Should Guy Now be the Owner of Sandringham? You Decide.
On page 11 Guy tells that his great grandfather, James Thompson Mackenzie, lent the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) about £100,000 secured on the deeds of Sandringham.
The loan is well documented (although the amount differs) including by Jane Ridley in her book “Bertie. A Life of Edward VII”.
Her book indicates that the loan was repaid (following an email exchange with Guy on 29th September 2017) apparently, initially, relying on a conversation she’d had with Penny Crowe – who had apparently obtained her information from Guy!!
But, in the same email, Jane Ridley did concede “It’s not possible to verify this, as there are no accounts of the Prince of Wales’s debts”
Just for the record, Guy confirms that the loan was never repaid.
Cornish Politics!
On page 117 Guy tells the story of the Audit Commission’s investigation into the delay of the award of the Kerrier Leisure Contract.
Surely the other “winner” of this debacle was Cllr Rex Sadler who was Chairman of the sub-Committee which kept delaying the award of the Contract!
Surprisingly to Guy and others, Cllr Rex Sadler was awarded an MBE in the 2009 New Year’s Honours “For Services to Local Government in Cornwall”!!!
