Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought the Osborne estate in 1845, and built a new mansion here as an escape from court life in London and Windsor. The garden at Osborne was mostly created by Prince Albert in the years around 1850. His garden included the terraces built to match the Italianate house, and with direct references to his childhood garden at Schloss Rosenau at Coburg in Germany. The garden remained largely unchanged through Victoria’s reign, apart from continued planting and the addition of more statues.