Prince William and Princess Kate are set to move their family from Adelaide Cottage to a new ‘forever home’ by the end of the year, an insider has said.
The couple, along with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, reportedly plan to relocate to the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge property in Windsor Great Park.
A source told The Sun the family is hoping for a ‘fresh start’ after a difficult time at Adelaide Cottage, during which Queen Elizabeth died and Kate and Charles received cancer diagnoses.
Renovations are reportedly underway at the property to enable it to be ready for the family to move in before the end of the year.
The publication reports that planning applications show how minor work has already begun at the Grade-II listed lodge, with renovations reportedly set to be funded by the couple themselves.
A source close to the family reportedly told the tabloid: ‘Windsor has become their home. However, over the last few years while they have lived at Adelaide Cottage there have been some really difficult times.
‘Moving gives them an opportunity for a fresh start and a new chapter; an opportunity to leave some of the more unhappy memories behind.’
The home offers spectacular views, and football fan William will be able to see the Wembley Arch from his bedroom window.
And Kate has already been spotted picking new furniture to kit out the new abode, including a 24-seater table.
The family first moved to Windsor in 2022, where they settled at the humble Adelaide Cottage.
The grade-II listed property is within easy distance of Lambrook School, where Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are all pupils.
It is believed the move out of London was to allow the family to be closer to the late Queen and to give the children a more ordinary way of life with more privacy.
Their move coincided with a challenging period for the Royal Family, with Queen Elizabeth dying at Balmoral Castle only weeks later.
Adelaide Cottage also provided a private and tranquil setting for Kate’s recovery from chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with cancer last year.
The family has no live-in staff at their current home and this is also reportedly set to be the case once they move into this bigger abode.
The couple are weighing up which senior school to choose for Prince George, with Eton, where fees are more than £63,000 a year, believed to be the front-runner.
It comes after the Princess of Wales has released the second of her quarterly films highlighting the beauty of ‘Mother Nature’, inspired by the solace she took from the countryside during her cancer journey.
‘Summer’ was filmed in the UK over the last few months and includes: Sheffield, Bradford, North Wales and Anglesey and the south coast of England.
And while it doesn’t feature the princess visually, Catherine does provide the voice over for the film, which was released on Kensington Palace social media channels.
A written message, also by the royal, said: ‘Our lives flourish when we cherish the bonds of love and friendship. It has never been more important to appreciate the value of one another, and of Mother Nature. Here’s to Summer. C’.
The series launched in Spring to huge public interest as a celebration of the changing seasons across the UK, and a ‘reminder and reflection of the beauty and complexity of the human experience’.
A Kensington Palace spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘The Wales family will move house later this year.’
