Meghan MANOR!
It’s called Beggars Lodge. But locals say this luxury new-build, on a very posh private estate, is set to be . . .
WITH its six bedrooms, three reception rooms and staff quarters, all set in 13 glorious acres, this grand Cotswolds manor house is hardly your typical starter home for a pair of young newlyweds. But if local rumours are to be believed, the couple poised to move in here once building works are complete are not short of a bob or two. For Beggars Lodge is expected to be the future home not of a pauper, but a Prince – or rather a dashing young Duke and his beautiful bride.
Situated on the 3,800-acre estate of Great Tew in Gloucestershire, where Harry and Meghan are currently renting a country bolthole, the planned property is set to replace an existing set of dilapidated farm buildings.
Depicted here in computergenerated drawings by a local designer, it certainly fits the bill for Meghan and Harry’s future family home. The stone-built manor, at the end of a 150-yard-long tree-lined drive, will feature a high-tech ‘media room’, a massive walk-in wardrobe, a ‘family room’, and ancillary accommodation perfect for security staff, drivers and a nanny. At the rear of the house will be a flagstone terrace, ornamental flower beds and a 150ft lawn lined with yew topiary.
Palace sources would not confirm the move, and declined to comment on rumours that have circulated locally ever since the site was sold with full planning permission to an unnamed buyer shortly after the Royal engagement in November.
In a further clue, the plans were amended just a day before the Royal Wedding. A source said: ‘The property has been earmarked for a specific couple and the project is shrouded in secrecy, so naturally the assumption in the village is that Meghan and Harry might move in.
‘The property will take at least a year to build, which would explain why they are renting in the area for that amount of time.’
So to help them feel at home, here’s everything they need to know about The Great Tew set…
Additional reporting: ROBBIE GRIFFITHS