Queen Camilla has quietly passed on her beloved Ray Mill House in Wiltshire to her family, ending a chapter at the property she has called home for decades.
The Queen, who bought the estate in 1996 for £850,000 following her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles, officially registered ownership under the representatives of her children, Harry Lopes and financier Jake Irwin, acting for Laura Lopes and Tom Parker Bowles.
Ray Mill House has long held a special place in Camilla’s heart. She lived there for seven years after her divorce and it is where important family events took place.
In 2025, the Queen revealed her green thumb at the Sandringham Flower Show, calling gardening at Ray Mill House the “best therapy in the world” and joking about the unexpected challenge of endless watering.
Meanwhile, King Charles has expanded the royal footprint in the area by purchasing a neighboring property last year for £3million, which shares a private lane with Ray Mill House. He would have used private funds for this acquisition.
The queen doesn’t just take care of the plants; she must also navigate local bureaucracy.
Recently she applied to Wiltshire Council for permission to remove a cypress tree from the land.
