unique marriage between a medieval and Tudor palace and a
1930s millionaire’s mansion,”</a> Eltham Palace was used as a royal
palace by monarchs who hunted in the surrounding parks from the 14th to
the 16th century. Henry VIII, the last king to reside there, spent his
childhood at Eltham. In 1933, millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld
took a 99-year-lease on the palace from the Crown and installed a bomb
shelter in the basement during World War II; they eventually moved out in
1944 after growing tired of the repeated air raids from the German
Luftwaffe.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>THATCHED HOUSE LODGE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $131
M</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/royal_property_leases.pdf">
Thatched House Lodge</a> is a Regency-era home built in the early 18th
century on a 4-acre estate in Richmond Park, the largest park in London
and another royal possession. The property is home to Queen Elizabeth's
first cousin Princess Alexandra, who has rented it from the Crown Estate
since 1963 and paid a £670,000 premium ($1.4 million today) to extend the
lease in 1994.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>RESTORMEL MANOR<br><br>
<br>
(14 Properties) Est. Value: $86 M</sup></b></h4>The Duchy of Cornwall's
14 holiday properties near the medieval town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall
are housed in and around Restormel Manor,
<a href="https://www.duchyofcornwallholidaycottages.co.uk/properties/restormel-manor">
a 500-year-old Gothic-style mansion with a steam room, sauna, tennis
court and an indoor heated swimming pool.</a> But living like an English
lord is pricey: one week at the nine-bedroom Restormel Manor property in
December will cost $4,000.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>SANDRINGHAM ESTATE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $73 M</sup></b></h4>One of two properties personally owned by
King Charles, which he inherited from his late mother, Sandringham in
Norfolk has been in the royal family since 1862. The estate includes the
<a href="https://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/about-us/stud">Royal
Studs</a>, a thoroughbred horse farm first established in 1886, as well
as rental properties spread across 13 nearby villageswith a notorious
“no cats” policy for would-be renters,
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6247871/Pheasant-killing-cats-banned-Sandringham-estate-order-Queen.html">
reportedly due to the Queen’s fears the felines would kill the pheasants
and partridges</a> kept as game birds. Charles is also
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11319709/King-Charles-sell-12-late-Queens-treasured-racehorses-cuts-racing-operation.html">
reportedly looking to sell some of the Queen's prized race horses</a> and
scale down the Royal Studs.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6351a7658151230e06ce3621/Clarence-House-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Clarence House.">
<br><br>
<h4><b>CLARENCE HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $72 M</sup></b></h4>King Charles’s longtime home is one of
the last surviving aristocratic townhouses in London,
<a href="https://www.rct.uk/visit/clarence-house/who-built-clarence-house#/">
a stuccoed mansion completed in 1827 at the cost of £22,232 ($2 million
today)</a>more than double the original estimate. The Queen also lived
there while she was still a princess, and it served as the home of her
mother's impressive art collection</u>, featuring works by Fabergé and
John Piper.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>KEW PALACE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $70 M</sup></b></h4>Set among the Royal Botanic
Gardens<a href="https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-in-the-gardens">
home to more than 50,000 plants</a> including rare and threatened species
housed in a grand Victorian-era greenhouseKew Palace was the private
retreat of King George III during a long period of mental illness,
starting in 1788. The gardens are also home to the Chinese-style Great
Pagoda, a 163-foot-tall tower with 80 dragons carved from gilded wood.
The dragons, removed in 1784 and restored in 2018, were rumored to have
been sold to pay off
<a href="https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-in-the-gardens/the-great-pagoda">
King George IV's gambling debts</a>.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>DOVER CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $66 M</sup></b></h4>Standing guard over the Strait of Dover,
the shortest sea crossing between England and Europe,
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/history-dover/">
Dover Castle originated as a Roman fort in 43 CE.</a> Another castle on
the site was erected in 1066 by William the Conqueror, who captured the
city after the Battle of Hastings. The structure that stands today was
established by Henry II in 1189. And while British royals haven't used
the castle since 1625, it's been used in warfare throughout the
centuries, including as a garrison for 16,000 troops during the First
World War, a hospital in World War II and as a backup seat of government
in case of a nuclear attack during the Cold War.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>CARLISLE CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. value: $45 M</sup></b></h4>Located about ten miles south of the
modern English-Scottish border, Carlisle Castle served as
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/carlisle-castle/history/">
the Kingdom of England's fortress</a> against the Scots for half a
century until the two realms were united in 1603. Built on the ruins of a
Roman fort that provided support for garrisons on Hadrian's Wall, the
castle was besieged seven times by the Scots between 1173 and 1461, when
it was again besieged during the English Wars of the Roses. It served as
a base for Edward I in 1296; the prison of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567;
and as a British army barracks from the 1820s until 1959.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>BAGSHOT PARK<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $39
M</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001381?section=official-list-entry">
Built in 1879 on the orders of Queen Victoria as a home for her third
son,</a> Prince Arthur, Bagshot Park in Surrey is a Tudor Gothic-style
mansion set on 52 acres of gardens, including stables and a working farm.
Prince Edward, Charles's youngest brother, has lived there since 1998,
<a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/royal_property_leases.pdf">
paying roughly $100,000 in annual rent to the Crown Estate.</a> Charles’
other brother, Prince Andrew, lives a 20-minute drive away at the Royal
Lodge in Windsor Great Park, which he rented with a 75-year-lease in 2003
for a one-time payment of £1 million (or $1.8 million now).<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63518c96dff5043ce243604e/Highgrove-House-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Highgrove House.">
<br>
<h4><b>HIGHGROVE HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $39 M</sup></b></h4>King Charles' longtime family home,
Highgrove was
<a href="https://www.highgrovegardens.com/pages/highgrove-estate-history">
built in 1798 and acquired by the then-Prince of Wales in 1980.</a> The
estate is home to
<a href="https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/25-facts-about-highgrove-gardens">
15 acres of organic gardens</a> with heritage varieties of fruits and
vegetables and an adjacent shop where visitors can buy eggs, wine and
spirits made on the property. It’s also a short drive from Ray Mill
House, the private home of Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Queen Consort.
<a href="https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/774063.camilla-steps-up-security/">
She purchased the six-bedroom countryside cottage for £850,000</a> ($1.7
million today) in January 1996, a year after her divorce from her first
husband, Andrew Parker Bowlesand just
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060501164402/http:/www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/28/royal.divorce/closer.lg.jpg">
seven months before Charles’s own divorce with Princess Diana in August
that year.</a> Diana died a year later, in August 1997.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>FROGMORE HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $35 M</sup></b></h4>Named for the numerous amphibians that
live in the marshes around the property, Frogmore House was
<a href="https://www.royal.uk/houses-frogmore#:~:text=The%20original%20Frogmore%20House%20was,and%20let%20to%20various%20tenants.">
purchased by King George III in 1792 as a country retreat for his wife,
Queen Charlotte.</a> The mansion's Britannia Room features paintings,
porcelain and furniture taken from the interior of the royal yacht, HMY
Britannia</i>, after it was decommissioned in 1997. The Frogmore estate
is also home to the mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and
<a href="https://www.windsor.gov.uk/ideas-and-inspiration/royal-connections/prince-harry-the-windsor-connection">
Frogmore Cottage, the U.K. residence of Prince Harry and Meghan.</a> In
September 2020, the couple
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54062799">repaid $3.2 million in
refurbishing expenses,</a> originally covered by British taxpayers.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>CHESTER CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $22 M</sup></b></h4>One of the many castles built by William
the Conqueror in 1070, Chester Castle
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/chester-castle-agricola-tower-and-castle-walls/history/#:~:text=Chester%20Castle%20was%20founded%20by,and%20the%20outer%20bailey%20added.">
served as the military headquarters for Henry III's and Edward I's
conquest of Wales,</a> and as a Royalist headquarters during the English
Civil War. The castle, which was used by the British military until 1999,
features a chapel with wall paintings dating to 1240.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63518c4a10ff33e8e7dbbaa4/Osborne-House-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Osborne House.">
<br><br>
<font size=2>DeAgostini/Getty Images<br><br>
</font><h4><b>OSBORNE HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $19 M</sup></b></h4>This Italianate mansion was
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/osborne/history-and-stories/history/">
purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845 for £28,000</a> ($3
million today) as a seaside retreat on the Isle of Wight.
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/osborne/history-and-stories/description/#:~:text=Osborne%20House%20was%20built%20between,of%20the%20Bay%20of%20Naples.">
The eclectic mansion was designed with architectural features drawn from
around the world:</a> the Italian palazzo-style home with extensive
terraces; the Indian-style Durbar Wing, in honor of Victoria's status as
Empress of India; and the Swiss Cottage, an “educational tool” for the
royal children, where they grew fruit, flowers and vegetables.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>DUCHY OF LANCASTER COTTAGES<br><br>
<br>
(16 Properties) Est. Value: $12 M</sup></b></h4>The Duchy of Lancaster
<a href="https://www.duchyoflancasterholidaycottages.co.uk/location-map/yorkshire/">
owns fifteen holiday cottages in Scarborough,</a> a seaside resort
located near North York Moors national park. A one-night stay at the
8-bedroom Scalby Lodge in late November will set you back some $720. Root
Farm Cottage is a
<a href="https://www.duchyoflancasterholidaycottages.co.uk/holiday-cottages/root-farm-cottage/">
two-bedroom property in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, forming part
of the Whitewell Estate,</a> last visited by the Queen Elizabeth in 2006
for her 80th birthday celebrations.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>LOSKEYLE COTTAGES<br><br>
<br>
(2 Properties) Est. Value: $4.1 M</sup></b></h4>The Duchy of Cornwall
owns
<a href="https://www.duchyofcornwallholidaycottages.co.uk/properties/loskeyle-collection">
four holiday cottages</a>with complimentary fishing for guestsin St
Tudy, a small countryside village in Cornwall. A seven-night stay in
November in Menhenick, a two-story, three-bedroom barn, costs $735.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>DOLPHIN HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $2 M</sup></b></h4>The
<a href="https://www.tresco.co.uk/staying/dolphin-house">six-bedroom
home</a> on the island of Tresco is housed in an old granite rectory,
with hilltop views of the Atlantic Ocean and the 19th-century Round
Island lighthouse.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TAMARISK<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $1.5
M</sup></b></h4>
<a href="https://www.duchyofcornwallholidaycottages.co.uk/properties/tamarisk">
Tamarisk</a> is a four-bedroom cottage on Garrison Hill in Hugh Town on
the island of St. Mary's. Its name comes from the tamarisk trees on the
property, a flowering plant mentioned in the Old Testament and the Iliad.
While still an official royal residence, Charles and Diana
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/03/magazine/the-flowery-craggy-isles-of-scilly.html">
snubbed the home on their vacations to the Isles of Scilly,</a>
preferring to stay with friends in Tresco.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>BERKHAMSTED CASTLE</b></h4>Before it crumbled into ruins,
Berkhamsted Castle
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/berkhamsted-castle/history/">
was a motte-and-bailey built out of timber in 1070</a>. It was briefly
the home of Thomas Becket, then Archbishop of Canterbury, who rebuilt the
castle in stone between 1155 and 1164. From 1225 to 1272, it was
refurbished and expanded to serve as the palace of Richard, Earl of
Cornwall, believed to be the richest man in England at the time.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>BOLINGBROKE CASTLE</b></h4>King Henry IV was
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bolingbroke-castle/">
born in the 13th-century Bolingbroke Castle in 1367,</a> but all that
remains are the sunken hexagonal walls and surrounding earthworks.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>CROMWELL’S CASTLE</b></h4>One of the few remaining fortifications
from the Interregnumthe period between 1649 and 1660 when Oliver
Cromwell ruled England after executing Charles
I<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cromwells-castle/history/">
Cromwell's Castle</a> is a circular gun tower built in 1651, after
Cromwell's forces recaptured the Isles of Scilly from the royalists.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>KING CHARLES’S CASTLE</b></h4>Adjacent to Cromwell’s castle on the
island of Tresco, King Charles’s Castle
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/king-charless-castle/history/">
was built during the reign of King Edward VI</a> and renamed by
pro-Charles I royalists during the English Civil War. The gambit didn’t
workparliamentarian troops bypassed the now-ruined castle by landing on
the other side of Tresco in 1651.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6351d50e8151230e06ce3629/Launceston-Castle-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Launceston Castle.">
<br><br>
<font size=2>education images/Getty images<br><br>
</font><h4><b>LAUNCESTON
CASTLE</b></h4>
<a href="https://duchyofcornwall.org/ancient-monuments.html">Launceston
Castle</a> is a ruined 13th-century round tower and the remnants of a
castle originally built by William the Conqueror for his half-brother. It
later served as a prison where George Fox, founder of the Quakers, was
detained in 1656 and held executions until 1821.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>LYDFORD CASTLE</b></h4>Lydford Castle sits on the western edge of
Dartmoor national park,
<a href="https://duchyofcornwall.org/dartmoor-and-princetown.html">a vast
expanse of moorlands where the Duchy of Cornwall owns a third of the
land.</a> The 12th-century square castle
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lydford-castle-and-saxon-town/history/">
was a prison from the Middle Ages until the 1700s.</a><br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>MAIDEN CASTLE</b></h4>Described as “one of the largest and most
complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe,”
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/maiden-castle/">
Maiden Castle</a> is the size of 50 soccer pitches, with enormous
ramparts dating to the 1st century BCE.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>PEVERIL CASTLE</b></h4>Now in ruins,
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/peveril-castle/">
Peveril Castle</a>, was one of the earliest Norman fortresses in England,
with a keep built by Henry II in 1176.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>RESTORMEL
CASTLE</b></h4>
<a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/restormel-castle/">
Once a “luxurious retreat” in the 14th century</a> and the home of
Edward, the first Duke of Cornwall, Restormel Castle is now a ruin with a
large circular keep.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>ST. MARY’S COTTAGES<br><br>
<br>
(3 properties)</sup></b></h4>Besides Tamarisk, the Duchy of Cornwall also
owns three more holiday homes on St. Mary's, including a two-bedroom
property in
<a href="https://www.duchyofcornwallholidaycottages.co.uk/properties/isles-of-scilly">
a 17th-century guard house and another housed in a former gun
battery.</a><br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TICKHILL CASTLE</b></h4>Now occupied by a private tenant who rents
the land from the Duchy of Lancaster, the 11th-century
<a href="https://www.tickhillhistorysociety.org.uk/tickhill-castle-article">
Tickhill Castle</a> was expanded by several English kings until its
decline during the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century: King Henry I
built a gatehouse and a wall with ramparts in 1130, and Henry II added a
new keep and a stone bridge in 1182.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6351d6121af3e8d4b4e382e5/tintagel-castle-educational-images/1960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="tintagel-castle-educational-images">
<br><br>
<font size=2>educational images/getty images<br><br>
</font><h4><b>TINTAGEL
CASTLE</b></h4>
<a href="https://duchyofcornwall.org/ancient-monuments.html">Located on
the rugged northern coast of Cornwall,</a> little remains of this
13th-century castle.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TRESCO COTTAGES<br><br>
<br>
(15 properties)</sup></b></h4>The Duchy of Cornwallwhich owns nearly all
of the land on the Isles of Scillyhas 15 holiday cottages on the island
of Tresco, in addition to Dolphin House.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TREMATON CASTLE</b></h4>The ruins of Trematon Castle in eastern
Cornwall were converted into
<a href="https://www.explorecornwallapp.com/trematon-castle">a private
garden with evergreen oaks and wild flowers in 2012,</a> when it was
leased by garden designers Julian and Isabel Bannerman from the Duchy of
Cornwall.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>TUTBURY CASTLE</b></h4>Built in 1071 for Norman baron Henry de
Ferrers,
<a href="https://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/properties-and-estates/historic-properties/tutbury-castle-staffordshire/">
this now-ruined castle was confiscated by Henry III during the Second
Barons' War in 1267.</a> Elizabeth I imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots at
Tutbury multiple times between 1569 and 1585, when she was moved 80 miles
south to Fotheringhay Castle and executed.<br><br>
<dl>
<dd>WALES <br><br>
<br><br>
</dl>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63518eb51cf1576302e382e7/Caernarfon-Castle-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Caernarfon Castle.">
<br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>CAERNARFON CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $289 M</sup></b></h4>Inspired by imperial Roman architecture
and the walls of ancient Constantinople, the 13th-century Caernarfon
Castle is
<a href="https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/wales/caernarfon-city-defensive-walls/">
ringed by 2,400 feet of stone walls studded with 12 octagonal towers and
surrounded by a moat.</a> King Edward I ordered its construction in 1283
after the conquest of Wales, but
<a href="https://cadw.gov.wales/more-about-caernarfon-castle">the
colossal structure took 47 years and £25,000</a> (more than $23 million
today) to completeroughly 90% of England’s annual income at the time. It
also holds a special resonance to the new king:
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220619011425/https:/www.visitwales.com/things-do/attractions/castles-and-heritage/castles-and-forts-caernarfon">
Charles was invested as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon in 1969.</a><br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>LLWYNYWERMOD<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $3.9 M</sup></b></h4>Located near the mountains of Brecon
Beacons national park, Llwynywermod was King Charles III's Welsh retreat
while he was Prince of Wales. The 192-acre estate is now in the hands of
his son,
<a href="https://www.visitwales.com/info/history-heritage-and-traditions/wales-connections-royal-family">
Prince William, who has his own Welsh connection:</a> The wedding ring he
gave Kate Middleton in 2011 is made of Welsh gold, and the couple lived
on the isle of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales while William
worked as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>MYDDFAI COTTAGES<br><br>
<br>
(2 properties)</sup></b></h4>The Duchy of Cornwall owns two cottages on
the Llwynywermod estate,
<a href="https://www.duchyofcornwallholidaycottages.co.uk/1/wales">housed
in converted barns.</a> Guests can expect to pay $1,000 for a weeklong
stay at the smaller two-bedroom West Range cottage for the privilege of
being William and Kate’s neighbor.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>OGMORE CASTLE</b></h4>The oval-shaped ruins of Ogmore Castle
feature a twelfth-century stone keep and date to 1116,
<a href="https://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/properties-and-estates/historic-properties/ogmore-castle-wales/">
when the castle was founded by the Norman de Londres family</a>.<br><br>
<br>
<dl>
<dd>ROMANIA <br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
</dl><h4><b>THE PRINCE OF WALES’S GUESTHOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. value: $1.1 M</sup></b></h4>One of only two properties held by King
Charles outside of the U.K., he purchased this private nature retreat and
guesthouse in the rural Transylvanian village of Valea Z lanuluiknown
locally by its Hungarian moniker Zalánpatakthrough Ecologic Transilvania
SRL,
<a href="https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A11467960&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=4042676">
a Romanian subsidiary of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund.</a>
<a href="https://zalan.transylvaniancastle.com/">Visitors can go horse
riding at the property's stables</a> or take advantage of a wood-fired
“salty hot-tub” and a mineral water pool in the summer, or horse-drawn
sleigh rides with mulled wine in the winter.<br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>THE PRINCE OF WALES’S HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. value: $1.1 M</sup></b></h4>Located a two-hour drive west of Valea Z
lanului in the town of Viscri,
<a href="https://zalan.transylvaniancastle.com/">Charles’s second
Romanian property is a bed and breakfast that doubles as a traditional
crafts and training center</a> housed in an 18th-century Saxon home.
Beyond these two homes, Charles has another, centuries-old link to
Transylvania:
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vlad-the-impaler-how-is-prince-charles-queen-elizabeth-related-to-him/">
he is a distant relative of Vlad the Impaler,</a> who ruled what is now
Romania in the 15th century and served as the inspiration for Bram
Stoker’s Dracula</i>.<br><br>
<dl>
<dd>SCOTLAND <br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
</dl><h4><b>BALMORAL CASTLE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $118 M</sup></b></h4>Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite residence,
she spent her final days at Balmoral before she died on September 8 at
age 96.
<a href="https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00045">
Purchased by Prince Albert for his wife, Queen Victoria, in 1852 for
£32,000</a> ($3.9 million today,) the castle was built in the Scottish
Baronial style out of local white granite. The 50,000-acre estate
includes a golf course, woodlands, a bridge across the river Dee designed
by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and an obelisk commemorating Prince Albert.
Along with Sandringham, it’s one of two properties personally owned by
King Charles, which he inherited from the Queen.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/635191a0523b1ee787dbbab2/Palace-of-Holyroodhouse-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Palace of Holyroodhouse.">
<br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $83 M</sup></b></h4>The official residence of the monarchy in
Scotland, Holyroodhouse sits on one end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, which
connects the palace to Edinburgh Castle.
<a href="https://www.royal.uk/royal-residences-palace-holyroodhouse">
Founded by King David I of Scotland as an Augustinian monastery</a> in
1128a structure that’s still intact today as Holyrood AbbeyJames IV
built a palace on the grounds in 1501, and later residents included Mary,
Queen of Scots. (A box containing her hair is on display in her former
chambers.) The palace rooms feature treasures from the Royal Collection,
including the Darnley Jewel,
<a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/28181/the-darnley-jewel-or-lennox-jewel">
a heart-shaped gold locket studded with Burmese rubies and Indian
emerald.</a><br>
<hr>
<br>
<h4><b>DUMFRIES HOUSE<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $46 M</sup></b></h4>Set on 2,000 acres of land in rural
Ayrshire in southwestern Scotland, Dumfries House is a Palladian,
18th-century mansion
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/28/artnews.monarchy">
purchased by Charles in 2007 for £45 million</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/28/artnews.monarchy">(or
$77 million today) through a trust.</a> Built in 1759 by William
Chrichton-Dalrymple, the Earl of Dumfries, and designed by the architect
Robert Adam and his two brothers, the home is known
<a href="https://dumfries-house.org.uk/about/history">for retaining its
original 18th-century furniture from the workshop of Thomas
Chippendale.</a> Now in the hands of the Prince’s Foundation, a charity
Charles set up in 1986, Dumfries House is open to visitors and is also
used for training young people in traditional skills and crafts.<br>
<hr>
<img src="https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63518d5488c858c9cfdbbaa4/Castle-of-Mey-/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=96" alt="Castle of Mey.">
<br><br>
<h4><b>CASTLE OF MEY<br><br>
<br>
Est. Value: $15
M</sup></b></h4><a href="https://www.castleofmey.org.uk/about/history">
Built in 1567 by George, the Earl of Caithness</a> on the northeastern
coast of Scotland, the Castle of Mey features a grand entrance and dining
room designed by William Burn in 1819. It fell into disrepair in the 20th
century until it was purchased by the Queen Elizabeth’s mother in 1952,
who renovated the castle and its 30 acres of gardens and parklands and
restored the property’s original name. The Queen Mother
<a href="https://www.castleofmey.org.uk/attractions/the-castle#:~:text=The%20Castle%20of%20Mey%20was,west%20of%20John%20O'Groats.">
handed the castle over to a trust in 1996,</a> which now forms part of
The Prince’s Foundation.<br><br>
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