Over a decade in the making, A Royal Grand Design tells the story of a King with an incredibly ambitious plan to save an 18th Century stately home in the most rundown area of the UK and turn it into a self-sufficient gem which would help to regenerate the local community.
When HRH took on the house, it was, in his own words ‘an appalling risk’. He led a consortium that paid £45m for the dilapidated estate. Now, this hour-long special provides an insight into the Prince’s commitment and passion for this Royal Grand Design.
The King tells the programme: “I knew if we hadn’t stepped in and saved it, somebody would have bought it and said they had a great idea, you know for golf courses and things and it would never have worked, so, it would have joined the list of yet more derelict country houses."
