People are being obtuse if they can't understand that a typical American will imagine that a prince lives in a castle or at least a spacious, luxurious mansion.
It's the new money/old money clash that's on every one of the hundreds of Mumsnet class threads.
'Old money' will go for the small pretty cottage in the premium location. 'New money' will go for the 10 bed new build.
How many LA based actors lives in homes with as small a square footage as Nottingham Cottage?
Someone should have given MM Kate Fox's 'Watching the English' book to read.