The Monarch, 76, has created a new landing pad around ONE KILOMETRE away from the main house and gardens because helicopters were causing damage to his young trees when they landed. King Charles has been busy transforming the formal gardens and last year planted an incredible 3,000 trees around the estate, as well as another 8,000 trees in two new woodland plantations.
Two years ago he redeveloped an acre of land on the west side of Sandringham House into an eco-friendly Topiary Garden, which also has young plants and saplings. Whilst last year he created the Lower Maze garden, which contains dozens of young hedge trees. The old landing space used to be located just 500 metres from Sandringham House and the new location is well out of the way of the recent garden planting.
A source at the Sandringham estate said: “The King decided to move the landing base because helicopters create a strong downwash wind when they land and they were damaging his new saplings and plants. The new landing position is much further away from his house and formal gardens so it is much better for the estate.”
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