Overview
- The cover feature, published this week, presents the Sandringham project as a completed programme of renewal guided personally by the King.
- Photographer Millie Pilkington shot the relaxed cover portrait in a formal section of the gardens after being personally selected by Charles.
- New and rebuilt elements highlighted by the magazine include a sundial garden, a maze, and a topiary garden inspired by Queen Alexandra’s ornamental plantings at Dairy Cottage.
- The redesign adds a 400-yard (366m) magnolia walk planted with hundreds of varieties, many identified as the King’s personal favourites.
- Country Life describes the 60-acre pleasure grounds as open to visitors from April to October, and separate reporting says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to move to a home on the wider private estate next year.