TRANSYLVANIA IS IN HIS BLOOD | Yes, the new British King Charles III. is a descendant of Count Dracula!

Charles III. he inherited palaces and residences scattered across the United Kingdom.

It was written about in previous years, but these days it has again become interesting to remember that King Charles III. is a descendant of Vlad III. Dracula, the Wallachian prince who was later, at least so interpreted, served as inspiration for Bram Stoker when he wrote his famous novel Dracula.

Charles III himself. he spoke about it several times, emphasized that Transylvania is in his blood, and the agencies now remind that, of course, in addition to the crown, he also inherited palaces and residences scattered throughout the United Kingdom.

It also has historical buildings in Romanian Transylvania. After the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, through whom he is related to Dracula, Charles will make her official and private residences his own, and some estates and palaces will have to be abandoned and handed over to his elder son and heir.

Buckingham

Clarence House in London has been the prince’s official address since 2003, but the new king will now move 400 meters away, to Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British monarch and the administrative seat of the monarchy.

It will also take over Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch’s official residence in Scotland, and Hillsborough Castle, the official residence in Northern Ireland.

Charles inherits Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where the royal family spends the summer months, and Sandrigham, in the county of Norfolk in the east of England, where the Queen usually stays for Christmas.

Although he hesitates to move to Buckingham Palace, Charles will do so and give up his former life and his warm home.

He moved to Clarence House in 2003 following the death of his grandmother, “The Queen Mother”. His departure will also mean the “inevitable” dismissal of the staff from that residence.

His heir, son William and his wife Kate are moving to Windsor, where their three children will have more freedom and space than in London. Until now they lived in Kensington Palace.

Highgrove – the biggest loss for Charles

Charles will no doubt visit his country house Highgrove in south-east England, which he acquired in 1980, the most.

The building, however, is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, which cedes it to the Prince of Wales, now William.

For Charles, this Gloucestershire house, built in 1798 in the neoclassical Georgian style, was a refuge. It has been completely renovated in accordance with its environmental requirements.

His gardens are widely known and are visited by around 30,000 people a year.

“It will be very sad to leave Highgrove,” he told the BBC in 2010. “Almost everything here is the work of my hands.” “Every tree has its own meaning.”

Welsh and Scottish palaces

In 2006, the Duchy of Cornwall purchased for the then Prince the Llwynywermod estate, in south Wales, which has also been restored in line with its environmental goals.

From his grandmother, Charles also inherited Birhall, an estate near Balmoral, where he settled with his wife Camilla during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Transylvania

Since Vlad III is a distant descendant of the Wallachian Prince Dracula (Vlad Tepes), Charles III. in Transylvania in 2006 he bought 18th-century buildings at his own expense and turned them into luxury guesthouses in line with sustainable development.

The king took a financial risk when he led the consortium that bought Dumfries House in Scotland in 2007, a lavish mid-18th-century estate. The idea is to turn it into a museum that will support itself financially and stimulate the local economy.

Here he spent his last night as a prince.