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Osborne House

British  
/ ˈɒzˌbɔːn /

noun

  1. a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Queen Victoria, Charles’s great-great-great grandmother, was the first sovereign to rule from the palace, yet her favorite home was said to be Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023

At Osborne House, a palatial summer residence built for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the mid-19th century, visitors waited in long lines because of Covid safety measures, such as timed and ticketed entry.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

“Osborne is the single most important example of the collecting tastes of Victoria and Albert and also of the kind of private family life they enjoyed there,” says Michael Hunter, curator at Osborne House.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019

Sprigs of myrtle from Osborne House in the Isle of Wight are also included in the bouquet.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2018

Marconi accordingly placed one station on the prince's yacht and another at Osborne House, the queen's residence.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Walter Kellogg Towers

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