King Charles’ favourite royal house that’ll undergo £45m restoration

The 18th-century home is located in Ayrshire, Scotland on a sprawling piece of land filled with décor, furniture and art from the same era. The Royals never intended to live there, but instead sought to make it a destination that would draw tourists and help the area recover.

£45 million plans for restoration

King Charles has previously admitted that taking on the massive project was an ‘appalling risk.’ The house – which also has a walled garden named after Queen Elizabeth – stretches over an expansive 2,000 acres.

In an article for Dumfries House Magazine on the 10th anniversary of setting up the trust, King Charles said:

This project has been as much about people as it has about a physical place.

The way that our local communities and our employees speak with such pride as to what has been achieved is enormously rewarding and wonderfully motivating.

The public can now get an insight into the King’s £45m plans to restore it, reported The Sun. The Royal Grand Design is going to air the insights next week. King Charles is said to have splashed out £45m out of which £20m was a loan from his charity The Prince's Foundation.

Dumfries House

The house was inherited by the 2nd Marquess of Bute in 1814 and it remained in the family until the 7th Marquess sold it to the King. Allegedly, he sold the house because the upkeep of the house was too much for the family.

Meanwhile, King Charles saw the house as an opportunity of great potential. To save the house and its priceless contents from going up for auction, the King made the decision to buy the house.

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The Sun: Inside little-known royal house loved by King Charles & his £45m plan to save it