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Patrick Daly & Kris Gourlay

Mansion bigger than Buckingham Palace abandoned in UK countryside for decades

A huge £40million mansion that was built for a British multi-millionaire who is now a convicted felon has lain abandoned for decades and is surrounded by scaffolding and warning signs.

Hamilton Palace, in the countryside of East Sussex, is bigger than Buckingham Palace but has left people wondering what could have been as it now resembles a scene from a horror movie.

During construction, which was halted half way through, it was dubbed as one of the most high priced private houses in the UK. However, as the Mirror reports, the multi-millionaire that it was built for - Nicholas Van Hoogstraten - is now a convinced felon.

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