Albert Cottage (Hotel)
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Albert Cottage (Hotel)
Image: © Mr Ignavy Taken: 24 Jul 2025
Quote from the hotel blurb: "Built in the 1840s Albert Cottage was bought in 1852 by Prince Albert to be part of a Botanic Garden development of the Osborne Estate and was used together with the adjacent Osborne Cottage by Royal guests. In 1899 a covered corridor was constructed to link the two properties and allow easy movement between them without Queen Victoria and guests having to brave any inclement weather." ... "When Queen Victoria died in 1901, her successor Edward VII kept both cottages for the use of Victoria's youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice. In 1913 the Princess moved to Carisbrooke Castle and Albert Cottage was sold to Sir Richard Burbidge, philanthropist Managing Director of Harrods. It was again sold in 1924 to the Hon. Elizabeth Storr, widow of Major L.P. Storr DSO, a war hero killed in action in France in 1918."
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Image Location
Latitude
50.753621
Longitude
-1.277544