In November 1949, Queen Elizabeth II—then, a newlywed princess—sojourned 1,800 miles from her gilded Buckingham Palace to Villa Guardamangia, a rustic seaside villa in the Maltese town of ...

Gambin is used to the interest in Villa Guardamangia, saying the decrepit building did not need any publicity and received daily knocks on its door from people from all over the world.

Villa Guardamangia was the only place Queen Elizabeth called home outside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. No one in the royal family has lived there since Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip’s ...

"Villa Guardamangia was our home, outside Valletta. Some of the happiest years of my life." She continues, "I used to go to the grocers, you know, every day, with all the other wives.

After their wedding in 1947, the then-Princess Elizabeth and Philip spent months at a time at Villa Guardamangia between 1949 and 1951. In 2015, on a trip to Malta, the Queen was presented with a ...

The first time a Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh set foot inside Villa Guardamangia, Malta, it was 1949 and they were flushed ...

Press Association via AP; PA Images via Getty (Left) Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, at Villa Guardamangia in Valletta, Malta, on Oct. 9, 2024; (Right) Prince Philip and the ...

King Charles spent two years of his childhood in Malta, calling Villa Guardamangia his home between 1949 and 1951. The historic palazzo featured six bedrooms and three bathrooms, a grand living ...

On Wednesday, after their visit to Villa Guardamangia to hear about restoration work taking place, Edward and Sophie will view artefacts linked to UK-Malta relations, including a letter from the ...

An external view of Villa Guardamangia, Malta, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, where the newlywed Princess Elizabeth lived for months at a time between 1949-1951. A dilapidated villa outside Malta's ...

Villa Guardamangia may have hosted a young Queen Elizabeth II but Heritage Malta is determined not to turn the property into a shrine to royal nostalgia when it opens to the public in the future.

In November 1949, Queen Elizabeth II—then, a newlywed princess—sojourned 1,800 miles from her gilded Buckingham Palace to Villa Guardamangia, a rustic seaside villa in the Maltese town of ...