104 likes. Now all that remains of Sunninghill Park in Berkshire is a muddy field. It was finally bought in 2007 in a deal which saw a shady Kazakh billionaire pay £3m above the £12m asking price.This new symbolism was steadily reinforced in the years following the sale, as its new owner literally left the house to rot into a dystopian nightmare of smashed window and collapsed roofs.The palace has always insisted that the deal was legitimate and that Andrew was merely ‘fortunate’ to get such a good price for the house.Now that the last scraps of Sunninghill have been torn down, the Royals can heave a sigh of relief that the most visually embarrassing reminder of Andrew’s chaotic and privileged life has been buried in landfill.They lived there for a while, but in 1996, when the couple separated, the house became a convenient symbol for the entitlement which Sarah Ferguson felt (and, by the by, continues to feel) her role as Duchess of York has bestowed on her. Little was salvaged from the house, which serves as a powerful allegory for all that is rotten in the House of York.Planning documents in the public domain indicate the new palace will be even larger than ‘SouthYork’—as Sunninghill was known in its heyday by Andrew and Sarah’s many critics.Andrew was apparently in no great hurry to realise Sunninghill’s cash value. PRINCE Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s former home has been completely demolished, an aerial photo reveals. Just a muddy field remains where £15million Sunninghill Park - the lavish Berkshire mansion of the ex-couple - once stood. Sunninghill Park, the ex-residence of HRH Prince Andrew and Sarah Fergusson, Duke and Duchess of York. The luxury property, which was nicknamed Southyork for … Tom Sykes Updated Apr. The 12-bedroom home was given, outright, to Andrew and Sarah Ferguson as a wedding present by the Queen in 1986. Sunninghill Park was the home built for the Duke and Duchess of York on their marriage 23 years ago. She stayed on in the house with her two daughters.In a leafy and affluent corner of Her Majesty’s empire, which happens to be just a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle, a doleful and unavoidably symbolic dismantling has been taking place over the past few weeks and months.He spent millions refurbishing the Queen Anne property and was granted a lifetime, rent-free lease in return by the Crown estate, which was nice for him.At first the house, which is on the edge of Windsor Great Park, the gigantic ‘garden’ of Windsor Castle, stood simply for the vast wealth of the royals. The property sat on the market for five years after Fergie moved out. But the Crown Estate, which used to manage the site, has been given the name of one of his assistants as the point of contact.One female friend told the Sunday Times: "Goga said she thinks the house is tremendously ugly.The 12-bedroom mansion, located in Berkshire, has been left to decay, with overgrown gardens and utility bills reportedly unpaid.Meanwhile new details have emerged about the possible buyer of the home, which was sold for £15million in September last year, despite it being valued at £12million and there being no other bidders.But her spokesman denied that she has any connection with the house.Are you sure you want to submit this vote?Are you sure you want to delete this comment?But inquiries by the Sunday Times indicate that the most likely candidate is his business partner, Timur Kulibayev, the billionaire son-in-law of the Kazakh president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.Sunninghill Park could be demolished after its secretive foreign buyer allowed it to fall into disrepairKene Rakishev, a 29-year-old Kazakh tycoon who says he is a 'friend' of Andrew, admitted he negotiated the deal but said he was not the owner.Mystery: Prince Andrew and Goga AshkenaziThe former home of Prince Andrew could be demolished after its secretive foreign buyers left the property to fall into disrepair, it was reported today.The 28-year-old Kazakh-born socialite Goga Ashkenazi, who is often seen with Andrew, is also alleged to have told friends she owns the property and plans to demolish it.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Ashkenazi named Kulibayev as the father of the son she gave birth to last year. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s former home, Sunninghill Park, is being demolished—and with it goes a chapter of modern royal history.
Sunninghill Park was a country house and estate of about 665 acres (2.7 km 2; 1.0 sq mi) directly north of Cheapside, in the civil parishes of Sunninghill and Ascot and Winkfield, adjoining Windsor Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.
Sunninghill Park, Ascot. 7. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s former family home, the gigantic McMansion Sunninghill Park, is being quietly demolished.In 2002, she moved out of the increasingly neglected mansion altogether and headed for a new life in America.Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s former home, Sunninghill Park, is being demolished—and with it goes a chapter of modern royal history.Long-standing rumors that Andrew was her favorite son were quietly confirmed by this stunning generosity.Demolition began last year and is now almost complete. There is now a muddy field where Sunninghill Park — nicknamed Southyork for its resemblance to Southfork in Eighties TV soap Dallas — once stood. Sunninghill Park could be demolished after its secretive foreign buyer allowed it to fall into disrepair .
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