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The Duchess of Cornwall, as photographed by The Duchess of Cambridge for Country Life
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The Duchess of Cornwall: ‘I have a profound sense of being at home in the countryside’
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Monty Don: The point of gardening? It's to find solace, to be happy, to make beauty, have fun and muck about. How you do it doesn't matter.
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We're delighted to announce that the Queen Consort's guest-edited issue of Country Life — featuring this portrait shot by the Princess of Wales — has been shortlisted for PPA Cover of the Year.
Vote early, and vote often:
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We're thrilled to announce that Country Life has won the Cover of the Year title at the
#ppaawards
. Huge thanks to all who voted — it's the only award voted for directly by readers — and also to HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales, who took the shot.
@RoyalFamily
@KensingtonRoyal
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The Duchess of Cornwall's gardens at Raymill, by Monty Don
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The Duchess of Cornwall's country champions, from a bee master and an equine therapist to The Prince of Wales and Jeremy Clarkson
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Country Life wins Cover of the Year award — with help from The Queen and The Princess of Wales
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The Prince of Wales on turning Sandringham organic: 'Ecosystems will flourish as Nature intended and we'll always put back more than we take from the land'
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Sir John Major on King Charles III: 'The King was so far ahead of received wisdom that he had to wait for it to catch up'
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We wish the Duchess of Sussex the best of luck in producing something as beautiful as her Father-in-law did last year, when he guest-edited the 14th November 2018 issue of Country Life magazine in honour of his 70th birthday.
Great to see Duchess Meghan join other senior members of the Royal Family in guest editing at a high profile outlet — Prince Charles co-edited
@Countrylifemag
in 2018, Prince Harry guest edited
@BBCr4today
in 2017 and Duchess Kate was guest editor of
@HuffPostUK
in 2016.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with His Majesty King Charles and his family as he begins his treatment. Good luck, Sir.
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📷 by Simon Buck / Country Life
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What's inside The Duchess of Cornwall's guest-edited issue of Country Life
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The Duchess of Cornwall's rescue dogs adorn a royal frontispiece like you've never seen before
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The behind-the-scenes story of The Duchess of Cornwall's guest-edit of Country Life
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The Duchess of Cornwall names her all-time favourite books
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to guest edit Country Life to mark her 75th birthday
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The Reform Club: Inside 'the most magnificent club in London', almost unchanged since the days of Phileas Fogg
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Peat takes millennia to generate, and bogs store 10 times more carbon than forests — using it in gardening is madness
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75 things you never knew about King Charles III as he celebrates his 75th birthday
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The Prince of Wales on adversity bringing out the best in us, the importance of farming and Nature... and how keeping spirits up with virtual parties and 'the funniest videos I have seen for a long time!'
@ClarenceHouse
#princeofwales
#countrylife
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Princess Anne to guest edit Country Life in July to mark 70th birthday
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Roy Lancaster: ‘The world would be a better place if politicians were forced to spend time gardening’
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These Herdwick sheep, native to the Lake District, are enjoying some snow in Cumbria. Although not particularly prized for their meat or wool quality, Herdwicks are uniquely robust in health and unusually territorial, making them unlikely to stray to di…
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St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall: The monastery that became a castle that became a home
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A grand, 10,000sq ft hall in Yorkshire with moat, and a secret garden
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The coronation of King Charles III: What you'll find inside Country Life's special 350-page commemorative issue
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The photographer walking 7,000 miles around the coast of Britain: 'After 450 days of walking I've not been bored once'
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Discover why the Cotswolds continues to be England’s favourite area to live — and how it appeals to all generations
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The strangest museum in London? Dennis Severs’ House is art installation, theatre set and 18th century throwback
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HRH The Prince of Wales: ‘We may be the last generation fortunate enough to experience the wonderful people, skills and activities of our countryside’
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How to make The Duchess of Cornwall's favourite dish: Roast chicken with tarragon and cream
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The Prince of Wales: 'After the suffering and the selflessness we are witnessing, we cannot allow ourselves to go back to how we were. This is a moment in history.'
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Britain’s beautiful green lanes: The charming remnants of leafier times, untouched by the modern world
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Half a million trees planted in honour — and in memory — of The Queen
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'The Spitfire made everyone who sat in the aircraft’s tiny cockpit feel great, feel godly': A eulogy to the Spitfire, 80 years on from its Finest Hour
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A 38,000 sq ft, stone-built mansion in Wiltshire for sale at the price of a four-bed terrace in West London
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Quentin Blake’s former home for sale, and it’s as wonderfully higgledy-piggledy as his illustrations
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Portrait of Lady Barbara Lowther on Horseback by Sir Alfred James Munnings. This stunning oil painting, dating back to the early 19th century, graces this week's issue of Country Life Magazine. The daughter of Lancelot Edward Lowther 6th Earl of Lonsdale, Lady Barbara report…
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It's a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who lives, works or even visits the countryside is required to have a view on the phenomenon of red trousers. (Or yellow trousers. Or blue, or green...)
This superb picture was arranged and taken at
@thegamefair
a week or t…
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The gorgeous thatched cottage for sale that belonged to EH Shepard, the illustrator who created Winnie-the-Pooh
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Bluebells in Minterne Magna, Dorset, England. The UK is home to about half of the entire global population of wild bluebells, which thrive in our cool, damp climate. The wetter the winter, the brighter their colour and they can be found everywhere from t…
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🐭🌼 Eating in: a harvest mouse covered in tell-tale pollen rests snugly in the head of a tulip, where it feasts on the stamens and nectar. 📷 by Miles Herbert/Caters News Agency
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#mothernature
#instanature
#natureaddict
#wildlife
#beautifulbritain
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Her Majesty Elizabeth II, 1926-2022. A nation — and a world — mourns.
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🌳 A natural tunnel of trees in the West Sussex countryside near Halnaker. 📷 by Paul Mansfield Photograpy/Getty Images
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#spring
#rurallife
#countrylife
#beautifulbritain
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Windsor Castle's rainbow to the heavens, and the other indelible images from the day Her Majesty The Queen died
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The garden at Gravetye Manor, planted by William Robinson in 1885. Robinson is one of several gardeners who comes under the microscope in two recent books about British gardens and gardeners: Great British Gardeners, by Vanessa Berridge (published by Amberley); and The Story…
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Here’s looking at ewe, kid. A group of Herdwicks huddle on a Lake District outcrop in Seathwaite, Cumbria. The Herdwick is named from the Old Norse ‘herdvyck’, meaning sheep pasture. They may not be the most valuable sheep in terms of wool quality, but t…
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Parham House gardens, West Sussex: Herbaceous abundance in the walled garden. 📸 by
@clivenichols
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Jack Russells: The first dog breed in history to earn a spot on a British Queen's coronation gown
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One of the greatest houses in England is on the market for the first time in its 300-year history
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Two red squirrels cosy up in their grey of lichen and pine, inside a nesting box in the Scottish Highlands. This, our last picture of 2019, features inside the current issue of Country Life, on sale until tomorrow morning. Have a wonderful end to your ye…
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The approach to Pitchford Hall is along narrow by-roads, with a distant view of the Welsh hills, so it is easy to understand why, in 1940, it was one of three country houses chosen as safe retreats for the Royal Family in the event of a German invasion (…
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200 years ago today, Emily Brontë was born. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, dazzled and confused contemporaries but has retained its power and firmly established itself as one of the undisputed classics of English literature. Here is the parlour at her family home, the pa…
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An Oxfordshire gem comes to the market in a picture-perfect village with a pub, village green and red telephone box
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‘One of the most beautiful houses in Gloucestershire’ is for sale, the place where Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited
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Kingley Vale, West Sussex: The ancient, twisted yews that are the oldest living things in Britain
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Her Majesty Elizabeth II, 1926-2022. A nation — and a world — mourns.
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The story of Midnight Mass — and why all are welcome with open arms, even those who've come straight from the pub
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🍂🌞 The golden hour: Halnaker Hollow Way, near Chichester, West Sussex, looks magical in the autumn sunlight
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Britain’s last traditional scissor-maker: ‘People don’t want three for £1 from Ikea’
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A glorious Grade-I listed country house for sale that Nelson and his mistress once used as their lovenest
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Princess Anne's guest-edited issue of Country Life: What you'll find inside
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A stunning Exmoor meadow at sunrise to serve as a reminder of how beautiful our country really is. · · ·
📷 by Steve Mahy / Getty
#exmoor
#sunrise
#countryside
#beautifulbritain
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HRH The Prince of Wales: 'The UK is one of the most Nature-depleted places on the planet... we have to respond now before the capacity of Nature’s systems is ruptured for good'
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Sir Keir Starmer: 'I want everyone in the countryside to know that I will roll up my sleeves and restore respect'
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Dunbeath Castle, Caithness. A castle has stood on this site since 1428, perched on a clifftop on its own peninsula, high above the rocky North Sea coast. The place as it stands today dates back to the 17th century, with a few later additions made by the Sinclair family, who …
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'One of the most magnificent country houses in all of Yorkshire' is for sale, complete with 'flying staircase' that's a breathtaking masterpiece
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Gwrych Castle: The astonishing fantasy castle saved by the dreams and bravery of a 12-year-old boy
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🏰 Bamburgh Castle Cricket Club, Northumberland. To one side lies a picture-perfect sandy beach stretching away for…
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Broadwoodside: A farm steading in the heart of a magical Scottish landscape
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Ploughing a straight furrow: rare heavy-horse breeds take centre stage at the British National Ploughman of the Ye…
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Asthall Manor, the former home of the Mitford family. The lives of the extraordinary Mitford sisters were forged by the Cotswolds of their youth. It was Debo, who became the Duchess of Devonshire, and Pamela, described as ‘most rural of them all’ in Sir …
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A country house that could pay for itself? The sprawling house that became one of Britain's best-loved country hotels, now up for sale
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The ruins of Whitby Abbey above its eponymous town in North Yorkshire. A 7th century Christian monastery which later became a Benedictine abbey, Whitby is perhaps best known for its connections to Bram Stoker and his most famous character, Dracula. Durin…
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Harriet Anstruther's 'magical' garden in West Sussex is 'a seductive, deeply comfortable haven'
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The country home of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his family comes up for sale, along with 111 rolling acres of Sussex
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A red squirrel scaling a Scots pine in Rothiemurchus Forest, the Highlands. Unfortunately a rare sight nowadays, the red squirrel is being championed by The Red Squirrel Survival Trust whose patron is The Prince of Wales. Most of Britain’s remaining 140,…
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The country house where Stephen Fry went to school has become a spectacular £6m house in the Cotswolds
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British lavender is enjoying a resurgence...and isn't it beautiful!
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When the future poet Lord Byron inherited Newstead Abbey at only ten years old, the family seat was in a poor state. When, age twenty, he moved into the abbey after being at Cambridge, he was determined to restore the place. 'Come what may, Newstead and …
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Sudeley Castle: The tumultuous tale of one of the finest castles in the Cotswolds
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In the 1770s, James Stuart lined the approach to his house in Co Antrim with beech trees. These grew into the tunnel of writhing limbs now known as The Dark Hedges, a landmark so gothic in atmosphere that it has served as a location for Game of Thrones. …
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The grand plan to re-seed the Cotswolds with endless carpets of wildflowers
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Ockwells Manor, Berkshire: An insight into the splendours of grand living in 15th-century England
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A delightful Cotswold-stone family home that’s within walking distance of one of the prettiest towns in England
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This week our cover simply says Happy Birthday Ma'am.... we hope The Queen has a fantastic birthday tomorrow!
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Harry Parker: 'Losing my legs is one of the better things that happened to me. I’ve had a more interesting life'
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