Princess Diana’s South Africa holiday home where she met Nelson Mandela goes up for sale for £6.75m

The holiday home hosted Prince William and Harry, who stayed with their mother there in 1996.

The property was also where Diana famously met Nelson Mandela in 1997 shortly before her tragic death.

The suite where Diana last stayed in when she met the South African leader to discuss her HIV/AIDS projects has remained exactly as it was ever since.

Charles Spencer had bought the four-bedroom country mansion with five guest cottages to escape the limelight as his own marriage to wife Victoria broke down.

He decided to sell the Tarrystone Estate in 2000 and move back to England following the death of Diana and his divorce.

Earl Spencer stood at the gates of the Tarrystone to give a famous address to the world’s media, laying the blame for his sister’s death on the paparazzi.

The property in Upper Constantia with views over False Bay has been listed with an asking price of R150million (£6.75million).

The estate boasts 10-bedrooms in total, with two staff cottages and two vineyards that produce 300 bottles of fine wine a year and a 10-seat private cinema.

It also includes a Grecian style swimming pool where Diana frequently swam and sunbathed, alongside a tennis court and a guard house equipped with CCTV, gates and electric fences.

The thatched one-bedroomed secure cottage where Diana stayed has its own kitchen, bathroom and living room and is described as a “time capsule” to the Princess.

A source at Tarrystone told GB News: “The cottage was set aside by Earl Spencer to be used only by Diana and nobody else stayed there. It was his sisters own private safe place.

“Prince William and Harry visited once but she came here several times to recharge her batteries. After she died the Earl ordered her suite to stay exactly as it was.

“The cottage has been renovated but her bedroom is still as it was.”

Lynne Baker, of Greeff Christie’s International Real Estate who are dealing with the sale, told the People’s Channel: “The estate’s royal significance gives it a level of provenance.

“Its valuation reflects the rarity of the opportunity this property can claim, its romantic story, and its established place in Cape Town’s heritage with a documented past.

“The association of Tarrystone with Earl Spencer and Princess Diana gives the estate a particularly compelling story adding an element of romance and historical interest”.

Alongside the South African retreat, Diana had several holiday hotspots she enjoyed frequenting, including the island of Nevis in the British Virgin Islands and Lech Austria, where she enjoyed skiing with her sons.

When Prince William and Harry were young, the Princess also often took them to Isles of Scilly off the Cornish coast to escape the spotlight.

Ahead of his visit to the island to raise awareness for the local hospital in May, William described it as “a different world” and “beautiful” as he recounted his happy childhood memories on an appearance on Heart Breakfast Radio.

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