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's godfather the Duke of Westminster is on Friday, leaving royal followers wondering where the newlyweds will spend their days once they have tied the knot. The groom-to-be, Hugh Grosvenor, 33, became the Duke of Westminster in 2016 upon the death of his father. He inherited his share of the family's £9 billion fortune and thus a share in the Grosvenor property company's wealth of London real estate.

Tatler reported that the company owns 50% of Mayfair and 300 acres in Belgravia, as well as estates in Scotland, Spain, Liverpool, and Tokyo. The landowners have even gone state-side, buying a 'large chunk' of Silicon Valley, and the entirety of Annacis Island, off Vancouver. And yet, the newlyweds are moving away from the hustle and bustle and will settle down at Eaton Hall, the family's estate in Cheshire.



Hugh and his siblings Lady Tamara, Lady Edwina, and Lady Viola all grew up at the sprawling 10-acre estate which has been in the hands of the Grosevenors since the 15th century. The home is quite the country manor, surrounded by formal gardens, parkland, farmland, and woodland. Remaining vogue has topped the priority list for years when it comes to the upkeep of the gardens.

For over 500 years the gardens have changed to fit in with contemporary fashions. Since the 1990s, garden designers Arabella Lennox-Boyd and Vernon Russell Smith have been commissioned by the late 6th Duke and his wife, Natalia to develop the outside space which partly acted as an airfield during World W.

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