Fears for Queen Victoria belongings delay English coastal path completion

Stretch of King Charles III path on Isle of Wight held up over concerns about crown’s ‘priceless collection’

The long-awaited completion of the 2,704-mile King Charles III coastal path around England is being held up by security concerns about a collection of Queen Victoria’s belongings in the seaside grounds of a former royal palace.

English Heritage is refusing access to the grounds of Osborne House, a summer home built for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1851, located on a stretch of the coast of the Isle of Wight between East Cowes and Wootton Bridge.