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Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Located in Norfolk, England, just over 100 miles north of London, the Sandringham Estate covers 20,000 acres of land. The British royal family acquired the estate in 1862, when it was purchased as ...
What we don’t see, though, is what happens inside the walls of St. Mary Magdalene, nestled on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Thankfully, Prince William took us all inside those four walls.
He would eventually die at Sandringham house on January 20, 1936. His son and Queen Elizabeth's father, George VI, would also eventually pass away in the house on February 6, 1952.
The cottage was originally called the Bachelor's Cottage, and built as an overflow residence for Sandringham House. [2]In 1893, it was given by the future King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, as a wedding gift to his son Prince George, the Duke of York (later King George V), [1] who lived there with his wife, the future Queen Mary, after their marriage. [3]
Sandringham Church chancel. The Grade II* listed [4] The church is dedicated to Mary Magdalene [5] and is described as a small building in the perpendicular style, "nobly lying on raised ground". [6] [7] The present building dates from the 16th century but was restored by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1855 and Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1890.
Wood Farm is a five-bedroom cottage located in a secluded part of the Sandringham Estate, overlooking the sea. [1] It has been described as a “comfortable open beamed cottage two miles from the ‘big house’”. [2] The house is half a mile from the Wolferton railway station and is located near the stables and pheasant shooting grounds. [1]
Sandringham House also happens to be the location where Queen Elizabeth II delivered her first televised Christmas message in 1957—25 years after her grandfather, King George V, made the first ...