Whe
you
a e
a
oyal,
eve ythi g
is
high
class.
F om
you
clothes
to
you
t avelli g
vehicles,
eve ythi g
associated
with
you
is
expected
to
abide
by
ce tai
sta da ds.
Thus,
whe
the
oyals
t avelled
f om
Lo do
to
Sa d i gham
Estate
i
No folk,
they
had
a
special
statio
of
thei
ow .
O igi ally
k ow
as
Wolfe to
Statio ,
the
te mi al
was
fi st
ope ed
i
1862,
the
same
yea
that
Quee
Victo ia
bought
Sa d i gham
Estate
fo
he
so
Albe t,
P i ce
of
Wales.
A d
ow
it’s
bee
co ve ted
i to
a
mode
family
home,
o
the
ma ket
fo
£1.25m.
I side
the
oyal
statio
The
Royal
Statio ,
as
it
is
ow
k ow ,
is
located
i
the
small
No folk
village
of
Wolfe to
The
Royal
Statio ,
as
it
is
ow
k ow ,
is
located
i
the
small
No folk
village
of
Wolfe to ,
just
two
miles
f om
Sa d i gham
Estate.
It
is
at
this
oyal
holiday
home
that
Albe t
a d
his
wife,
P i cess
Alexa d a
of
De ma k,
would
spe d
thei
autum s
a d
wi te s,
gathe i g
with
the
est
of
the
family
fo
week-lo g
hu ti g
pa ties,
Ch istmases
a d
New
Yea .
Used
by
the
oyal
family
fo
mo e
tha
100
yea s,
statio
maste
Ha y
Sawa d
eco ded
645
special
oyal
t ai s
at
Wolfe to
du i g
his
27
yea s
i
se vice.
Alo gside
the
couple,
fo eig
mo a chs,
politicia s
a d
diplomats
we e
all
k ow
to
stop
at
the
statio
o
thei
way
to
hu ts,
lu cheo s
a d
pa ties.It
was
he e
that
mou e s
gathe ed
fo
the
fu e al
p ocessio
of
P i ce
Albe t
Victo ,
Duke
of
Cla e ce,
i
1892
(who
died
of
flu
aged
28
while
at
Sa d i gham),
a d
fo
the
fu e al
of
Quee
Alexa d a
i
1925.
It
is
also
he e
that
people
gathe ed
to
g eet
the
Duke
a d
Duchess
of
Yo k
o
thei
weddi g
day
i
1893,
as
they
a ived
to
spe d
thei
ho eymoo
at
Yo k
Cottage
o
the
estate.I
its
time,
the
statio
also
doubled
as
a
hu ti g
lodge.
I
1908,
it
was
epo ted
that
a
hu ti g
pa ty
of
‘The
Ki g,
the
P i ce
of
Wales,
P i ce
Athu
of
Co aught,
P i ce
Alexa de
of
Teck
a d
seve al
of
the
Ki g’s
guests’
had
e joyed
a
‘good
day’s
shooti g
i
the
fields
a d
woods
ea
Wolfe to
ailway
statio
[…]
Lu ch
was
se ved
i
the
waiti g- oom
used
by
the
oyal
family
at
Wolfe to
statio s,
a d
the
spo tsme
we e
the e
joi ed
by
the
Quee ,
the
P i cess
of
Wales,
P i cess
Victo ia,
P i cess
Alexa d a
of
Teck
a d
othe s,’
acco di g
to
a
epo t
by
Cou t y
&
Tow
House.Due
to
the
volume
of
t affic
o
the
li e,
i
1898
ew
dow side
buildi gs
(those
o
the
side
of
the
statio
whe e
guests
disemba k)
we e
built.
Tudo
i
style,
these
buildi gs
i cluded
a
oyal
suite
complete
with
th ee
oak-pa elled
ooms,
o e
g a d
ce t al
eceptio
oom
fo
g eeti g
guests,
the
P i ce’s
Room
( ow
Ki g
Edwa d
VII
oom)
a d
the
P i cess’s
Room
( ow
Quee
Alexa d a
oom),
both
featu i g
thei
ve y
ow
wash ooms,
plus
a
eque y
vestibule
to
e able
staff
to
move
a ou d
without
distu bi g
guests
A
ailway
e thusiast’s
d eam
Despite
its
ich
histo y
a d
style,
o
May
3,
1969,
it
was
the
e d
of
the
li e
fo
Wolfe to
Statio .
I
a
se ies
of
post-wa
ail
cuts,
the
e ti e
Ki g’s
Ly
to
Hu sta to
li e
was
closed,
i cludi g
Wolfe to .
The
oyal
family,
mea while,
had
ceased
egula
use
of
the
statio
i
the
mid-1960s
i
favou
of
Ki g’s
Ly .
Closed
fo
good,
the
statio
was
pegged
fo
demolitio
with
pla s
to
t a sfo m
the
su ou di g
la d
i to
a
housi g
developme t.That’s
whe
fo me
ailway
employee
E ic
Walke
stepped
i .
Eage
to
save
this
histo ic
buildi g
f om
dest uctio ,
he
a d
his
wife
He ta
bought
it
up
themselves
a d
co ve ted
the
oyal
suite
a d
public
waiti g
ooms
i to
a
th ee-bed oom
family
home.
B iefly
u i g
a
museum
at
the
statio
too,
i
2001
they
put
the
G ade
II*
listed
p ope ty
up
fo
auctio .Sold
o to
ailway
e thusiast
Richa d
B ow ,
he
completed
a
huge
e ovatio
o
the
home,
i co po ati g
pa tial
u de floo
heati g,
ai
co ditio i g,
a
heat
excha ge,
a
EV
cha ge
a d,
whe e
possible,
double
glazi g.
I
additio
to
the
ce t al
p ope ty,
he
also
acqui ed
the
old
sig al
box,
esto i g
it
i to
a
o e-bed oom
a exe
complete
with
wo ki g
leve s
–
though
the
t ack
they’ e
co ected
to
has
lo g
go e.I
a
co ve satio
with
The
Times,
his
daughte ,
Amy
B ow ,
said
the
25-yea
e ovatio
has
bee
‘a
absolute
labou
of
love’
fo
he
fathe ,
who
we t
o
to
wi
seve al
awa ds
fo
the
p oject.
Cu e tly,
the
abode
is
o
the
ma ket
fo
£1,250,000.
