From a royal cottage to a remote Peak District bungalow: the house King Charles bought for the late Queen’s confidant

With its weathered brick facade and plastic window frames, it’s a far cry from the grace-and-favour summer home she enjoyed for years as the Queen’s dresser.

But this £465,000 three-bedroom bungalow is somewhere Angela Kelly, 66, one of Queen Elizabeth’s closest confidantes, can finally call home thanks to the royal’s generosity.

As reported by the MoS last year, Mrs Kelly was asked to vacate her Grade II-listed cottage on the Windsor estate within months of Her Majesty’s death in 2022.

But Charles decided to honor his mother’s promise of lifelong housing for his dedicated employee by discreetly purchasing a house.

The house in Yorkshire than King Charles bought for Mrs Kelly, who was the late Queen’s dresser and personal assistant

The 80s-style property, believed to be part of an agreement banning Mrs Kelly from ever sharing royal secrets, is 160 miles from Berkshire in the Peak District and has stunning views of the rolling hills.

Paid directly from the royal family’s Coutts bank account, it is believed the property will revert to the Crown when Mrs Kelly dies.

While it may be a downgrade from her historic Windsor home, the bungalow boasts a spacious living room with a gas fireplace, a cozy dining room and an open kitchen.

Mrs Kelly was asked to leave her Grade II-listed cottage on the Windsor estate (pictured) within months of Her Majesty’s death in 2022

Queen Elizabeth sits front row at a runway show with Anna Wintour (third right), British Fashion Council chief executive Caroline Rush (left) and royal dressmaker Ms Kelly (second right) in 2018

Ms Kelly has published two books about working with Her Majesty and it is understood she had the Queen’s permission to write a third.

But while getting her a home, a senior palace aide working for the king presented a non-disclosure agreement as part of the deal.

A well-placed source called the NDA a ‘gagging order’ that banned the dresser from using the words ‘King’ and ‘Palace’ for commercial purposes.

Ms Kelly was adored by the late Queen and in 2018 even joined her and Vogue editor Dame Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week.

She was appointed to the Royal Victorian Order in 2012 and was among a handful of personal attendants at the Queen’s side during her final days. But Ms Kelly often ruffled colleagues’ feathers and was nicknamed ‘AK-47’ because of her temper.

When she returned to Windsor after the Queen’s death, carrying bags of Her Majesty’s belongings, the locks on the castle’s royal apartments had been changed, ending her unfettered access.

In May last year, Mrs Kelly was photographed packing up her cozy holiday home for a new life in the Nordics and appeared to be overcome with emotion.