Anmer Hall


Saturday 18th July, 2015

Anmer Hall is perfectly located on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Amner was a gift to Prince William for his 30th birthday in 2012 and has since undergone extensive renovations to make it a large and comfortable family home for the Cambridges.

Anmer Hall was ready for William, Catherine and George to move into towards the end of last year and the family celebrated Christmas there just a few months later. 

Being on the Queen's private estate ( the home belongs to the Monarch, not the public) the home provides privacy and makes providing security for the family much easier to integrate with existing arrangements at nearby Sandringham House. 

Indeed the family retreated to Anmer from Kensington Palace when Princess Charlotte was only a few days old and the tiny royal was Christened in the local church just two weeks ago. 

Prince William has also recently started his new role as helicopter co-pilot at East Anglia Air Ambulance and is based at Cambridge Airport. His duties will cover Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Earlier this year, the husband and wife housekeepers at Anmer Hall decided to resign their position. An advertisement was placed in The Lady for a replacement housekeeper who would manage the house and assist with child care. 


The person chosen for the role is Sadie Rice who is extremely well qualified. 33 year old Sadie grew up in West Sussex and has previously worked as a maid at Buckingham Palace and also helped care for the children of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway. Their daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra will one day be Queen of Norway just as one day Prince George will rule Britain. 

As Catherine and William plan to spend a large amount of time at Anmer Hall, no doubt Sadie will become a integral part of the couple's household.


Monday 6th, July 2015


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children George and Charlotte presented the modern face of the royal family yesterday.

William and Catherine combined touches of history with allowing friendly access to the public at the Christening of Princess Charlotte.

The Duke and Duchess along with Prince George walked  the path from Sandringham House to St Mary Magdalene church. Charlotte was in a Milson pram that belonged to The Queen when Princes Andrew and Edward were babies.

Prince George wore a white shirt with red smocking and red shorts by favourite childrens wear boutique Rachel Riley. It was an almost identical outfit to that worn by William when he went to the Lindo Wing to meet baby brother Prince Harry in 1984.


The concession to moving with the times was the fact that the Cambridge family invited the public to come and watch the family in a grassed area adjacent to the pathway.

Apart from a few tears from George that required dad to step in and offer a quite word family, guests and the public seemed to have a wonderful afternoon. The Queen would no doubt be proud of how the occasion was carried out. 









Tuesday 30th June, 2015



Prince George 2013, Chapel Royal
Kensington Palace has announced more details for Princess Charlotte's christening. 

The tiny princess will be christened this coming Sunday 5th July at 4.30pm. The service will take place in St Mary Magdalene church on the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk. 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's country home Anmer Hall is close by and as a special gesture towards the local residents, the paddock adjacent to the church will be opened for the public to congregate. 

It is thought that William, Catherine, young George and baby Charlotte ( in a pram or held by her parents) will walk along the path between Sandringham House and St Mary Magdalene. This will give the public a chance to view the family together for the first time.

The Queen, Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, and members of Catherine's family will be present. However Prince Harry will miss the event as he is spending three months in Africa in relation to his charity work.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will perform Charlotte Elizabeth Diana's christening, supported by Reverend Canon Jonathan Riviere of the Sandringham churches group.

St Mary Magdalene is the church where William and Harry's late mother Diana (below right) was christened in August 1961. At the time Diana's family were living in Park House also on the Queen's estate.




Diana Spencer 1961, Sandringham









Thursday 25th June, 2015


source:Sandringhamestate.co.uk
The countdown to Princess Charlotte's christening is on. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 5th July at St Mary Magdalene church near Anmer Hall on the Queen's Sandringham Estate. 

This was also the venue for Diana, Princess of Wales' christening in August, 1961.

Charlotte will wear the replica of the traditional Honiton lace gown traditionally worn by royal babies. Godparents have not been announced but friends of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with a royal relative seem likely to be chosen. 

No doubt Prince George will add the cute factor. He will get to practice more royal waves as he did at St Mary's Hospital when arriving to meet Charlotte and again at the Trooping the Colour two weeks ago.





Wednesday 15th April, 2015


Prince George was recently seen at Snettisham Park petting zoo and farm with his heavily pregnant Mum Catherine. 

Catherine, who is due to give birth to the new Cambridge prince or princess sometime this month was enjoying spending time with her firstborn at the farm not far from Anmer Hall.

George who is now 21-months-old enjoyed playing with other young children and farm animals. He was even spotted bottle feeding a piglet. 

The little prince was warmly dressed in a navy blue puffer suit.

Photos and witness accounts appear in this weeks edition of the Australian weekly, New Idea.

http://www.snettishampark.co.uk/

Sunday 15th March, 2015


Anmer Hall Building Works
The Duke and Duchess and Cambridge are believed to be looking for a new housekeeper for Amner Hall. 

A large ad placed in The Lady magazine seems to match the Cambridges' home help requirements. It states:





Housekeeper
Private employer, Kings Lynn.
Permanent,full time

"Housekeeper sought for a large family home in Norfolk. We are looking for someone with previous housekeeping experience, ideally within a large private house, and preferably within a family environment with dogs. 

Main duties will include: cleaning all areas of the house to a high standard; caring for and maintaining the home owners' clothing; cleaning silverware and glassware; purchasing groceries and general provisions for the house; and dealing with deliveries. On occasions, the role will also involve the preparation of meals, assisting with childcare and caring for dogs. 

Discretion and loyalty is paramount and a current valid UK driving licence is essential. 

The Housekeeper will be required Monday to Friday, but with flexibility to work during the weekend on occasion,and to work additional hours if ever required. 

Self-contained accomodation will be provided (suitable for a couple). The partner may be offered ad hoc maintenance work, although there is no guaranteed work provided for them."

Please apply with full CV, and covering letter with your salary expectations.

Closing date: Sunday 5th April, 2015.

The current wife and husband housekeepers are leaving and it is rumoured that Carole and Michael Middleton have stepped into the breach to establish the running of the house and grounds in the interim. 

As Prince William will be starting work as a helicopter pilot with East Anglia Ambulance in the summer, it seems Anmer Hall will be the Cambridges' primary "family home" where they can relax in private and bring up their children away from London.






Saturday 3rd January, 2015

Snippets of news regarding Prince George of Cambridge have been revealed over the festive period. 

Family Christmas
The Cambridge family arrived at their Norfolk home, Anmer Hall a week before Christmas. As reported previously, George was taken to see Santa at the Thursford Christmas fair by his parents Catherine and William.

Catherine's parents Carole and Michael along with siblings Pippa and James also spent the days before Christmas at Anmer Hall.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the traditional Christmas Eve dinner with the royal family at Sandringham House. The next morning the couple  and the Middleton family joined the royal family at Sandringham's St Mary Magdalene church.

After church, Catherine was asked about Prince George and she commented that he was left at home. "I'm sorry we didn't bring George but you would have heard him in the church."
According to the Daily Mail, Prince William spoke to Kim Dawson from Downham Market. She said: "He said Prince George was really, really well and said that they've left him at the nursery because it's a bit cold, but they were looking forward to going back to see what destruction he had caused."

Maddison Neal, 8, gave The Duchess a gift of chocolates for the young prince. Maddison's mum Sarah revealed that her daughter had met George the previous Sunday at a service at Anmer Church. "She helped him with his lantern and he blew her a kiss."

After a gathering at Sandringham House, Catherine and William then returned to George and the Middleton family at Anmer for Christmas lunch.



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Main duties will include: cleaning all areas of the house to a high standard; caring for and maintaining the home owners' clothing; cleaning silverware and glassware; purchasing groceries and general provisions for the house; and dealing with deliveries.  On occasions, the role will also involve the preparation of meals, assisting with childcare and caring for dogs.
Discretion and loyalty is paramount and a current valid UK driving licence is essential.
The Housekeeper will be required Monday to Friday, but with the flexibility to work during the weekend on occasion, and to work additional hours if ever required. 
Self-contained accommodation will be provided (suitable for a couple). The partner may be offered ad hoc maintenance work, although there is no guaranteed work provided for them.
Please apply with full CV, and covering letter with your salary expectations.
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8th August, 2014

Anmer Hall
Prince George has been spending some of the U.K. summer at his parents new home Anmer Hall.

Amner Hall is on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and the home was gifted to Prince William for his 30th birthday in 2012. The Cambridge family have been at Amner for the past two weeks overseeing the final stages of it's extensive renovation.

Work has been slow on the 200 year old, Grade 2 listed home. It has been reported that the renovations have cost GBP 1.5 million. The property boasts 10 bedrooms, a tennis court and swimming pool. A new conservatory-style room has been installed along with a new driveway and planting more advanced trees to ensure greater privacy. 


Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
It is interesting to note that Prince William's late mother Diana, Princess of Wales was born on the Sandringham Estate at Park House in 1961. Her parents were renting Park House from The Queen as both Diana's parents came from families of trusted aides to the royal family.  Diana's family, the Spencers later moved to Althorp House in Northhamptonshire when her father became Earl Spencer upon the death of her grandfather.

Diana's childhood friends included Princes Andrew and Edward. 

Hence Prince George has ties to both paternal grandparents at Amner Hall and his childhood will be spent here and at the Cambridge's London residence at Kensington Palace. 
Park House






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