Princess Catherine of Wales rests away from the spotlight at the Anmer Hall mansion, located in the English countryside, while she continues to recover from the cancer she announced on March 22 and for which she is receiving preventive chemotherapy treatment.
After the storm on social networks that marked her withdrawal from public life, Catalina is enjoying a few weeks of media tranquility with the family in the country house near Sandringham House, where it is common for the Windsors to spend Christmas, Easter and long weekends.
The princes of Wales, along with their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, had remained hidden in the north of Norfolk since the Catherine bomb video was published before Easter. But Prince William and his eldest son reappeared on Thursday night to watch the football in Birmingham, the first time a member of Wales had been seen since Middleton’s announcement.
Predictably, the princes will remain at Anmer Hall until April 16, since the next day the school year resumes at the Berkshire private school where the children attend.
Guillermo and Catalina have an important network of close friends in Norfolk on whom they have been able to rely on during these difficult days for the family. This very discreet Norfolk court is headed by William and Rosie Van Cutsem, close friends of the princes of Wales. She is a fashion designer, and he, the son of a British landowner with properties all over Britain, is godfather to Prince George. Furthermore, this friend of the couple knows Anmer Hall perfectly, as his father rented it to Queen Elizabeth II during the 1990s, and they abandoned it a few years before it became the newlyweds’ second residence. William and Catherine.
Another couple that is settled in the area is that formed by David Cholmondeley and Rose Hanbury, Marquises of Cholmondeley and owners of the lavish Houghton Hall, less than ten minutes from Anmer Hall. Hanbury is the woman who was the center of rumors for an alleged affair with Prince William.
Without the tabloids having published any evidence, the romance has been given more credibility in Spain than in the United Kingdom. There they know that Catalina and Rose have been considered best friends for many years. They were invited to the coronation of Charles III and the couple’s son, Oliver, was a page at the ceremony with Prince George.
Another close friend of the Princess of Wales is the actress Lady Laura Meade, godmother of Prince Louis, and James Meade, who is also one of the Prince of Wales’s best friends. They have a house in Norfolk and she was Catalina’s remote yoga partner in the online sessions they organized during the pandemic. They were both taught by yoga and Pilates teacher Lady Zoe Warren, wife of horse breeder Jake Warren, who has also been able to be a support for Middleton in recent weeks.
The Norfolk countryside offers George, Charlotte and Luis the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and also be close to their grandfather, Charles III, who also spends long periods at Sandringham recovering from his cancer. It appears that the monarch has established a routine in which he spends time recovering at the estate after receiving treatment in London.
Anmer Hall is a Georgian country house, built in the 18th century, which forms part of the Sandringham estate. The princes’ mansion, with ten rooms, has been renovated numerous times. In the last renovation, carried out by interior designer Ben Pentreath, it was said that several rooms were added, a porch was included, the pool was relocated and the kitchen was also moved, so that it was closer to the dining room and was usable. for the princes. In addition, extensive trees were planted to provide privacy for the family. Around Anmer Hall, the Welsh enjoy relative anonymity in the nearby shops and pubs, where they are more than used to having the couple among their customers. The rural village of Anmer has only 29 houses and a population of about 60 people who live there all year round.