Drama between Eugenie/Jack and William/Kate

[AmandaJonah]

I missed this last year. Apparently Eugenie and Jack had wanted to love into Adelaide Cottage as their main British residence (they also live part-time in Portugal for Jack's work). But William and Kate successfully claimed Adelaide Cottage instead as their fourth or fifth house?
This apparently led to tension between the two families. Instead Jack and Eugenie live in Nottingham Cottage which has two bedrooms. They already have one child and Eugenie is pregnant. I am guessing this is why they wanted a slightly bigger house.

www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a42035692/where-does-princess-eugenie-live-nottingham-cottage/

How bizarre. My reply was instantly hidden as soon as I hit post…

I must have used a keyword or something but zero idea what it could be

I'm curious now!

It’s very odd

i simple said (let’s see what happens…) that we’d 100% know if they paid IHT. It would leak. Or be deliberately leaked as a “look at us doing the right thing” story.

Also commented that the press were being silly over Philip’s will as their aim was to see if he’d randomly left Penny Mountbatten a bundle. As if that’s how people would be if they were trying to hide something - not that in this case I think there was anything to hide. That was the main aim of the press wanting that open rather than anything moral or right.
(I also think some of them forgot that Philip was covered by the consort clause)

A few of the cottages are genuinely smaller with a couple of bedrooms. But many called cottages or apartments are enormous. William and Kates apartment has 40 rooms.
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Trigger word like 'pegging' test test

Not that then !

I think they should slim down the whole royal property portfolio- how many times a year are Sandringham, Balmoral, Buck house, Dumfries House etc actually occupied by the royals. It's obscene how much they have whilst going around doing airs and graces for homeless charities

I actually think Buckingham Palace will end up as a museum/open to the public 90% of the time and then only used for state occasions.

None of the royals like living there. Charles seems keen to stay at St James/Clarence House. The Wales like Windsor so will likely end up in the castle there.

There won’t, imo, be the same “you have to live at BP” as the Queen and Philip had going forward.

Totally agree. Charles said, before the Queen died, he wanted to operate as much as he could out of Highgrove. He loves it there. No idea if this is happening.

And Charles always said he was not going to be based at BP. What a waste of a 800 roomed Palace.

Apparently he’s now renting Highgrove from the Dutchy of Cornwall.

I doubt we’ll see people move their London apartments back into BP after the refurb. Anne and Edward & Sophie are the only ones of the working bunch who didn’t/don’t have an apartment at KP or StJ so no doubt they have a temp London base in one for now and it’ll stay.

BP can be open far more often once it’s sorted and that’ll suit them all.

I can’t believe Eugenie and Beatrice are provided with homes. It’s absolutely shocking. I think Zara and Peter Phillips live on their mother’s estate but to be fair, that was given to her and she’s free to do what she likes with it. Andrew was given a massive luxury home which he sold for an eye watering amount of money. He could have provided for his daughter’s with the money he got from that.

You know there are grace and favour homes provided to all sorts of very minor Royals and friends?

I can understand why, as a family, they put other minor or non working royals in apartments in the buildings shared with the more senior royals.

Privacy and security are easier that way. And security will have been a bigger thing historically with the threats from the IRA etc.

It’s a funny one because in many ways the Queen paying rents on behalf of B&E, the Michael’s of Kent etc is not that different to other rich families where they’d do the same. But it’s also different.

Especially now since they have to pay more decent rents than the old peppercorn ones they paid before that big review.

Apparently he’s now renting Highgrove from the Dutchy of Cornwall.

Highgrove was bought by the Duchy of Cornwall which means for all the time he's been there the 'rent' he's paid has been returned to him in the form of Duchy profits.

Out of one pocket and into another just like magic.

Minor royals do not need security. Most people would not even recognise them in public or be able to name them.

@CathyorClaire Yep Charles gets Highgrove for free.
The Queen was reportedly unhappy at Charles desire to continue living at Highgrove once he was King.

Yep. The ex-main owner of Casamigos was Mike Meldman. Clooney and Rande Gerber were minority shareholders/show ponies.

Meldman is a property billionaire who amongst other things, develops high end resorts. His new one is in Portugal. Jack works for him.

It’s more secure for the senior royals if they’ve got other royals living round them rather than randoms renting. Same with the privacy.

Although back when the IRA was active even the minor ones did have security and we’re viewed as having needed it.

Mountbatten was the obvious success for the targets, but he wasn’t the only target.

It is many many years since the IRA have been active and targeted royal family members. And Mountbatten was not seen as a minor Royal and was reportedly targeted as he was also a known paedophile.

Unless the grace and favour apartments are full of known paedophiles they are not at risk. And the properties could be sold off. There is no need for so many properties.

I think they wanted Phils will hidden because they did not want the public to know just how rich they are. Remember Phillip amassed all his monies as a member of the Royal Family. His family were penniless.

Which is exactly why I used the word “historically”

More likely to do with precedence imo.

They’re savvy enough to have distributed most of the wealth earlier - like QEQM setting up big trust funds for great-grandkids then dying reportedly in significant debt.

They wouldn’t want Philip’s released as that would have put pressure on releasing the Queen’s.

Then even if they did get round that there would be “well why is Camilla’s not being released when Philip’s was?” when that time comes (and hers is likely to be the most difficult when it comes to IHT and likes with her children and previous marriage - they’ll have to shift property and the likes before death to get round that).

It's actually quite amazing that all other wills are public record - it's the same in the USA too.

I understand the principle why, but at the same time it's odd that people not named in the will can see every little bequest or thing written. Has anyone ever nosily looked up someone else's will just out of curiosity?