The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Current Events 3: Sep 2022 -

[Marengo]

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Welcome to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Current Events, Part 3

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[iceflower]

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended the Gloucester Day Parade at Constituation Walk and the Gloucester Day Service of Thanksgiving at St Mary de Crypt Church in Gloucester, Gloucestershire today, September 3:


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[iceflower]

The Duke of Gloucester was in Hertfordshire today, September 6. He visited the Detector Testers at Edison House in Hatfield, presented The Queen's Award for Enterprise at the De Havilland Museum in Shenley, London Colney (Pic 1) and he visited Emmaus Homelessness Charity in St Albans:


** Pic 1 ** hertsad article: IN PICTURES: Duke of Gloucester visits St Albans charity Emmaus **

 

[Marengo]

Barnwell Manor has been put up for sale for a price of £4.75 million.

https://www.tatler.com/article/duke...barnwell-manor-pound475-million-queens-cousin

 

[muriel]

Barnwell Manor has been put up for sale for a price of £4.75 million.

https://www.tatler.com/article/duke...barnwell-manor-pound475-million-queens-cousin

Barnwell appears to be a lovely house, its a pity that the market is so tricky that it may take a while to shift, or they may have to take a substantial haircut on the price.

 

[Marengo]

They didn't pick the best of moments perhaps, considering what is going on in the property market.

A pity that their son, the next duke, could not take on the property. A while ago they also auctioned of the antiques:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/antiques-queen-cousin-former-manor-105817007.html

I suppose the jewels will be next as their children will have little to no use for them.

 

[Blog Real]

It's a shame they're selling the property. Is there any reason the son doesn't want to take over the property?

 

[muriel]

It's a shame they're selling the property. Is there any reason the son doesn't want to take over the property?

An estate that size is very expensive to run. That is primarily why Richard and Birgitta moved out themselves and let the property out. I suspect their son just doesn't want the financial commitment of running a property of that size and scale.

I suppose the jewels will be next as their children will have little to no use for them.

That is entirely possible. The jewels will raise a pretty substantial amount of money.

 

[SirGyamfi1]

I think they sold it years ago, but the person who bought it sold it again.

 

[sophie25]

I think they sold it years ago, but the person who bought it sold it again.

I was under the impression that they have been leasing it out for many years and now they are finally selling it.

 

[tommy100]

Yes it seems to be suggested (and not denied) that the couple are selling it. TBH its a huge huge old house. If they get the £4.7million they'd have enough to buy a substantial country house nearby for say £1million (Savills have some 6-8 bedroom ones for around that) and plenty left over. Not to mention inheritance tax when the current Duke passes on...All in all it is probably simply easier to get rid of the burden of the house now. I've read the estate consists of 2,500 acres and yet the manor as sold is 26acres - so they are likely keeping the wider estate with land that is farmed etc and bring in an income but requires less expenditure on it than a big old house. TBH they may have kept a smaller property on the estate for themselves and I'm sure they've likely been using a country house all these years so they may well have the dower house or similar to use and the "big house" is a burden too far now.

 

[wartenberg7]

I suppose the jewels will be next as their children will have little to no use for them.

The jewels came from the Royal Family, most of it by Queen Mary. It should return into the royal vault again some day.

 

[Marengo]

That would be ideal indeed. But I imagine that at an auction they would be raising an amount of money that would be difficult for the King to match. Anyway, we are not there yet. Let's hope we will continue to see the Duchess at big royal events with her jewels. And who knows, maybe during the coronation we will even see her daughters and daughter-in-law wearing one too - provided that they will be invited.

 

[tihkon2]

I think they sold it years ago, but the person who bought it sold it again.

Yes. That's what I read last month. This is the owner who bought it from them putting it up for sale. And that the antiques sale people are mentioning was him as well.
So...as far as I know, it's not the Gloucesters in any of this. Or are we wrong?

 

[muriel]

The jewels came from the Royal Family, most of it by Queen Mary. It should return into the royal vault again some day.

Whilst the jewels came from Queen Mary, they belong to Richard Gloucester now. It is for his to decide what he wants to do with then now. There is no expectation that he will provide them to the King.

The King and Queen may choose to buy some of the pieces, but I doubt they will. They have plenty of jewellery of their own. Also, the prices that these items may fetch at auction will far exceed what I expect the King and Queen may want to pay for them.

 

[Stefan]

The jewels came from the Royal Family, most of it by Queen Mary. It should return into the royal vault again some day.

Did also not happen to the Kent Jewels like the Cambridge sapphire parure or the Jewels of Princess Mary.

 

[eya]

"Welcoming HRH The Duke of Gloucester @MountbattenHamp last week - the oldest and largest hospice in Hampshire- in celebration of our 45th Anniversary"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577001338730590208

 

[iceflower]

The Duchess of Gloucester visited Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice in London today, October 10, to mark the start of Hospice Care Week:


** communityhospice: Royal Visit marks the start of Hospice Care Week **

 

[iceflower]

Today, October 14, the Duke of Gloucester visited St George's Shopping Centre to "see some of the community activities on offer, including art classes and accessible sports facilities" and Cyclopark in Gravesend, Kent:


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[iceflower]

The Duchess of Gloucester as Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, Adjutant General's Corps, attended the Freedom of the City of Winchester Parade in celebration of the Corps' 30th Anniversary in Winchester today, October 15:


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** dm article: A brolly good day! Duchess of Gloucester, 76, beams as she attends the Freedom of Winchester Parade..**

 

[iceflower]

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended an Evensong celebrating the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey yesterday, October 16:


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[iceflower]

The Duchess of Gloucester as President of Bridewell Royal Hospital, King Edward's School, Witley, officially opened the Exhibition Hall and afterwards attended the Admissions Day Service at King Edward's School, Witley, Godalming:


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[eya]

The Duchess of Gloucester attends at the reception at Buckingham Palace of See Ability

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583097981544599552

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday, October 21, the Duke of Gloucester as Patron visited the Habitat for Humanity Great Britain service projects in Houston Texas:


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[iceflower]

Still in the USA the Duke of Gloucester as Patron of the St George's Society of New York visited Lehman College, the Bronx, New York yesterday, October 25:


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** news12: Duke of Gloucester visits Lehman College, awards 14 student scholarships **


** cuny: The Duke of Gloucester Visits Lehman College, Receives Honor for Support of CUNY Students on behalf of the St George’s Society of New York **

 

[iceflower]

On November 1 the Duke of Gloucester officially opened the Vertical Farm, Heritage Trail and Centenary Bridge at Reaseheath College, Nantwich, he presented The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service to South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club at the Cheshire Constabulary Headquarters in Winsford and he visited Cheshire Military Museum, the Castle, Chester:


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[iceflower]

Yesterday, November 15, the Duke of Gloucester officially opened the new Service Centre extension at Specialist Valve Services in Westhill, he attended a Civic Reception at Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum in Fraserburgh and presented The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to the Invercairn Gala Committee and he visited Fraserburgh Town Centre Regeneration and Conservation Project.


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** pressandjournal.co.uk: Duke of Gloucester visits heritage and regeneration projects in Fraserburgh **


** aberdeenshire.gov.uk: His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester visits heritage and regeneration projects in Fraserburgh **

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday, November 24, the Duke of Gloucester as Patron of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust attended the Nuffield Farming Conference at Cardiff City Hall:


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[iceflower]

The Duchess of Gloucester as Chief Patron of Hope for Youth Northern Ireland, in celebration of their 50th anniversary, attended the Charity Swim between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, followed by a dinner at Porchester Hall:


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[iceflower]

The Duke of Gloucester visited Beis Yaakov School in London today, November 29:


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