I don't think anyone, from King William IV on actually wanted to live at BP. It is reputedly draughty, cold and inconvenient.
The Queen and Prince Philip were living at CH in 1952, had got it just the way they liked it, and didn't want to move. Perhaps it was them you were thinking of, MARG?
The Queen Mother took her time in moving out of BP at that time, but I think it was just not wanting to leave her time as Queen Consort behind rather than any love for the building as a home.
The Queen and Prince Philip were living at CH in 1952, had got it just the way they liked it, and didn't want to move. Perhaps it was them you were thinking of, MARG?
The Queen Mother took her time in moving out of BP at that time, but I think it was just not wanting to leave her time as Queen Consort behind rather than any love for the building as a home.