JK Rowling secretly buys childhood home

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JK Rowling secretly buys childhood home, said to have inspired key elements of Harry Potter's story ⚡

At the time of the 2011 sale,, including a cupboard under the stairs similar to the one where the Dursley family made Harry live.

The author also left her mark on Church Cottage with"Joanne Rowling slept here circa 1982" scrawled on one wall. In 2019 Caernarfon Lettings Ltd successfully applied for planning permission to carry out renovations at the property, on Coleford Road. In her teenage years JK Rowling attended nearby Wyedean School in Sedbury, where her mother Anne worked.Harry Potter characters such as Professor Snape and Ron Weasley are said to be based on teachers and friends from Wyedean, where the library is named after Ms Rowling.

A quidditch team called The Tutshill Tornadoes, first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is also assumed to be based on the village.

 

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Secretly? Do people normally announce to the world when buying a house?

Ahh, more pointless celebrity ego stroking. Just what we needed, rich person buys house most of us couldn’t afford.

Not secret, not news either.

Why do you say she 'secretly' buys this house. Should she be announcing this on the BBC?

Well it’s not a secret now is it

Secretly?

Love how a similarity is a cupboard under the stairs. I too have a cupboard under my stairs, so does every house on my street and most other homes that I have EVER visited. Although it may have been inspiration, I fail to see how this is a news story 9 years on.

And now, with thanks to BBC news, it's possibly the least secret house purchase in the country. So much for the BBC respecting peoples privacy with celebrity gossip stories.

Well that's a load of my mind will sleep well tonight🤣

'Secretly'🤣🤣🤣 I didn't realise that famous people have to issue a press release every time they buy anything. Let's hear next week what she secretly buys in Tesco.

Hardly “secret” if we’re all twittering about it...

Not a secret if you know about it

Very secret.

She must have bought this thanks to her only fans account

Not very secret now

Sorry but something that occured 9 years ago involving a fabulously rich author buying a lovely big house that majority of uk would love to be able to afford. Just the sort of rubbish the key workers need to hear during the virus. Well done bbc

Great news

oh good. 🙄

She's better at writing novels than she is at keeping secrets!

Not much of a secret now is it.

Yawn.

Say nothing, deny everything

Is the house gay now?

TeaBookRain

I live like 2 mins from there!!

Shhh! 😉

How heartwarming to see a multi millionaire buy anything they want, so heartwarming in these uncertain of times

Hardly a national news story and now not a ‘secret’ any more! Great journalism

Care homes resisting government regulations. bbcfakenews

Not much of a secret now, is it?

Not very secretly apparently.

Clearly a secret. You baffoons are supposed to be educated.

By definition, anything the BBC reports clearly isn't 'secret'. . .

Oh to be a billionaire!😏

Jk Rowling broken the lockdown rules and the bbc are covering it. Typical bbc behaviour.

Nice to know how she is waiting her money... a small amount of that money could feed alot of familys

Could’ve waited a few months and got it a lot cheaper ?

Imagine buying an entire house to use as nothing more than a toy.

Secretly? I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Wonder if she’ll house any migrants there. Nah.

In what world is this news?

Sinto falta de arte ruim. Como eu sinto falta de ver arte e dizer 'isso é ruim'

Guys, I think you need a dictionary

Very nice too .!!

Headline basically reads, “Woman buys house.” What business of ours is it if a successful hardworking author and businesswoman like jk_rowling buys herself a house with some of the money she has earned over the past 23 years? It’s her personal life. Give it a rest, . 🤪

The country is on its knees with this pandemic, people are losing their jobs, people can't feed their children because they have no cash, I just don't care what a really rich author has or has not bought, more stories on our heroic everyday workers across all sectors

Featured on bbc news, Some secret that.....

I bought a ouse once

I thought she had humble beginnings... That don't look humble.

Media unwittingly announces it lacks self awareness

It’s not that secret though is it ?

And why is this news worthy ? Giving what the nhs is going through why should we care if some rich bitch is buying

You published the secret

Please, for the love of God, look up the word ‘secret’. Is this click bait?

Penniless in Edinburgh Cafes thatsmagic

Define “secretly”? 🤔

It’s a good job she’s better at writing stories than keeping secrets

Actually it is no more a secret

Wow, that’s really interesting - woman buys house. Whatever next? 🤷‍♂️

You really are desperate for news aren’t you ? “Woman buys house” read all about it lol

Well done at keeping that secret you big squealers

no wonder she was inspired if she grew up there

Top secret.

Not that secret then if you're broadcasting to the world what JKR did privately!

No wonder there's a housing crisis. People like her buying up houses they don't need

Open secret.

Of course it was the house ;)

Shit secret then

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