AsArchie Harrisongrows up and plays on the grounds of their family house near Windsor Castle, momMeghan Marklewill have the perfect opportunity to share her California roots with her son.
Thecouple’s large family homeis on the edge of the parkland that visitors pass when the gardens open forthree charity dayseach year. Frogmore House became open to the public on Tuesday in support of theNational Open Garden Scheme.
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It is the first time the wonderful gardens have been opened to the public since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their newly renovated Frogmore Cottage.
The redwoods are not the only reminder of America on the grounds of Windsor. A little further away — in the shadow of the mausoleum where Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert are buried — is the grave of Wallis Simpson, or the Duchess of Windsor,the divorced American-born socialitewho wedKing Edward VIII, forcing him to give up the throne after less than a year because his family and the government wouldn’t accept her.
Redwood tree on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The idyllic garden close to their home was closed off to visitors. But the lake, where Harry and Meghan posed for some oftheir engagement photographs, and Lady Gabriella Windsor and herbridal party stood for her wedding picturesearlier this month, is a serene spot that hundreds of tourists were able to enjoy on Tuesday.
The couple’s move to Windsor “is a really healthy thing to do,” a longtime friend told PEOPLE, while noting that the rigid constraints of their previous abode at Kensington Palace might not be for all.
“It must be nice to get out and away. Without neighbors who are all either family or staff [at Kensington Palace], they will now have their own thing.”
A former palace staffer added, “It has the most amazing mulberry walk, where we would pick mulberries forPrince Philip’s mulberry gin. And when the Queen is there on a Sunday afternoon, it is a five-minute walk up the hill for tea with Granny. It is gorgeous.”
source: people.com
