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[[File:RoyalLodgeWindsorParkWilliamDaniell1827.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Royal Lodge in 1827, before much of it was demolished]]
'''Royal Lodge''' is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II listed]] house in [[Windsor Great Park]] in [[Berkshire]], England, half a mile north of [[Cumberland Lodge]] and {{convert|3.2|mi|km}} south of [[Windsor Castle]].<ref name='EngHet'>{{NHLE|desc=Royal Lodge|num=1323669|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> The site of homes since the 17th century, the present structure dates from the 19th century, and was expanded in the 1930s for the then [[duke of York]], the future king [[George VI]]. The [[Royal Chapel of All Saints]] was built on the grounds in the 1820s. It's central section is 3 storeys with wings two storeys and has about 30 rooms, with 7 bedrooms.
Part of the [[Crown Estate]], in 2004 it became the official country residence of [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]], and his family. It was the Windsor residence of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] from 1952 until she died there in 2002, at the age of 101.
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