Great West Way Travel Magazine | Issue 08

THE DUCHESS OF
CAMBRIDGE
The Great West Way is familiar with
England’s royalty particularly with King
Charles residing in the Cotswolds and
Henry VIII’s former home Hampton
Court Palace on the River Thames. The
Duchess of Cambridge is no exception
as she is a Great West Way resident
through and through. She was born in
Reading in 1982 and lived in Bucklebury
near Newbury where her family still live.
Catherine attended Marlborough College
in Wiltshire whilst she was growing up, as
did HRH Princess Eugenie.
MARY BERRY
The baking phenomenon that is
Mary Berry is another lady who is Great
West Way through and through. Born
in Bath is 1935, Mary moved to France
to train at The Cordon Bleu in Paris and
then returned to the Great West Way
to live in Henley on Thames. Mary has
received may accolades in her time but
our favourite ones include Freedom of the
City of Bath and an Honorary Graduate of
Bath Spa University.
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MICHAEL BOND
Michael Bond, the author of the
international sensation Paddington Bear
was born in Newbury in 1926 and moved
to Reading as a young child. The story
of a bear from deepest darkest Peru was
first published in 1958 and since then has
sold a staggering 35 million copies, been
translated into over 40 languages and later
turned into a television series and a film.
JANE SEYMOUR
Jane Seymour was the ‘fairest of
all the king’s wives’ as she became Henry
VIII’s wife on 30th May 1536. She gave
the king a long awaited son but sadly died
from ‘childbed fever’. Born at Wolfhall in
Marlborough, Jane grew up in Wiltshire
then moved to Hampton Court Palace
to be with the King. After her death, she
was the only one of Henry’s 6 wives to be
given a queen’s funeral, and you can find
her buried next to him at Windsor Castle. →
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