Sandringham House

[Vanya Trubetskoy]

Small Drawing Room, Ballroom, Ballroom Passage.

The Ballroom is where the RF watch films.

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

The Ballroom is where the RF watch films.

My dear Vanya,

What a beautiful house. I think I would much rather live in Sandringham as opposed to Balmoral or even the Crown Properties such as Buckingham Palace or Windsor--no, I think I would like to live in Windsor too!

Thanks for posting these photographs. Where did you find them? I am also curious about who is featured in the portrait in the first photograph. It looks like a young Queen Mother.

 

[Vanya Trubetskoy]

Your very welcome, I'm glad you enjoy them!
I too would love to live in Sandringham, I think it's the most beautiful of all the Queen's homes, well windsor is very nice as well!!!
I don't know who that portrait is of...Good question!
Maybe the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother???

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

My dear Vanya,

I am not sure but I don't think it would be the Duchess of Kent. Although Edward may have been fond of his grandmother, Victoria did not really have any connection to Sandringham unless she presented the portrait to Edward and Alexandra as a gift.

I thought it might be the Queen Mother because it resembles the cover photograph on the Shawcross biography. Her majesty is wearing a dark dress which is slightky off her shoulders and she is wearing the Indian tiara. In addition, it appears that the portrait contains some ermine robes which to me signifies that the subject has been crowned. But then upon closer examination, the style of the portrait appears to be too old to be the Queen Mother. Could it be a member of the Danish royal family and thus a relative of Queen Alexandra?

 

[Vanya Trubetskoy]

Hello Vassillisos!
I'ts a real mystery! I must confess I do not know, perhaps it is a member of the Danish Royal Family.
My guess that it was the Duchess of Kent was based on the portrait of the Prince Consort that is in the reflection of the mirror, and that these portraits were a gift from QV to Edward and Alexandra, father and grandmother.
But I really don't know who this mystery portrait is of!!!

 

[Iluvbertie]

I think it looks like it could be Alexandra's mother - Queen Louise of Denmark.

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

I think it looks like it could be Alexandra's mother - Queen Louise of Denmark.

My dear Iluvbertie,

I think you are correct. I searched for portraits and photographs of Queen Louise and they look similar to the subject in the portrait. It makes sense doesn't it because Alexandra loved Sandringham and it was probably a gift from her parents or maybe Edward VII.

 

[Iluvbertie]

It would also fit with the Prince Consort in that it is Alexandra's mother and Bertie's father.

 

[Vanya Trubetskoy]

More Photo's of Sandringham!

Main staircase (where Princess Diana fell/tripped when preg w/ Pr. William).

Turkish room.

 

[Vanya Trubetskoy]

Front entrance hall.

Library, formerly the bowling alley.

 

[Princess B]

Wasnt Diana born on the Sandringham estate? Park House, if im not mistaken

 

[Lumutqueen]

Wasnt Diana born on the Sandringham estate? Park House, if im not mistaken

She was born at Park House in Sandringham and baptised at the Sandringham Church.

 

[MichelleQ2]

I think it looks like it could be Alexandra's mother - Queen Louise of Denmark.

It is Queen Louise of Denmark. I was watching a DVD on Sandringham last night and they showed the portrait - it is one of a pair (the other of Alexandra's father, Christian IX is further to the left). I was so excited when I heard the narrator comment on the portraits as I remembered this thread.

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

My dear MichelleQ2,

Thank you for confirming this information. The DVD sounds fascinating--where did you obtain a copy?

 

[MichelleQ2]

I got it off amazon; although it is currently unavailable.

http://www.amazon.com/Sandringham-H...1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1317172558&sr=1-2

 

[wbenson]

Mystery dog illness on Queen's Sandringham Estate unlikely to be caused by plants - Telegraph

A mystery illness which may have killed at least eight dogs exercised on the Queen’s Sandringham estate is unlikely to have been caused by plants, scientists have said.

 

[PrincessKaimi]

Riding out picture coupled with a grim discovery on the grounds of Sandringham:

Human-remains-found-on-Sandringham-Estate

 

[Baroness of Books]

That is horrible and hopefully it wasn't foul play. Nevertheless, I hope once the remains are identified it will bring resolution to this person's family if there is any.

 

[LadyGabrielle]

wow isnt that strange? I guess being on such a huge property you wouldnt even know there was a body. I wonder what happened. as for the jewels, one of my favorite tiaras. yippeeee! girls of great britain is absolutely magnificent.

 

[Kataryn]

Body found on Sandringham is now treated as murder victim:

Sandringham Estate: woman discovered near Royal home was murdered - Telegraph

 

[Lumutqueen]

According to the BBC news, a body of a woman was found on the estate on New Years Day and the police are treating it as murder.

 

[marine2109]

Mysterious body found in Elizabeth's castle

http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige/ArticleFolder/2012/1/Mystisk%20lig%20fundet%20pa%20Elizebeths%20slot.aspx

http://translate.google.com.tr/tran...0fundet%20pa%20Elizebeths%20slot.aspx&act=url

 

[Baroness of Books]

That headline to the story is very misleading. The body was found in some bushes on the Sandringham estate, not in the residence itself, but that might have to do with the Google translation. At any rate, this is a shocker especially if death wasn't due to natural causes. This is turning out to be a Sandringham Christmas that is memorable in several ways.

 

[Diarist]

wow isnt that strange? I guess being on such a huge property you wouldnt even know there was a body. I wonder what happened. as for the jewels, one of my favorite tiaras. ...[snipped].

Lady Gabrielle is quite right; the Queen's two private estates are very large indeed. I have been to both several times - or rather, the public bits! The saying goes that if you position yourself carefully [i.e. fairly centrally] 'it all belongs to the Queen as far as the eye can see'. I always feel at Balmoral and Sandringham that if you don't take note very carefully of where you are going, you could easily get yourself completely lost very quickly indeed.

It's the same with Windsor [although of course this is not the Queen's private property.] Position yourself carefully on the [Crown] Estate, and you literally feel as if you are in the middle of nowhere [apart from the planes flying overhead to and from nearby Heathrow.] Yet the huge connurbations of Slough etc are compartively very close indeed.

Compare all this with the Principality of Monaco, which can easily fit in its entirety into London's very central Hyde Park.

The fact that the press is reporting that the body was found on the Sandringham Estate makes it sound much closer to Sandringham House [and the BRF] than it actually was. The BBC are now reporting that the body was found at Anmer [the village where the Duke and Duchess of Kent used to have their country home before they moved to Henley on Thames]. Thus, the gruesome discovery was made at a site some distance away from the Queen and the Duke, who would not ever have been in close proximity to the location.
Alex

 

[Lenora]

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of a woman's body on the Queen's Sandrinham Estate in Norfolk.
Sandringham Estate: woman discovered near Royal home was murdered - Telegraph

 

[Mermaid1962]

Hopefully this woman can be identified soon and be properly put to rest. She must have family or friends who've been worried about her.

 

[marine2109]

Research at the Sandringham royal palace, the scene of a tragic event

Investigación en el palacio real de Sandringham, escenario de un trágico suceso

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[LadyGabrielle]

Well the news here is saying that the woman was murdered. IT seems the BRF have a true murder mystery on their hands! Where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him?

 

[Daria_S]

Well the news here is saying that the woman was murdered. IT seems the BRF have a true murder mystery on their hands! Where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him?

I was saying the same thing to a friend on fb who shared the article about this. Of course knowing Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson, we'd be seeing a great deal of hilarity and adventure while they're trying to see what actually went on. And if I remember correctly, the housekeeper was more keen on all this then the two detectives combined. Of course I could be wrong, since it's been a long time since I've read these stories.

 

[Baroness of Books]

I can imagine there must be a number of families who have missing loved ones and are looking at this case with trepidation.