"The Grade II-listed Georgian mansion is laid out across three storeys with two-storey wings, and features a formal room and a spacious drawing room with intricate mouldings and millwork, high ceilings and large, arched windows opening out on to the rear terrace. There is a conservatory and a saloon, reportedly measuring about 15 metres by 9 metres (48ft by 30ft), and seven bedrooms."
"In fact, the residence is so large that both Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were able to host their wedding receptions at home. One person, who has seen inside, has described its style as classic elegance with antique furniture and rugs, walls hung with art from the royal collection and fresh flowers in all the main rooms. Visitors can expect to be greeted by a butler on arrival, and there is a cook and housekeeper, according to reports."
"Its extensive grounds include a chapel lodge, six cottages as well as a gardener's cottage and police security accommodation. Beatrice and Eugenie grew up there, and the garden boasts their initialled, personalised wooden swings. There is room for a swimming pool, a driving range for the golf-obsessed prince and tennis courts, according to reports. There is also a mini-sized thatched cottage in its grounds, Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little Cottage), which was originally given to the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret by the people"
Royal Lodge is a 30-room Grade II-listed Georgian mansion set in 40 hectares of grounds in Windsor Great Park. The house stretches across three storeys with two-storey wings and contains formal rooms, a drawing room with intricate mouldings, a conservatory, a saloon and seven bedrooms. Interiors display antique furniture, rugs, art from the royal collection, high ceilings, arched windows and fresh flowers in main rooms. Grounds include a chapel lodge, six cottages, a gardener's cottage, police accommodation, a mini thatched cottage and room for a pool, driving range and tennis courts. The lodge has housed Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson for two decades and has drawn public scrutiny over occupancy and rent.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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