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Sandringham House is a neo-Jacobean style country house, located on the Royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was built in 1870 by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. It has been passed down as a private home through four generations of British monarchs and is now the country retreat of Her Majesty Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The house is privately owned the Queen and is and not part of the Crown Estate

Sandringham was once described as 'The most comfortable house in England' Link . It is a Grade II* listed building (Link English Heritage list).

Sandringham's gardens were opened to the public by King Edward VII in 1908, and the Museum by King George V in 1930; Sandringham House was opened to the public at Her Majesty The Queen's wish in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977 (see Link for details of opening times).

Link The Official Website of the British Monarchy


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