When it was revealed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was only paying a peppercorn rent (meaning a small, symbolic amount) on Royal Lodge, other members of the Royal Family came under scrutiny for their own housing arrangements. Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie also have a peppercorn arrangement on Bagshot Park, but when it came time for Prince William and Princess Kate to move to their new home, the future King and Queen made sure that the public knew they were paying their fair share.
Speaking on Hello! magazine’s “A Right Royal Podcast,” royal editor Emily Nash weighed in on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s decision to pay even more rent than the last tenant at their "forever home," Forest Lodge.