LIST OF BRITISH ROYAL RESIDENCES

This is a list of residences occupied by the British Royal family, noting the seasons of the year they are traditionally occupied.
Members of the British Royal Family inhabit a range of residences around the UK. Some are royal palaces, owned by the state and held in trust by the monarch; others are privately owned. Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House have been inherited as private property for several generations. Other royal palaces are no longer residences (e.g. the Palace of Westminster, the Palace of Whitehall). Some remain in irregular use for royal occasions. The Royal Palaces enjoy certain legal privileges, for example there is an exemption from levying duty on alcoholic beverages sold in the bars at the Palace of Westminster and there are exemption from Health and Safety legislation.
The occupied royal residences of are cared for and maintained by the Royal Household Property Section. The unoccupied royal palaces of England are now within the responsibility of the Historic Royal Palaces Agency.

Current Royal Residences by Members of the Royal Family

Residence	Location	Notes
===HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh===
Official
St. James's Palace	London	Technically still the "senior palace" of the monarch; the Chapel Royal is situated there and foreign ambassadors are still accredited to it. However, the Queen does not have an apartment there
Buckingham Palace	London	Official London residence (Monday to Friday)
Windsor Castle	Windsor, Berkshire	Official country residence (Most weekends; a month over Easter; a week in June for Royal Ascot and the service of the Order of the Garter)
Palace of Holyroodhouse	Edinburgh	Official Scottish residence (Whenever the Royal Family undertake official duties in Scotland: primarily Holyrood week in July)
Hillsborough Castle	County Down, Northern Ireland	Official Northern Irish residence
Private
''inherited from her father''
Sandringham House	Norfolk	Christmas until February
Balmoral Castle	Scotland	August and September
Craigowan Lodge	Balmoral	—
Delnadamph Lodge	Balmoral	—
===TRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall===
Official
Clarence House	London	Official London residence
Private
Highgrove	Gloucestershire
Birkhall	Balmoral	previously used by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Llwynywormwood	Myddfai, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
Tamarisk	Isles of Scilly
===HRH The Duke of York===
Official
Buckingham Palace	London	Official London residence
The Royal Lodge	Windsor, Berkshire	Official country residence, leased from the Crown Estate
===TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex===
Official
Buckingham Palace	London	Official London residence
Bagshot Park	Surrey	Official country residence, leased from the Crown Estate
===HRH The Princess Royal===
Official
St James's Palace	London	Official London residence
Private
Gatcombe Park	Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire	Privately-owned home
===TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester===
Official
Kensington Palace	London	Official London residence
Barnwall Manor	Barnwell, Northamptonshire	Not in residence - leased since 1995
===TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent===
Official
Wren House	Kensington Palace, London	Official London residence
===TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent===
Official
Kensington Palace	London	Official London residence
===HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy===
Official
St. James's Palace	London	Official London residence
Thatched House Lodge	Richmond, Surrey	Official country residence, leased from the Crown Estate

Current Royal Residences by Type of Residence

Residence	Location	Member(s)
Official
Buckingham Palace	London	The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, The Yorks, The Wessexes
Clarence House	London	The Wales
Kensington Palace	London	The Gloucesters, Prince and Princess Michael (also a Historic Royal Palace)
Wren House	Kensington Palace, London	The Kents
St. James's Palace	London	The Princess Royal, Princess Alexandra
Windsor Castle	Windsor, Berkshire	''Various''
Palace of Holyroodhouse	Edinburgh	''Various''
Hillsborough Castle	County Down, Northern Ireland	''Various''
Crown Estate leases
The Royal Lodge	Windsor, Berkshire	The Yorks
Bagshot Park	Surrey	The Wessexes
Thatched House Lodge	Richmond, London	Princess Alexandra
Barnwall Manor	Barnwell, Northamptonshire	The Gloucesters
Privately-owned
Gatcombe Park	Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire	The Princess Royal
Sandringham House	Norfolk	The Queen (inherited)
Balmoral Castle	Scotland	The Queen (inherited)
Craigowan Lodge	Balmoral	The Queen (inherited)
Dalnadamph Lodge	Balmoral	The Queen (inherited)
Highgrove	Gloucestershire	The Wales
Birkhall House	Balmoral	The Rothesays
Llwynywormwood	Myddfai, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire	The Wales
Tamarisk	Isles of Scilly	The Cornwalls

Former Royal residences

Residence

Location

Royal(s) & Date(s)

Ailesbury House

Leicester Square, London

The Albany

Piccadilly, London

Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1791–1802)

Allerton Castle

North Yorkshire

Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1786–1789)

Anmer Hall

Anmer, Norfolk (Sandringham Estate)

Leased by the Kents (1972–1990)

Audley End House

Saffron Walden, Essex

Charles II (1668–1701)

Banqueting House

Whitehall, London

Last remaining property of the Palace of Whitehall, now a Historic Royal Palace

Barnwell Manor

Northamptonshire

Princes Henry and Richard, Dukes of Gloucester (1938–1995, still owned)

Barton Lodge

Winkfield, Berkshire

Palace of Beaulieu

Chelmsford, Essex

Henry VIII; Edward VI; Mary I; Elizabeth I (1517–1622)

Beaumont Palace

Oxford

Owned by The Crown (Henry I through Edward II; 1130–1318)

Fort Belvedere

Windsor Great Park

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland; Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; Edward VIII (1750–1936; still owned by the Crown Estate)

Bentley Priory

London

Queen Adelaide (leased 1846/8–1849)

Birch Hall

Surrey

Bought and sold in 1998 by the trustees representing Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York. Never occupied by the Princesses nor their mother, who claimed that financial difficulties prevented her from running the house (1998)

Brantridge Park

Balcombe, West Sussex

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1919–1941)

Bridewell Palace

London

Henry VIII; Edward VI (1515–1523, owned 'til 1556)

Bushy House

Teddington, London

William IV; the FitzClarences; Mrs Jordan; Queen Adelaide (1797–1849; still owned)

Cadzow Castle

South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Scottish crown (David I, Alexander II, Alexander III, John, Robert I); Mary, Queen of Scots (mid-early twelfth century - early fourteenth century, early May 1568)