Queen gave Princess Eugenie lavish mansion for birthday but she never used it

It is Princess Eugenie's birthday at the moment - and little question she shall be handled to some superb presents from her rich household.

Eugenie turns 32 at the moment, and can in all probability be wanting ahead to her current from her grandmother, the Queen.

As soon as, the Queen handled Eugenie and her older sister Princess Beatrice to an additional particular birthday current after they have been simply kids - however the siblings by no means bought the possibility to make use of it.

As reported in The Mirror,Her Majesty splashed out on the lavish Birch Corridor mansion for the ladies in 1997.

The Surrey mansion boasts a formidable seven bedrooms and was to be held for the sisters to make use of after they have been older - as they have been solely aged seven and 9 after they have been gifted it.

Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice at the Royal Ascot
Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice on the Royal Ascot (Picture: Getty Pictures)

The gorgeous home additionally had a tennis court docket, a swimming pool and a separate two-bedroom home on the gorgeous property, which might have made it the right house for the ladies and their mum, Sarah Ferguson.

However regardless of having the beautiful Georgian property all to themselves, the sisters by no means truly moved into Birch Corridor. In truth, it sat empty for 2 years.

In keeping with the Mail, Fergie refused to maneuver in, claiming she could not afford the massive maintenance prices.

Due to this fact it was bought for £1.5 million, with the cash reportedly being put right into a belief for the sisters to entry after they bought older.

In keeping with property brokers, it was being bought as a consequence of a "change of circumstance."

The home was bought once more in 2016 - for a whopping £4.2 million.

Talking on the time of the second sale, property agent Andrew Russell from Strutt & Parker instructed the Mail: "It's in all probability one of many easiest of north Surrey's village homes, there's not many who come in the marketplace.

"The home itself is a really engaging and imposing-looking property. Among the rooms are actually fairly dramatic, with excessive ceilings and full ground to ceiling sash home windows.

"Each summer time the homeowners have opened up the gardens for a charity occasion with picnics and a reside band, so the home is kind of outstanding within the village.

"The homeowners purchased it from the trustees appearing for the Queen in 1999. The trustees purchased it in 1997 for the princesses and I think about it was chosen as a result of it is a fairly home in a well-liked village and the gardens are an actual draw, it is extra like parkland. However they by no means moved in."

One member of the royal household who might be sending Eugenie a gift at the moment is her cousin Prince Harry.

She was the primary royal to go to him within the US since he and spouse Meghan Markle moved there with their kids after quitting the Agency two years in the past.

The royal pair have been pictured collectively within the stands for the Tremendous Bowl final month - though have been with out Meghan and Eugenie's husband Jack Brooksbank.

Not solely is Eugenie, mum to son August, the one royal to have met up with Harry in California, she is also the one member of the household to have met his new child daughter Lilibet.

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