"In recent weeks, however, she has noticed disturbing changes: fencing appearing around her regular route near Cranbourne Gate, trenches being dug, hedges planted and CCTV cameras erected. Last week she saw three men carrying a no public entry sign. So, I walked up to them and said: Oh, are you going to close this area?' And one guy sticks the sign behind his back, and said: We're just checking the size of the sign for somewhere else.' Then they all clammed up. The next day she had her answer."
"Windsor Great Park announced an exclusion zone of about 60 hectares (150 acres) of previously publicly accessible land to accommodate the latest home of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children."
"Due to the pending designation of part of the Great Park as a Socpa (Serious Organised Crime and Police Act exclusion area), access via Cranbourne Gate will permanently cease on Monday 29 September 2025. As a result, Cranbourne car park will be permanently closed from 7pm on Sunday 28 September 2025, the park management announced."
"William said of the insatiable media he experienced growing up: They wanted every bit of detail they could absorb and they were in everything, literally everywhere. They would know things, they'd be everywhere. And if you let that creep in, the damage it can do t"
Tina walked early mornings through Windsor Great Park for nearly two decades, letting her dog off lead across ancient-oak fields. Recently fencing, trenches, newly planted hedges and CCTV appeared along her usual route near Cranbourne Gate, and workers carried no-public-entry signage. A 60-hectare exclusion zone will be created to accommodate the Prince and Princess of Wales' residence and their three children. The area will be designated under Socpa, ending public access via Cranbourne Gate on 29 September 2025 and closing Cranbourne car park from 7pm on 28 September 2025. Prince William described restricting his children's phone use to limit press intrusion.
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