We got into the British ambassador’s residence

The British ambassador’s residence in Budapest is given to only a few, but the crown was now exceptional with our newspaper: the secrets of the building were shown on the 100th birthday of the building

Perhaps there are still those who remember the Crown Gemstone series made from Paul Scott’s novel. And while the colonial British Empire was called India, a little gem in Hungary is the royal court: the II. district in a street in a wonderful villa the ruling ambassador, Paul Fox.

Although shortly II. After World War II, the building became the property of the Great Britain, and for some time now it has been used by representatives of England, and is still hiding secrets. The fork was built by the Scitovszky family just 100 years ago, which was known for pre-war Pest life: Tibor Scitovszky worked for a short time as Minister of the Bethlen Government, and Governor Miklós Horthy appointed a perpetual member of the Upper House. He and his wife Hanna lived a real world life. The II. After World War II, they went to the United States, from which they no longer returned. Their magnificent villas were left behind from a furniture, and the Hungarian state would soon put their hands on it. The British government then rented it and then bought the property that has since their ambassador residence.

« These walls have experienced a lot of history, and today my home is full of life, » Ambassador Paul Fox around the house. – I am proud to be able to live here and that the UK is present in this wonderful building.

Wherever you look, you see rooms with classic British taste everywhere. Fine chairs, elegant drawers, the walls of the oak salon are covered with wooden covers – and here it depends on one of the most special objects, a wall clock.

« During the coronavirus epidemic, my wife took her head to install this watch, » the diplomat said. – He was on everyone’s neck to find out more about it, at first we thought a classic piece XX. century copy. Then we called an expert and he found out that what we only thought was a replica was actually a XV. Louis is a hundred years old.

Similarly, there are two paintings depicting the original owners of the house. Gábor Ley, former director of the residence, has already been told about this.

– The paintings were originally made by László Philip de Lasokok. The pictures came to Tibor Scitovszky Jr., who, however, did not fit in his two -room apartment, so he handed it to a priest in Pannonhalma for preservation. However, the pictures have disappeared over the years until they reappeared at an auction. The British government then decided in 2009 to buy them and eventually returned to where they originally « lived » in the century.

A total of 1000 square meters of four -storey building is now held by a closed forged iron gate, but this is not too long ago and has been open for a long time. This was changed when a man who asked for asylum appeared at the residence in the 1980s. The ambassador at the time said in vain that this was not done here, but at the embassy, ​​but the man did not care and camped in the garden. Finally, the Egyptian ambassador, who was previously a police officer, helped the gentleman expel the gentleman and have been closing the entrance ever since.

Princess Diana, the Queen Orchestra and II. Queen Elizabeth is also asleep: she slept in a guest room called VIP 1, but in fact she just rested a bit, spending the night elsewhere. So he did not know that the guest room was not necessarily the calmest, and some guests usually note that the noise of buses passing by even dance to the chandelier crystals.