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Take a tour! Queen Elizabeth buys Chicago condo

Of course Queen Elizabeth owns a condo stateside in a building called Buckingham.
/ Source: Zillow

Maybe the name was the draw.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth II has bought a 2,600-square-foot condo in Chicago — in a building called “The Buckingham.” She paid $1.575 million.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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The 26th-floor unit is not meant for Her Majesty, who hasn’t graced the Windy City since 1959, but rather for Canadian consul Roy Norton, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Still, the name on the paperwork is “Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada,” which is even more fun than watching Lake Michigan freeze from the condo’s floor-to-ceiling windows.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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The three-bedroom, three-bath condo next to the Art Institute of Chicago features a master suite with a soaking tub and separate shower, a laundry and storage room, and a large den suitable for a diplomat.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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The purchase follows mistaken reports earlier this summer that the Queen had snagged a pied-a-terre in New York City.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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The listing agent was Annemarie Stramacchia of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group.

Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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Queen Elizabeth's condo in Chicago
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