Pogledajte kako izgleda kuća koju je Kraljica Elizabetha poklonila Harriju i Meghan

Osim titule, statusa, nove porodice i srca javnosti, Meghan Markle osvojila je još neke od pogodnosti koje dobivaju članovi kraljevske porodice. Prema nepisanoj tradiciji, kraljica Elizabeta uvijek poklanja najvelikodušniji dar novopečenim mladencima, a izuzetak nisu bili ni vojvode od Sussexa.

Princ Harry i Meghan tražili su da njihove zvanice umjesto poklona, novac doniraju dobrotvornim organizacijama, a sada planiraju da vrate i ostale poklone vrijedne sedam miliona dolara, budući da ne smiju da prime darove ljudi koje lično ne poznaje kraljevska porodica ili kompanije koje žele promociju.

Ali kad vidite kakav poklon im je kraljica Elizabetha pripremila, shvatit ćete zašto im niti jedan drugi nije potreban.

It has been reported the Queen has given the Duke and Duchess of Sussex York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate as a country retreat. Originally built as a Batchelor's Cottage for unmarried shooting guests to Sandringham, it became the home of King George V and Queen Mary until 1925. Queen Alexandra remained in the “big house” until her death. George V described the cottage as “three Merrie England pubs joined together.” The cottage is reputed to be haunted by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, George V's brother and Mary's deceased fiancée, who died of influenza in January 1892. Five of George and Mary's children were born at the cottage, and each could not wait to leave and hated their time at the cottage. Along with the family, the cottage also had to accommodate equerries, private secretaries, domestic servants and household staff and its narrow corridors and staircases and small rooms meant it was difficult for moving around this cramped house. Queen Victoria also hated this cramped home. It has since become estate offices and staff accommodation, so if the reports of the cottage becoming the country home of the newly wed Duke and Duchess of Sussex, this could be another difficult step in the cottage's turbulent past.

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Dar kojim je Elizabeta II zasigurno oduševila mladence velebnih je proporcija. Imanje se prostire na čak 8000 hektara zemlje, od čega 240 hektara čini javni park, a 24 hektara vrt koji je ujedno povezan s glavnom kućom. Imanje datira sve do razdoblja kralja Edwarda VII, koji je kuću poklonio svom sinu, kralju Georgeu V, u 1893. godini.

York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. A favourite home of King George V #yorkcottage #sandringhamestate #sandringham #norfolk #georgev #royalresidence #britishroyalfamily 👑

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