The Duke of York has sold his marital home, Sunninghill Park to a private company.
The house which was completed in 1990 (the Yorks only lived in it for two years as a married couple) was a wedding gift to the couple from HM The Queen. Sarah Ferguson looked for two years for a suitable property and couldn't find one and it was decided that one be designed and built for them. The Duchess used it as her British base till it was sold.
When it was first built the house was derided. Some claimed it looked like a branch of supermarket, Tesco's. Others called it 'South York' saying it looked like something out of Dallas, the popular US soap opera. The Yorks caused further furore after selling pictures of them enjoying the house to Hello! magazine in August 1990.
The house has been empty for some time and was on the market for five years before it was sold. Sarah Ferguson now resides in the US in a Manhattan Penthouse and the Duke of York resides mainly at Buckingham Palace.
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