A Private Invitation to Go to Sandringham Home – Your invitation to go to the King’s non-public nation retreat within the Norfolk countryside.
A Royal Nation Retreat – Signature Tour
That is your private invitation to go to Sandringham Home, the King’s non-public nation retreat tucked away within the Norfolk countryside…..
……I’m standing within the Ball Room in Sandringham Home with a pink G & T, admiring the chandeliers, (which had been “borrowed” from Buckingham Palace by Queen Alexandra, spouse of “Bertie”, King Edward VII, and which had been by no means returned) feeling extraordinarily privileged that I’d been in a position to see and expertise the inside of this most stunning and cosiest of royal residences.
We had been all handled to a Sandringham Gin and tonic – distilled utilizing botanicals grown within the Gardens – or a glass of apple juice made out of fruit within the Sandringham orchards, on the finish of the very particular “A ROYAL COUNTRY RETREAT – SIGNATURE TOUR”.
My hushand and I had been a part of a small group, which skilled Sandringham Home and Gardens on an unique guided non-public tour, together with rooms which have by no means earlier than been open to the general public earlier than.
As soon as described as ‘probably the most comfy home in England’, the Home has remained a spot the place members of The Royal Household take pleasure in enjoyable and nation pursuits, and is historically the place they spend Christmas.
For somebody who’s a staunch royalist, a lover of historical past, and historic homes, it was a outstanding, transferring and really poignant tour.
We had been proven round this royal nation retreat by 2 room stewards, one a historian and the opposite somebody who has labored within the royal family for over 35 years, initially for the Queen Mom, Princess Margaret and the late Queen Elizabeth.
Their information and keenness for this royal household residence was totally fascinating, with snippets of private experiences of working for King Charles, and his late mom, Queen Elizabeth earlier than him.
As there was no images allowed in the home, which is comprehensible as it’s nonetheless the non-public dwelling of the King and his household, I’ve used images from Sandringham Property, in addition to my very own images from outdoors the home and the gardens.
My overriding impression of Sandringham Home was that it was a comfy, comfy and homely residence, which was and nonetheless is much-loved by the royal household. Excursions start at 4.30pm and conclude at 6.30pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The primary room we entered was the Saloon, this was my favorite room – it felt cosy and lived in, with half completed jigsaws on a inexperienced baize desk, images of the royal household all over the place, comfy chairs and heat wooden panelling.
It’s additionally the room the place the late Queen was final photographed in 2022.
Some of the poignant rooms we visited, was a wonderful downstairs backyard view bed room, the place the late Queen’s father, George VI, had handed away.
The eating room, the place King Charles had instructed the property to show it because it was for his or her final New 12 months’s Eve supper, was set out with stunning vintage Minton china, glowing crystal glasses, with candles glowing on the desk.
Different rooms that haven’t been open to the general public earlier than, included the Billiards Room, and the Lengthy Library – the place Queen Elizabeth II’s 1957 Christmas Broadcast turned the primary to be televised.
Crammed with artworks collected by Kings and Queens throughout the generations, these rooms are an essential a part of the wealthy historical past of Sandringham Home.
AD – I used to be invited to go to the home, in addition to take pleasure in a day tea beforehand on a press invite. All views are my very own nevertheless.
The Lengthy Library – the place Queen Elizabeth II’s 1957 Christmas Broadcast turned the primary to be televised.
The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast at Sandringham Home in 1957
Royal Recipes on Lavender and Lovage
The Queen’s Scotch Pancakes (Drop Scones)
The Queen’s Scotch Pancakes (Drop Scones) – Queen Elizabeth II cherished these little pancakes, as did President Eisenhower when he was staying at Balmoral as a visitor of the Queen.
The Queen’s Scotch Pancakes (Drop Scones)
