It was their refuge during the pandemic, the place where they spent self-isolation and where they had real online meetings. Let’s talk about Anmer Hall, Cambridge favorite residence. William and Kate love the mansion located in the green county of Norfolk, in the east of England, and the children (George, Charlotte and Louis) seem to do the same; so much so that for the 2021 Christmas portrait, the family chose a corner of the house as the backdrop for the official card.

Over the years, Anmer Hall has always aroused great interest in the aura of privacy and intimacy that surrounds himso it’s worth taking a quick look and discovering it all.

All about Anmer Hall

Castle it is located in the small village of Anmer, located on the territory of King’s Lynn, a larger city. According to TelegraphThere would be very little to do in Anmer: “It’s certainly not a social hotspot and there are no fabulous shops to visit,” the source said. Conversely, King’s Lynn is also a more structured city. offers all the services a Cambridge family could needincluding restaurants, patisserie and market.

House repairs carried out after 2011 cost approx. 1.5 million pounds; according to Hello! MagazineThe Duchess wanted to give the mansion a personality. The Cambridge family then ordered a new roof, a new kitchen, and built it. winter Gardenfinally started a total renovation of the premises. The interior was created with designer Ben Pentreat, and from the photo it seems that classic furniture and pastel colors prevail. It is believed that Anmer ten bedrooms and spread over three floors, one of which is an attic. The house is surrounded by a large garden and well-groomed vegetation, inside which the couple would build a wooden house and a swing (in general, just the perfect place to raise children). During the pandemic it was possible grab the corners of the houseas Cambridge performed official functions via live video calls from Norfolk.

History of the estate

House built in Georgian style dates back to the 18th century. It passed into the hands of the royal family in the late 1800s, after Sandringham Manor (itself located in Norfolk) was bought by Queen Victoria in 1862 as a gift to Edward VII. Initially, Anmer Hall (just two miles from Sandringham) was not part of the estate, but only later became part of it. Several people Withthey chose the house as a temporary residence, but only in 1972 the first members of the royal family settled here, as well as the Dukes of Kent. In the early 1990s, Edward of Kent and his wife were moved to Oxfordshire and the property was occupied. from the van Cutsem noble familyvery close to the royal family of England: van Cutsem’s son, Hugh, was a close childhood friend of Prince Charles.

Anmer Hall suffered new change of ownership in 2013when Queen Elizabeth II gave the residence to her nephew William and his wife Kate Middleton as a belated wedding gift. Pair lived in Norfolk from 2015 to 2017.the perfect place to raise their first two children, George and Charlotte, and allow William to continue his career as a pilot. East Anglian Ambulance. Today, the Cambridges live in apartment 1A of Kensington Palace, they returned to the British capital. play royal familybut Anmer Hall still remains favorite country residence”the perfect retreat,” as Kate likes to call it.