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The Royals: This mansion was so costly not even Queen’s cousins might afford it
Monetary causes pressured the Queen’s cousins to depart their personal 40-bedroom mansion.
Bristol Post stories that the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester beforehand lived in Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, a Grade II listed constructing with 12 acres of floor.
Prince Henry purchased the mansion in 1938, however in 1995 it was declared that Princess Alice, the late Duchess of Gloucester and widow to Henry, her son, daughter-in-law and their youngsters could be leaving the house to reside in an house at Kensington Palace.
However for The Queen’s cousins – Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, and his spouse the Duchess, Birgitte van Deurs – exiting Barnwell Manor wasn’t a alternative.
The Independent reported that the Duke is sustained financially by the Queen from the Civil Checklist at £175,000 a yr which, joined with the Duke of Gloucester’s earnings from farming, was not adequate to protect the 4 hundred yr outdated manor.
