The Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Adelaide Cottage for a new Windsor home with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis
The Prince and Princess of Wales are on the move.
William and Kate, who currently live at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, will move to a new home in Windsor with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
Kensington Palace confirmed the news with a statement that read: “The Wales family will move house later this year.”
It is thought that the family of five will move into the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park. Danielle Stacey, HELLO!’s Online Royal Correspondent, explained why the new property is thought to be their “forever home.”
“The Prince and Princess of Wales clearly love living in Windsor, the children are settled at Lambrook School nearby, and they will still be close to Windsor Castle for royal functions and engagements. Upsizing to Forest Lodge allows the family more space and has already been viewed as their ‘forever home,’ rather than having the children growing up within the walls of a palace,” she said.
Renovation plans
Planning applications lodged with the local council for Forest Lodge in June document a proposal for minor external applications, as well seeking consent for minor and internal and external alterations.
Reports suggest that the future King will pay for the property and all necessary renovations themselves, and will have no live-in staff. The Sun first reported the news.
In 2001, Forest Lodge underwent £1.5 million of restoration work to retain the period detail, including the original stonework, elaborate plaster cornices and ceiling decoration, marble fireplaces, Venetian windows and a half-barrel vaulted hallway ceiling.
Forest Lodge, formerly known as Holly Grove in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, 2018. © Getty Images
Forest Lodge, formerly known as Holly Grove, is where William and Kate will make their forever home
It was later placed on the rental market at £15,000 a month. The property is Grade II listed.
William and Kate’s current homes
The family currently live in the four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, and the children attend nearby Lambrook School.
They also have homes at Anmer Hall in Norfolk and Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace in London which they will retain.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left London full-time in 2022 for a quieter life for their three children as they grow older and learn to step into their royal roles.
Adelaide Cottage is a pink-fronted home that underwent a full refurbishment in 2015, and it is thought to boast a beautiful garden, a cosy study, and a master bedroom formerly decorated with golden dolphins and a ceiling rope recycled from a 19th-century royal yacht.
Although it is on the grounds of Windsor Home Park Estate, it is a private home and has zero public access. It is a 10-minute walk from the cottage to Windsor Castle.
Constructed in 1831, the original porch still stands.
Anmer Hall is where the family lived before the official move to Windsor, and the 10-bedroom home remains a place of solitude for the family.
“We spend as much time as we can here, it’s very peaceful,” said Prince William on an Apple Time to Walk episode.
When in London, the family stays at Kensington Palace 1A, a 20-room, four-storey apartment that previously belonged to Princess Margaret.
The residence is said to take up half a wing inside the palace and is made up of 20 different rooms, including five reception rooms, three bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, as well as staff quarters.