The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge are not the only ones moving to the Royal County of Berkshire.
I can disclose that
Catherine’s sister, Pippa, has spent around £15million on one of the most
beautiful stately homes in the county with her investment banker husband, James
Matthews.
And they will need the extra
space, as I’m told she’s heavily pregnant with their third child.
‘Pippa and her family are
thrilled,’ a friend confirms. ‘It’s a fascinating time in their lives. They
are looking forward to living closer to her parents.’
I can disclose that
Catherine’s sister, Pippa, has spent around £15million on one of the most
beautiful stately homes in the county with her investment banker husband, James
Matthews
The Georgian mansion that
Pippa, 38, and her Eton-educated husband, 46, have bought was the subject of a
painstaking multi-million-pound restoration by its previous owner
Their new home is about a
20-minute drive from Michael and Carole Middleton’s home in Bucklebury
Their new home is about a
20-minute drive from Michael and Carole Middleton’s home in Bucklebury. Pippa’s
brother, James, bought a farmhouse in the county for £1.45million with his
French wife, Alizee, last year. Meanwhile, Prince William and Catherine, who
have three children, are understood to be considering a number of properties on
the Queen’s Windsor estate. Their children will all start at the same private
school in the county in September.
The Georgian mansion that
Pippa, 38, and her Eton-educated husband, 46, have bought was the subject of painstaking multi-million-pound restoration by its previous owner. It was not
known that it was on the market and the sale is said to have been carried out
privately.
It has around 30 rooms and plenty of outdoor space for children to play with their royal cousins in approximately 150 acres of grounds leading down to a river.
Pippa, who once wrote a book
filled with tips on entertaining, will be able to grow to produce in the huge
walled garden and greenhouses.
‘It’s a far more impressive
property than any of those on the Windsor estate, apart from the castle,’ a
local tells me.
