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Kate Middleton's Childhood Home Could Fetch $888,000 At Auction

First Posted: 04/05/2011 1:57 pm Updated: 06/05/2011 5:12 am

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It's the right time to sell.

Kate Middleton's childhood home is set to be auctioned June 3, right after the royal wedding, the Telegraph writes.

According to Bloomberg, the four-bedroom Victorian villa in Bradfield Southend is expected to go for up to $888,000 (550,000 pounds), and the average price for a house in the neighborhood is about 461,000 pounds. Michael and Carole Middleton bought the home in 1979 and Kate lived there from her birth in 1982 until she was 13.

So who exactly would shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds for the future Princess' old stomping grounds? Cue Dudley Singleton, auctioneer extraordinaire, as told to the Telegraph:

"It's always possible that someone will buy it as an investment, because if Kate becomes queen someone might even want to open it as a museum one day and charge people to see it.

"There's also a chance that someone could look to buy it as a holiday let, but if it sells to someone who just wants it as their home I'm not sure the royal connection will attract a huge premium."

Take a look at the house below. And for more Kate-Middleton's-things-being-sold news, check out the tale of her sheer dress, which went for about nine times the expected price.

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JScott
John Galt's last name is McGuffin-Smithee
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10:53 AM on 04/07/2011
Homes in the UK usually don't have screens on the windows.
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GraniteSkyline
I wish you happiness!
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11:15 AM on 04/07/2011
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deluk
disgusted.
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02:03 PM on 04/06/2011
nice solid 19th century house, I'd buy it at it's "proper" price, if I had the money.
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wolfiegirl
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03:14 PM on 04/06/2011
Said One will be buying it. Then he will burn it to the ground in some public display, and post it on YouTube.
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deluk
disgusted.
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03:58 PM on 04/06/2011
S.O is in love with Pippa Middleton (if the royal family just got out of the way, she could shine ) he could buy it for her as a wedding gift and they could live happily ever after, he could ignore the parasitic side of the family.
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Laurel Kornfeld
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01:19 PM on 04/06/2011
It's not cute or even attractive. Maybe the Aurors in the magical world could make it invisible and use it as a new headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix. You never know when the next Voldemort will show up.
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Shi Masso
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01:16 PM on 04/06/2011
This whole Royal Family thing is getting a bit old very fast *Sigh*
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deluk
disgusted.
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02:01 PM on 04/06/2011
A millenia old in fact!!  How perceptive of you!
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Bafun
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05:06 PM on 04/05/2011
Right timing to get rich
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Bafun
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05:05 PM on 04/05/2011
Right timing to get rich.
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