As you well know, Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 at the age of 96 years at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, one of several royal residences across the UK.
But on the other side of the world, the Queen left behind a portfolio of more high-end properties: dozens of luxury residences in some of the most elegant neighborhoods in Manhattan.
The Real Deal portal found 24 properties of this type in the city registers, each of them in the name of entities with some variation of “Her Majesty the Queen” in its title proprietary. Most were purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
It is not clear what all these properties are used for, although it is likely that many are occupied by UK diplomats. A three-bedroom extension at 50 United Nations Plaza of Zeckendorf Development, for example, that the Queen bought for $7.9 million dollars in 2015, is actually occupied by the head of the New Zealand mission to the United Nations.
On the Upper West Side, entities under the name ‘Her Majesty the Rightful Queen of Canada’ purchased three units on the street 107-113 West 89th Street in the years 1989 and 1990.
Next door, on the street 103 West 89th Street, a deed of 1998 names ‘Her Majesty the Queen as purchaser of a condo. Elsewhere on the Upper West Side, the crown owns a residence in Lincoln Park at 211 West 72st Street, records show.
In Central Park, property entities with similar names are linked to five residences in the Evans Towers building on the street 171 East 84th Street, four in Le Chambord on the street 350 East 80nd Street and two more in Wakefield on 525 East Street 80th Street.
Several other Crown properties are located in the city center near the United Nations, including a residence in the Dag Hammarskjold Tower on the street 240 East 47th Street, three apartments in International Plaza on 303 East 43 rd Street, and two more apartments at 309-321 East 49th Street.
Beyond New York, the royal family controls more than $2 billion in real estate, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis, including country estates, row houses, city apartments and, of course, castles.
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