The palace was robbed: the Russians abandoned the castle in which the family of King Charles III lived (photo)

The scandal surrounding the Rinshardsbrunn Castle, which was purchased by Russian investors and purchased suspicion of money laundering, led to its confiscation. The history of the castle in Germany, which is destroyed and once served as a love nest for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was thrown and plundered by its Russian owners. About it writes Daily Star. Once a majestic palace awaits a stunning restoration project worth £ 24. 5 million.

Nicknamed "Rapunzel Castle", the palace is connected with King Charles III and, according to rumors, is one of the first places of the meeting of his distant relative of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. Built in 2008 for £ 9. 8 million by the Russian investment consortium "Rusintech", the palace was left for the same, defeated and plundered. The publication notes that the purchase was related to suspicion of money laundering.

Rinshardsbrunn Castle was built in 1085 and was located in the small town of Friedrichrod, which is part of the federal land of thurning in East Germany. Abbey has a rich history and even, according to some reports, in the XV century served as a "terrible burial place of rich people. " In the middle of the nineteenth century, it was transformed into a neo-Gothic castle by the Duke Ernest I Saksen-Koburg and Gothic, who used it as a summer house in English style.

The Duke Ernest was the father of the husband of Queen Victoria I Prince Albert, who gladly used this place as a place of rest. By the early 2000s, the hotel was located in the castle. During the GDR, he received Western tourists and brought a stable currency income to the East German regime. After the hotel was closed, the castle stood empty for several years. In 2008, the castle was bought by investors from Russia, who declared plans to open an elite hotel here.

The amount of the agreement and the circumstances of the sale caused the Turing Prosecutor's Office to be suspected of laundering money. Rapunzel Castle received its nickname because of a sophisticated bell tower and a high spire. However, now the ancient romantic shelter of royal persons has left the Russian owners in a state of neglect. After the palace was found in a state of neglect, local officials had to repair urgently.

In July 2018, they returned the castle to the property to ensure its preservation, having joined history as the first in the Federal Republic, the case of return of property for negligent attitude to it legally. The publication notes that it is now estimated that the building requires investments worth up to £ 35 million to ensure its safety and practicality in the modern world. Earlier, Focus reported that an abandoned hotel worth 1. 6 billion pounds never received people.