Following the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday – and an ill-timed press announcement promoting an Airbnb listing on royal grounds emailed early this morning – the Royal Family has removed from the list for the short-term stay, The Post has learned.
Prior to Queen Elizabeth’s death, the garden house at her Sandringham estate was listed on the popular vacation rental site and had already been booked by customers through February 2024.
The property is part of the 600-acre estate that traditionally hosted the Royal Family’s Christmas celebrations.
That said, Sandringham Castle is best known as the venue where the Queen gave her annual Christmas show.
The royal family, along with boutique holiday home agency Norfolk Hideaways, originally put the property up for rent in 2019. Serving as the former home of Queen Elizabeth’s head gardener, it recently made a comeback to the market of the rental on Wednesday – a day before the death of the queen.
“Due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth, the hosting company has removed the listing for the time being,” a source told The Post. “Re-listing is at the discretion of the hosting company and property owners.”
“As Sandringham Estate is a working royal residence, the availability for the public to stay on this listing is incredibly limited,” the source added.
The previous listing indicated that the brick house offered accommodation for up to eight people over two floors.
And, as a nod to the late queen’s love of dogs, the listing also read: ‘furry friends are welcome’.
“We are delighted that the Garden House on Her Majesty The Queen’s estate in Sandringham is now available to book on Airbnb,” Amanda Cupples, Airbnb’s managing director for Northern Europe, told The Post in a statement. Thursday morning – shortly before the news broke. The queen was dead.
“This quaint cottage on one of the Queen’s finest estates is a perfect hideaway for guests looking for a truly unique stay, and hopefully they might even see a Corgi or two!” Cupples added.
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