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An impressive country estate that has hosted royalty and wartime evacuees has gone on the market for £8.65m.

The Wilverley Estate was once home to the Honourable George Rose, who was paymaster general and known to have entertained King George III there.

The 234-acre estate is on the edge of the New Forest, near Lyndhurst, Hants, and is up for sale for the first time in 74 years.