Prince William & Kate ripped out a gorgeous 38,000 kitchen in Anmer Hall
On Friday, we discussed the ongoing reports about Prince William and Duchess Kate’s endless renovations to Kensington Palace and how Kate asked for (and got) a second kitchen added to Kensington Palace Apartment 1. Apparently, the second kitchen was paid for “privately,” which is to say that William’s father paid for it, just as Charles also seemed to fund all of the interior design for Apartment 1, even the repainting after Kate painted everything a gauche shade of purple. I really didn’t give a crap about the whole idea of a second kitchen – what bugged me is that A) Will and Kate didn’t pay for something unnecessary out of their own pockets and B) if they were going to spend like drunken sailors on the renovation, why not make the main kitchen into what they needed in the first place?
Anyway, now that everybody is focused on what is being spent to renovate Will and Kate’s London abode, some questions are coming up about the endless renovation of Anmer Hall, the quaint mansion on the Queen’s Sandringham property that she “gave” to Will and Kate last year. Anmer Hall had residents at the time, and they were pushed out so that Will and Kate could move in. By that I mean that Anmer Hall was literally move-in ready and had already been renovated over the years. Except they wanted to put their stamp on the home, which apparently included ripping out a six-year-old, £38,000 kitchen. And adding £500,000 worth of landscaping. WTF? Here’s a video of the Anmer Hall kitchen that Will & Kate ripped out:
It’s gorgeous. I would love to have that kitchen. It’s beautiful and it’s just the right blend of country and modern. According to reports, the existing kitchen included “£17,000 worth of hardwood worktops; a large Aga costing £11,495; an £8,630 fridge, a white artisan espresso maker worth £630, and a £195 end-grain chopping block. Even the drainage board cost £275.” And it was all ripped out. A source told The Mail:
A royal source said the kitchen would probably be unrecognisable once Kate and William had re-designed it to suit their tastes: “The couple have decided to make changes to the kitchen at Anmer Hall and a lot of what was there is not there anymore.”
The refurbishments at Grade II-listed Anmer Hall are costing £1.5million, which will be paid mostly by the royal family from private funds. The figure includes £500,000 to replace roof tiles and a further £500,000 to landscape the front lawn. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman last night declined to comment.
Sandringham is “privately owned” – meaning it belonged to King George VI, and now it belongs to Queen Elizabeth, and one day it will belong to Prince Charles and then William. I think this means that the Queen is financing the renovations of Anmer “privately.” I bet you anything that if the Queen put her foot down and Charles refused to finance this BS, suddenly that gorgeous six-year-old kitchen would have been plenty good enough for William and Kate. They just spend other people’s money because that’s what they’re used to, because no one says no to them, because they think they should put their “stamp” on something that is already working.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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