It was Prince Andrew’s dogged refusal to accept the scale of the public disapproval he had provoked – and him consequently ignoring suggestions that he might scale back his living arrangements – that started it.
The shamed former Duke of York doggedly dog in his heels and refused to move from the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park until public anger made a move inevitable.
But now the entire extended Royal Family finds itself caught up in the consequences as they face an unprecedented full investigation into their property holdings and how they are financed.
Secret rental deals, peppercorn charging arrangements, lifetime leases at a fraction of market rents are all set to be revealed for the first time – part of a property portfolio whose collective value runs into the billions.
While an array of stately homes and palaces, and more modest cottages and flats – all of which had previously been closely guarded royal secrets – will come under the spotlight.
Experts have likened what is coming to ‘the opening of Pandora’s box’ – and predict it will instigate sweeping changes for how the royals live.
Now The Daily Mail has conducted an inventory of what will be on the agenda when the family face their property day of reckoning – a full list of the array of properties whose affairs are to be investigated.
It was Prince Andrew’s initial dogged refusal to move from the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park that started it. But now the entire extended Royal Family (pictured, file photo, at Trooping the Colour last year) finds itself caught up in the consequences as they face an unprecedented full investigation into their property
It was the scandal over the living arrangements of disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor which raised broader questions about the financing of homes for other members of the Royal family.
After the former Prince was finally stripped of his titles this autumn it was revealed that he had been paying a peppercorn rent for years for his rambling home Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park – which was owned by the Crown Estate.
Public outrage over the terms of his tenancy agreement for the 30-room home set in 98 acres has led to MPs announcing an inquiry into all royal homes owned by the Crown Estate.
The probe will examine the Prince and Princess of Wales’s rental for their new family home, Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, and the rent free deal enjoyed by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in their nearby sprawling mansion, Bagshot Park.
Any rents paid by Royal family members for their homes in Royal palaces have never before been publicly revealed, with the exception of the tenancy agreement for the Kensington Palace apartment home of Princes and Princess Michael of Kent which had an index-linked commercial rate rent of £120,00 a year agreed in 2010.
Kensington Palace and other Royal palaces are technically owned by the King ‘in right of Crown’ due to his position as sovereign.
The public accounts committee’s inquiry was launched after the Crown Estate compiled an astonishing report into royal properties which revealed that Royal Lodge was in such disrepair that Andrew could lose his £500,000 ‘compensation’ for being booted out early.
The report also revealed that William and Kate were paying ‘market rent’ on eight-bedroom Forest Lodge which they moved into in October, although no figures were disclosed.
The same report stated that the late Queen’s cousin Princess Alexandra’s rent in sought-after Richmond Park was around £225 a month, while Edward and Sophie fixed a deal in 2007 to pay £5million up front for their 120-room Bagshot Park home in Surrey and then essentially live rent-free.
Andrew has a legal right to stay in Royal Lodge until October next year but has offered to surrender his tenancy and is expected to be out much sooner to a new home, provided by the King on the Sandringham estate.
Public concern about ‘cut-price’ royal homes was sparked after the scandal of Andrew’s favourable ‘one peppercorn’ arrangement emerged in his lease on Royal Lodge where he and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have lived rent-free for two decades.
The former Duke of York was stripped of all his royal titles, including ‘prince’, in October after a leaked email published by The Mail on Sunday proved he had lied in his interview with BBC’s Newsnight about when he ended his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
There had been pressure on Andrew, 65, to move from his Windsor home for more than a year, in a saga that become known as the Siege of Royal Lodge.
Now MPs on the cross-party committee want to know about Andrew’s financial arrangements for Royal Lodge and whether taxpayers’ interests have been properly protected – along with details of other royal homes.
Privately owned residences, such as the King’s country retreat Highgrove House and Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park, along with grace-and-favour homes are not part of the Crown Estate and so will not be included as part of the investigation.
Royal biographer Ingrid Seward, the editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, stated: ‘This is the opening of Pandora’s box. Once those MPs have got their big noses in there, they are not going to let this go.’
She said William and Kate would ‘be blaming Andrew for this, and quite rightly so’, after being dragged into the parliamentary probe. She added: ‘If he had not been so avaricious, money grabbing and dishonest, none of this would have happened.’
The Crown Estate is not a government department, but operates with commercial objectives and has a duty to maximise value for the public purse.
Its profits go back to taxpayers and, among others things, fund the Sovereign Grant, which pays for the monarch’s official duties and the upkeep of the Royal Family’s official residences. The grant was set at £132million this year.
It does not own ‘grace and favour’ properties, or the royal palaces, but has five royal homes under its wing: Royal Lodge, Bagshot Park, Forest Lodge and The Cottage, in Windsor Great Park, and Thatched House Lodge in Richmond.
The Crown Estate refused to reveal any more details of tenancy agreements agreed with members of the Royal family, other than those which have already been disclosed. A reporter who made inquiries was asked to write a Freedom of Information request.
Campaigners have questioned how Edward, 61, and his wife Sophie can defend living in 120-room Bagshot Park when the Crown Estate could rent it out on the open market with the taxpayer benefiting.
Here the Daily Mail reveals the living arrangements of Royal family members and how they are funded, where the information is known.
ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR
ROYAL LODGE
Royal Lodge was a ‘grace and favour’ home for the later Queen Mother until her death in 2002 when it was returned to the management and control of the Crown Estate.
Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, took out a 75-year lease on Royal Lodge in 2003, obliging him to pay £1million up front and to spend £7.5million on renovations, before his ‘one peppercorn’ rent kicked in thereafter.
The property reportedly has 30 rooms including seven bedrooms and stands in grounds of 98 acres with eight cottages and a police suite.
The lease imposed ‘ongoing full repairing liabilities for 75 years’ on Andrew, and gave him the right to pass on the property to his widow or either or both of his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, or pass it into trust for them.
Andrew offered 12 months notice on October 30 this year to surrender his lease. The same day it was announced he was being stripped of his Royal titles over his links with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The Crown Estate confirmed last week that a ‘preliminary internal inspection’ of Royal Lodge had revealed that it was in such a poor state of repair that Andrew was ‘in all likelihood’ not going to be entitled to any compensation for the early surrender of his lease.
It was confirmed that he would have been due ‘a hypothetical figure’ of £488,342.21 if ‘no end of tenancy repairs or dilapidations’ were required, and his lease was ended on October 30 next year.
Prince Andrew now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, took out a 75-year lease on Royal Lodge in 2003
The property (pictured) reportedly has 30 rooms including seven bedrooms and stands in grounds of 98 acres with eight cottages and a police suite
PRINCE EDWARD AND SOPHIE, DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
BAGSHOT PARK
Prince Edward paid a £5million premium to the Crown Estate in 2007 to lease 120-room Bagshot Park on the Windsor estate through his company Eclipse Nominees Ltd for a peppercorn rent for 150 years, according to a document released by the Crown Estate last week
He and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, continue to live rent free at the rambling property with their children Lady Louise, 22, and 17-year-old James, the Earl of Wessex, due to the cash that he paid in advance.
Bagshot Park was built for Queen Victoria’s third son, and his wife, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Following the Duke’s death in 1942 it was requisitioned by the Army as a college.
The college closed at the end of the Second World War, and was given by King George VI, to the Army Chaplains who leased it from the Crown Estate from 1947 until surrendering it in 1996.
The Crown Estate says it sought independent professional which concluded that the property was best suited as ‘a single dwelling for private occupation’, but no suitable tenant could be found, despite a marketing campaign.
Terms were agreed to give Edward a 50-year assignable lease from 1998 at an initial annual rent of £90,000, reviewable every 15 years in line with the Retail Price Index, with a requirement for him to spend £1.38million on restoration of the property.
The lease also required the Crown Estate and the Ministry of Defence to put £1.8million each towards renovations, with the MoD’s contribution due as a ‘dilapidations contribution’ for not properly upkeeping the property when it had the lease.
Edward’s lease was renegotiated in 2007 following independent professional valuation advice, and he was given the 150-year assignable lease in exchange for a £5million premium.
The Crown Estate insisted last week that independent legal and property experts were consulted to ensure that both leases in 1998 and 2007 ‘reflected market practice, including an onus on the tenant to maintain and uphold the property’.
Prince Edward paid a £5million premium to the Crown Estate in 2007 to lease 120-room Bagshot Park on the Windsor estate
He and Sophie continue to live rent free at the rambling property (pictured) with their children Lady Louise, 22, and 17-year-old James, the Earl of Wessex
PRINCE WILLIAM
FOREST LODGE
Prince William and the Princess of Wales, both 43, moved into their ‘forever home’ Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park with their children Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, ten and Prince Louis, seven, during half term in October this year.
The Grade II-listed Georgian mansion which is said to have eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, a ballroom and a tennis court is owned by the Crown Estate, and estimated to be worth around £16million.
It was confirmed this week that William and Kate, who have moved out of their far smaller nearby home Adelaide Cottage, hold a 20-year ‘non-assignable lease’ with The Crown Estate for the property which started on July 5, 2025.
The house was previously a ‘grace and favour’ residence, but was returned to the Crown Estate by the late Queen in the early 1990s, and was then let on the open market.
The Crown Estate Commissioners agreed this year to lease the house to William and Kate at an ‘open market rent’ subject to standard ‘repairing obligations’. The amount of rent the couple are paying has not been disclosed, but it has been unofficially estimated at anywhere between £32,000 to £100,000 per month.
The rent is said to have been assessed by upmarket estate agents Savills and Hamptons, acting on behalf of the Crown Estate, and Knight Frank, acting for the Prince and Princess of Wales to ‘ensure appropriate market terms’, the Crown Estate said.
Prince William and the Princess of Wales, both 43, moved into their ‘forever home’ Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park with their children Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, ten and Prince Louis, seven, during half term in October this year
The Grade II-listed Georgian mansion (pictured) which is said to have eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, a ballroom and a tennis court is owned by the Crown Estate, and estimated to be worth around £16million
ANMER HALL
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children still have their own country home at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham estate.
The ten bedroom Georgian house is owned by the Sandringham estate which is the private property of the King, but was gifted to William and Kate as a wedding present by the Queen in 2011.
The couple moved in full time when William was working as a pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, and they still regularly stay there during school holidays and at weekends.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children still have their own country home at Anmer Hall (pictured) on the Sandringham estate
APARTMENT 1A, KENSINGTON PALACE
Kensington Palace is also owned by the King ‘in right by Crown’ and is held in trust by him while being looked after by the charity Historic Royal Palaces
The 20-room regal residence Apartment 1A takes up half a wing and features five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, staff quarters and a basement floor featuring a gym and a laundry space.
It was refurbished at a reported cost of £4.5million, paid for by the taxpayer, through the Sovereign Grant, before William and Kate moved there in 2013.
The 20-room regal residence Apartment 1A (pictured, covered in scaffolding when undergoing renovation in 2013) takes up half a wing and features five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, staff quarters and a basement floor featuring a gym and a laundry space
LLWYNYWERMOD
Llwynywermod is a farmhouse in Carmarthenshire which was bought for £1.2million by the Duchy of Cornwall in 2007, and used regularly as a retreat in Wales by the King who rented it off the Duchy as a retreat in Wales.
Ownership of the three bedroom farmhouse and its 192 acre estate passed to Prince William when he took over the Duchy of Cornwall from his father on the late Queen’s death. It was reported in 2003 that the King was giving up his lease on the property.
Llwynywermod (pictured) is a farmhouse in Carmarthenshire which was bought for £1.2million by the Duchy of Cornwall in 2007
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
THATCHED HOUSE LODGE
Princess Alexandra, 88 , has lived at the Crown Estate property Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park since she married the late Angus Ogilvy in 1963.
Her rent arrangement for the property are complicated and involves two leases, one for a fixed £700 a year and the other on a rising scale, which taken together suggests she owed about £2,700 this year, or around £225 a month.
Princess Alexandra’s first 70 year lease was granted in 1971 after she and her late husband spent £3,000 on improving and repairing the property. The rent payable under the lease was fived at £410 for the first 35 years and £700 for the remaining 35 years.
A separate lease of the property for 150 years was started in 1994 after a premium of £670,000 was paid over. It fixed the annual rent at £1,010 for the first 25 years, rising by increments every 25 years to £6,000 for the last 25 years.
The Crown Estate insisted last week that the new lease had been agreed after an ‘arm’s-length valuation report’ and that both leases required the property to be kept ‘in good and substantial repair’. The terms allow both leases to be assigned to a new tenant.
Princess Alexandra, 88, has lived at the Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park since she married Angus Ogilvy in 1963
Her rent arrangement for the property (pictured) are complicated and involves two leases, one for a fixed £700 a year and the other on a rising scale, which taken together suggests she owed about £2,700 this year, or around £225 a month
MARINA OGILVY
THE COTTAGE, WINDSOR GREAT PARK
The Cottage, a three bed semi-detached property in Windsor Great Park, is rented by the Crown Estate to Princess Alexandra’s daughter Marina Ogilvy, 59, on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy which has been ‘renewed a number of times over the years’.
The Crown Estate states that the tenancy is in line with other properties that it rents out on the open market. It has not disclosed her rent, but states that it ‘is assessed by The Crown Estate every three years to the prevailing market value’.
The tenancy which has no special conditions other than those applicable to all tenants in Windsor Great Park, was last renewed in 2023.
PRINCE AND PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT
APARTMENT 10, KENSINGTON PALACE
Prince Michael of Kent, 83, and his wife Princess Michael, 80, have been living at five bedroom Apartment 10, Kensington Palace since the late Queen, who was his cousin, made it available to them in 1979.
They initially only paid a ‘peppercorn rent’ covering their utility bills until 2002 when Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had agreed to pay their rent from her own income for seven years.
Following demands by the Public Accounts Committee, the couple agreed to pay a commercial rate rent of £120,000 a year from 2010. Their rent is said to have been index-linked since then.
The couple sold their neoclassical mansion Nether Lypiatt, set in 16 acres near Bisley, Gloucestershire, for £5.75million in 2006.
Prince Michael of Kent, 83, and his wife Princess Michael, 80, have been living at five bedroom Apartment 10, Kensington Palace since the late Queen, who was his cousin, made it available to them in 1979
They initially only paid a ‘peppercorn rent’ covering their utility bills until 2002 when Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had agreed to pay their rent from her own income for seven years. Pictured: File photo of the front of Kensington Palace
The couple sold their neoclassical mansion Nether Lypiatt (pictured), set in 16 acres near Bisley, Gloucestershire, for £5.75million in 2006
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
THE OLD STABLES, KENSINGTON PALACE
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have lived since 2020 in The Old Stables, a historic cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
Buckingham Palace revealed that the couple had moved in after £1million, funded from the Sovereign Grant, was spent on renovating the cottage.
They had previously lived in 21-room Apartment 1 where they raised their three children before deciding to downsize. It is not known if the couple, aged 81 and 79, pay any rent.
The Duke and Duchess started renting out their rambling home Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire in 1995 because they could not afford its upkeep, and moved full time into Kensington Palace. Barnwell Manor was reportedly sold last year after being originally priced at £4.75million.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (pictured at Trooping the Colour in June) have lived since 2020 in The Old Stables, a historic cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace
The Duke and Duchess started renting out their rambling home Barnwell Manor (pictured) in Northamptonshire in 1995
DUKE OF KENT
WREN HOUSE, KENSINGTON PALACE
The Duke of Kent and his late wife the Duchess of Kent, reportedly moved into 17th century Wren House, named in honour architect Sir Christopher Wren, in 1978. The amount of rent paid by the couple has never been disclosed.
The Duke of Kent and his late wife the Duchess of Kent reportedly moved into 17th century Wren House, named in honour architect Sir Christopher Wren, in 1978
The amount of rent paid by the couple has never been disclosed. Pictured: The couple outside the property, with their son Lord Nicholas Windsor, watching three pipers from the Royal Scots Dragoon play to mark the Duke’s 89th birthday last year
KING CHARLES
The King technically owns a number of Royal residences ‘in right of the Crown’ which means they are not his private property but are actually owned by the reigning sovereign, and managed by the Royal household.
The palaces which are not part of the Crown Estate include Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Scotland and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
The King technically owns a number of Royal residences ‘in right of the Crown’
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of the UK’s kings and queens since 1837 and is today the administrative headquarters of the Monarch.
While it was often lived in by the late Queen, no members of the Royal family currently reside there, and it is undergoing extensive renovations which are due to be completed in 2027.
But the Palace continues to be used for many official events attended by 50,000 guests a year including State Banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions, investitures and garden parties.
The King also holds weekly audiences with the Prime Minister and receives newly-appointed foreign Ambassadors at Buckingham Palace.
It was originally built in 1703 as a house for the Duke of Buckingham and was bought by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte.
The 108m long and 120m deep building has 775 rooms including 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
Buckingham Palace (pictured) has served as the official London residence of the UK’s kings and queens since 1837 and is today the administrative headquarters of the Monarch
CLARENCE HOUSE
Clarence House has been the official London residence of Charles since August 2003 when he was Prince of Wales. He and Queen Camilla have continued to live there rather than move into Buckingham Palace.
It was built between 1825 and 1827, adjacent to St James Palace, for the Duke of Clarence who later became King William IV.
Clarence House suffered bomb damage during the Blitz in World War Two and became the home of the late Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 after they married. After she acceded to the throne in 1952, she moved to Buckingham Palace.
The late Queen Mother moved into Clarence House in 1953, initially with her daughter Princess Margaret who later moved into an apartment in Kensington Palace following her marriage in 1960.
The Grade I-listed house has five bedrooms, a morning room, a drawing room and a garden room. It reportedly underwent extensive restoration before Charles moved in.
Clarence House (pictured) has been the official London residence of Charles since August 2003 when he was Prince of Wales
WINDSOR CASTLE
Windsor Castle is the largest occupied castle in the world and has around 1,000 rooms, many of them filled with Royal pieces of art.
William the Conqueror began building a wooden fortress at Windsor to guard the western approach to London in the 11th century, and Henry II later rebuilt the walls with stone.
The Castle covers an area of around 13 acres and much of it is open all the year round to the public. It also often hosts world leaders for State visits.
The King and Queen Camilla have a private apartment at the Castle, and regularly stay there, following in the footsteps of the late Queen who also did so.
Windsor Castle is the largest occupied castle in the world and has around 1,000 rooms, many of them filled with Royal pieces of art
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
Holyroodhouse at the end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland, but is also open to the public all year round.
The Palace was founded as an Augustinian monastery in the 12th century, and was rebuilt by King James IV in 1501 as a home for himself and his bride. His successor James V added a tower and a new frontage later in the 16th century.
It has 289 rooms and 87,120 square feet of floor space, surrounded by ten acres of stunning gardens.
The King usually stays at the Palace for a week every year the end of June and beginning of July for what is known as ‘Royal week’ in Scotland or ‘Holyrood Week’ elsewhere to celebrate Scottish culture with a series of engagements, ceremonies, receptions and visits.
Holyroodhouse (pictured) at the end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland, but is also open to the public all year round.
HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Hillsborough Castle in County Down is the official residence of the monarch and members of the Royal family in Northern Ireland as well as being the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Hillsborough Castle (pictured) in County Down is the official residence of the monarch and members of the Royal family in Northern Ireland
SANDRINGHAM
The King inherited the 20,000 acre Sandringham estate in north Norfolk from his mother, the late Queen, and it remains his private property.
The estate includes Sandringham House where members of the Royal family traditionally gather at Christmas as well as 150 other houses, with the vast majority of them rented out to tenants.
Sandringham House has 60 acres of gardens which are open to the public along with the house every summer, and the estate includes 600 acres of parkland, as well as a number of farms, operated by the King as an organic enterprise.
The King is said to have promised his disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a home on the estate, but it is not yet known which property is likely to be lined up for him next year.
The King inherited the 20,000 acre Sandringham estate (pictured, Sandringham House, the main home on the estate) in north Norfolk from his mother, the late Queen, and it remains his private property
BALMORAL CASTLE
Balmoral near the village of Crathie in Aberdeenshire was inherited by the King from his late mother, the Queen who died there in September 2022.
The castle which has 52 bedrooms and a ballroom, and is surrounded by 53,680 acres of land including forests, grouse moors, mountains and farmland remains his private property.
Ther estate and its original castle were originally bought by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, and construction of a new castle to accommodate their growing family began in 1853.
While the late Queen, stayed at Balmoral every summer, the King is said to prefer to stay at his private residence Birkhall on the estate.
Balmoral (pictured) near the village of Crathie in Aberdeenshire was inherited by the King from his late mother, the Queen who died there in September 2022
BIRKHALL
The King inherited Birkhall from the Queen Mother after her death in 2002, and is his private property.
He and Camilla spent their honeymoon there in 2005, and have returned every summer since. They are also said to have self-isolated there in March 2020 after the King tested positive for Covid.
The house was built in 1715 and originally given by Prince Albert to his son the Prince of Wales before he became King Edward VII, only for Queen Victoria to buy it back from her son.
The King inherited Birkhall (pictured) from the Queen Mother after her death in 2002, and is his private property
HIGHGROVE HOUSE
Highgrove House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, was bought in 1980 by the Duchy of Cornwall as a country home for the King when he was Prince of Wales before he married Diana in July 1981.
The 18th century Georgian house on a 353-acre estate has nine bedrooms and six bathrooms, and was remodelled by Charles with neo-classical editions in 1987. The gardens in particular are said to be his pride and joy, and have been open to the public since 1996.
It was revealed to the Public Accounts Committee in 2005 that he had been paying full market rent to the Duchy for the use of his house and estate, although the sums had been paid directly into the Duchy’s coffers which was his money.
At the time of the disclosure, his annual rent for Highgrove which was effectively just being swapped between two of his bank accounts was said to be £336,000 a year
As Prince William took over the Duchy of Cornwall when he became Prince of Wales on the death of the late Queen in September 2022, it has been suggested that the King is now paying an estimated £700,000 rent to his son for Highgrove.
Highgrove House (pictured) near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, was bought in 1980 by the Duchy of Cornwall as a country home for the King when he was Prince of Wales before he married Diana in July 1981
PROPERTY IN ROMANIA
The King is still believed to own properties in Romania after becoming fascinated by the country’s Transylvania region. He first visited the area in 1988 and recalled how he was ‘totally overwhelmed by its unique beauty and its extraordinary heritage’.
Charles purchased a Romanian cottage at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Viscri in 2006, and it has now been converted into a training centre for traditional crafts and rural skills.
He also owns the Zalán Guesthouse, a traditional house with seven rooms and wooden features in Zalánpatak, where paying guests can stay.
Charles purchased a Romanian cottage (pictured) at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Viscri in 2006
PRINCESS ANNE
GATCOMBE PARK
Grade II-listed Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire has been the country home of Princess Anne since it was bought for her by her mother, the late Queen, in 1976 as a wedding present for her and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips.
The nine bedroom house on a 730 acre estate is currently home to Anne and her second husband Sir Timothy Laurence. Anne’s daughter Zara and her former England rugby star husband Mike Tindall have lived for the last 12 years at Aston Farm on the estate.
Grade II-listed Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire has been the country home of Princess Anne (pictured with her husband Sir Timothy Laurence at Trooping the Colour in 2022) since it was bought for her by her mother, the late Queen, in 1976
The nine bedroom house (pictured) on a 730 acre estate is currently home to Anne and her husband
Anne’s daughter Zara and her former England rugby star husband Mike Tindall also live on the estate
For the last 12 years, the couple have lived at Aston Farm (pictured) on the estate
PRINCESS BEATRICE
COTSWOLDS MANSION
Princess Beatrice, 37, the oldest daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 41, bought a six bedroom farmhouse in Oxfordshire for £3.5million in 2021.
Reports have suggested that the couple might be set to provide a granny annexe at their home for Beatrice’s ostracised mother Sarah Ferguson who has to find a new home when she is kicked out of Royal Lodge.
Princess Beatrice, 37, the oldest daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 41, have a six bedroom farmhouse in Oxfordshire. Pictured: The couple at a gala in 2023
They purchased the property (pictured) for £3.5million in 2021
Reports have suggested that the couple might be set to provide a granny annexe (pictured) at their home for Beatrice’s ostracised mother Sarah Ferguson
PRINCESS EUGENIE
IVY COTTAGE
Andrew-Mountbatten’s daughter Princess Eugenie, 35 splits her time with her husband Jack Brooksbank, 39, between Ivy Cottage at Kensington Palace, and Portugal where he works and they have a private property.
While Kensington palace is technically owned by the King ‘as right of the Crown’, it is not known whether the couple pay rent for three bedroom Ivy Cottage or if they are lived allowed to live their rent free as ‘a grace and favour home’.
Andrew-Mountbatten’s daughter Princess Eugenie, 35 splits her time with her husband Jack Brooksbank, 39, between London and Portugal
It is not known whether the couple pay rent for their London home, three bedroom Ivy Cottage (pictured) at Kensington Palace
The couple also spend time in Portugal, where Mr Brooksbank works and they have a private property. Pictured: The resort in Portugal their house is in