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Thread #130167   Message #2928561
Posted By: Emma B
15-Jun-10 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Time to sell the royal residences
Subject: RE: BS: Time to sell the royal residences
'Occupied' Royal palaces and residences in the United Kingdom

Bagshot Park · Balmoral Castle · Birkhall · Buckingham Palace · Clarence House · Gatcombe Park · Highgrove House · Hillsborough Castle · Holyrood Palace · St. James's Palace · Kensington Palace · Llwynywermod · Royal Lodge · Sandringham House · Thatched House Lodge · Windsor Castle

Thatched House Lodge sounds terribly quaint and English but is described as -

"A royal residence in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England.

The main house has six reception rooms, six bedrooms, and stands in four acres (16,000 m²) of grounds.
The gardens include an eighteenth century two-room thatched summer house which gave the main house its name.

Since 1963 Thatched House Lodge has been the residence of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
It was acquired by her late husband, Sir Angus Ogilvy, on a lease from Crown Estate Commissioners following their marriage

The house was used by various members of the Royal Household, including General Sir Edward Bowater, and General Lynedoch Gardiner, respectively Equerry to the Prince Consort and to Queen Victoria. Later Thatched House Lodge became the home of Wing Commander Sir Louis Greig (equerry to King George VI, when he was Duke of York), and then the Duke of Sutherland.
It was the London home of U.S. General during the Second World War"

Well hey! I've heard of Dwight D. Eisenhower! :)