{"id":2180860,"date":"2025-11-29T12:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2180860"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:46:33","slug":"duchess-sophie-is-all-smiles-alongside-prince-edward-following-reports-of-peppercorn-rent-at-bagshot-park-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/duchess-sophie-is-all-smiles-alongside-prince-edward-following-reports-of-peppercorn-rent-at-bagshot-park-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess Sophie is all smiles alongside Prince Edward following reports of ‘peppercorn rent’ at Bagshot Park home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Duchess of Edinburgh<\/a> was all smiles on Saturday during an outing with her husband, Prince Edward<\/a>, when they attended the Coral Gold Cup Meeting at Newbury Racecourse.<\/p>\n

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Sophie, 52, looked so glamorous wearing a khaki coat adorned with a giant bow on the neckline, which she accessorised with a straw hat featuring a vibrant pink band and a purple clutch bag emblazoned with her initials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Duchess completed her look with brown chestnut-hued boots. Meanwhile, Prince Edward wore a smart grey suit, with a white shirt and blue tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The outing comes after reports of the “peppercorn rent”<\/strong><\/a> Prince Edward pays at their family home, Bagshot Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the Times<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, “he paid \u00a35 million upfront for a lease of 150 years, but pays only a peppercorn rent.”<\/p>\n

Peppercorn rent is a term used to describe a small, nominal rent, such as one peppercorn, to satisfy a legal requirement for a contract to be binding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There are no conditions set on the further sale of Edward’s lease, beyond that the new tenant could afford the property’s maintenance, meaning that Edward could profit from its sale.<\/p>\n

Campaigners have since questioned whether Edward, 15th in line to the throne, can justify his occupation of a property that could otherwise be leased by the Crown Estate for taxpayer benefit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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