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Gatcombe Park

This 700-acre royal estate is home to the late Queen's only daughter and her family and regularly host equestrian events held by the princess. Located between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening, Gatcombe is in the heart of the Cotswolds, just a few miles away from impressive Highgrove House, King Charles III' home in nearby Tetbury.

Princess Anne's personal touch in charming private room at Gatcombe Park

Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence live at Gatcombe Park on the endless Gatcombe Estate. The royal couple has acres of land and a 19th-century country house to enjoy, but they have certainly made sure there are many personal touches at their Gloucestershire residence.

In 2020, Princess Anne, 73, was helping her late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, with a Zoom call. At the time, the country was in lockdown and this meant that even the royals were subject to the perils of online engagements and internet meetings.

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Her Late Majesty was filming from a room inside Windsor Castle, with the camera allowing viewers to see the incredible backdrop of the stateroom, full of ornaments, large portraits and plenty of seating.

The Princess Royal, meanwhile, was filming from Gatcombe and in the background, many personal touches inside her home were visible on the screen.

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High Grove

Prince Charles (King Charles The Third) and little Prince Harry around the beauty of spring flowers at a stunning private garden, Highgrove Estate.

Highgrove House was the family residence of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It lies southwest of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. Built in the late 18th century, Highgrove and its estate were owned by various families until it was purchased in 1980. Charles III remodelled the Georgian house with neo-classical additions in 1987. The duchy manages the estate and the nearby Duchy Home Farm.

The gardens at Highgrove have been open to the public since 1996. The gardens of the late-18th-century home were overgrown and untended when Charles first moved in but have since flourished and now include rare trees, flowers and heirloom seeds. Current organic gardening and organic lawn management techniques have allowed the gardens to serve also as a sustainable habitat for birds and wildlife. The gardens were designed by Charles in consultation with highly regarded gardeners like Rosemary Verey and naturalist Miriam Rothschild.

As the property is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, control of the House was transferred to William, Prince of Wales, when his father acceded to the throne and he became Duke of Cornwall on 8 September 2022. The King rents the house from the Duchy to use as a country residence.

Ryeland sheep at Highgrove garden

Seabright, Burmese bantam and Poland frizzle chickens

Like the rest of us, over lockdown the Wales's, then known as the Cambridge's, picked up a new hobby.

There's was keeping chickens. Prince William spent time with his family at their Norfolk Estate looking after their flock.

Over lockdown it was reported that they were keeping some of the rarer chicken breeds such as the Seabright, Burmese bantam and the Poland frizzle chickens.

Throughout the pandemic Prince William said he acquired 'lots of chickens', with the children going to collect their eggs every day.

Over lockdown it was reported that the Prince of Wales were keeping some of the rarer chicken breeds such as the Seabright, Burmese bantam and the Poland frizzle chickens

Dreamy night near Balmoral Castle

The Queen's love of ponies

Beautiful evening at Balmoral Castle

Throughout her lifetime the late Queen made huge contributions to the survival or a number of rare and native breeds of ponies and horses.

At the Balmoral Estate she kept Shetland ponies, while Fell Ponies were kept at Hampton Court.

At Hampton Court Her Majesty's Carriage Breeding programme also took place to breed Cleveland Bays.

Further to this, the late Queen was also a patron to many different breeding societies, including the Fell Pony Society, the Highland Pony Society, the Cleveland Bay Horse Society and the Shire Horse Society.

It is not just farm animals Charles is trying to protect - he also trying to conserve red squirrels on the Balmoral estate.

He is even a patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust.

Prince William told Country Life magazine in 2018: 'He is completely infatuated by the red squirrels that live around the estate in Scotland—to the extent that he's given them names and is allowing them into the house.'

Charles admitted this was true, adding: 'If I sit quietly, they will do so around me.