Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William and Kate Middleton move to the country from London: The Dukes of Cambridge and their children will change Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage. Queen’s Palace in Windsor Great Park. Located about 10 minutes’ walk from Windsor Castle, Elizabeth’s home.

The move stems from Kate and William’s desire to maintain “the most normal family life” to raise the children in a quiet rural atmosphere, away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, as they say a couple around them.

Adelaide Cottage has been called “a fascinating historic building” by the press, and Kate and William’s move there is “royal downshift.” By aristocratic standards, the residence is rather modest: there aren’t as many rooms here as in Kensington Palace. The cottage has only four bedrooms plus a living room and technical rooms.

Windsor Castle

The move is scheduled for classes to begin in the fall at Lambrook Private School, where the couple will send their children, George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4, in the fall. The school is located in Berkshire, 15 minutes’ drive from Adelaide Cottage.

– The English writes Hello!.

Reasons for the move also include the cottage’s proximity to family relatives’ homes: The Queen lives only minutes and the property of Kate Middleton’s parents is less than an hour away.

Windsor Castle Estate

The Dukes of Cambridge will not give up their other residences: they will visit London and stay at Kensington Palace, which will remain their official working residence. They also visit Anmer Hall, their 10-room mansion in Sandringham.

Not everyone is happy with the upcoming changes: for example, the British anti-monarchist organization Republic described the provision of new housing to the dukes as “shame”:

Republican leader Graham Smith said.

– says journalist Peter Hunt.

The new Dukes’ House was originally built in 1831 by King IV. It was built for William’s wife, Queen Adelaide. He had come to this cottage when he wanted privacy. Queen Victoria often had breakfast here, and important guests were often taken to the cottage during her reign.

II. Peter Townsend, known for having an affair with Elizabeth’s sister, Princess Margaret, spent several years in this house. The RAF colonel distinguished himself in the Battle of Britain in 1940 and was appointed head team to George VI after the war. The king invited Townsend to settle in the immediate vicinity of the palace. In his memoirs, the colonel later recalled:

He describes the house as an “ice box” with only two radiators, and according to him, in the cold season he sometimes had to wrap himself in a coat and scarf in the living room. However, Townsend writes that it was “pleasant” to spend the summer at home. He lived with his first wife and children at Adelaide Cottage for about eight years.

Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth would often come for tea with their mother. In 1952, Townsends divorced and left home, and a year later the public learned of the colonel’s affair with the princess.

The cottage was renovated in 2015. According to Town and Country, the master bedroom is particularly luxurious, with a ceiling adorned with gilded dolphins and ropes, and antique decor from a 19th-century royal yacht. There you can also see a marble fireplace in the Greco-Egyptian style.

Before Prince William and Kate Middleton move in, only the small jobs needed to keep the home safe will be done. A few years ago, the British press suggested that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would live in the mansion. As reported, after their wedding, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth invited the newlyweds to settle in this place, and they inspected the cottage, but they chose another property – Frogmore, and then completely left England.

The estate is ruled by the Queen and has the status of grace and favor (“goodness and grace”) – this is the designation of real estate owned by the monarch as head of state, often rented out for free. gratitude for members of the royal family, close friends or past service.

The last resident of Adelaide was a relative of Queen Simon Rhodes. As far as the press knows, the cottage has been owned by Princess Eugenie, who loves the home and her father, Prince Andrew, had expected his daughter to buy the house before the scandal. Now Eugenia lives with her husband Jack Brooksbank and son Augustus in Frogmore, left by the Dukes of Sussex.

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