After months of speculation, it’s been confirmed that the Cambridges will be moving to the Windsor Estate this summer, taking up residence in the modest four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage, just a 10-minute walk from the Queen’s private apartments. The big move is said to have been triggered by William’s milestone 40th birthday in June, as well as the fact that the Cambridges are keen to have more space for the kids — the family has been spotted happily frolicking in the bucolic Windsor grounds on weekends recently, with their pet Spaniel Orla in tow.
The move makes sense. According to royal correspondent Katie Nicholl, the couple aren’t “London people” and are fed up with the trafficky school run from their Kensington Palace home to Thomas’s Battersea, the school George and Charlotte will be leaving at the end of this term. They also feel they lack privacy at the palace, which has been dubbed the “royal commune” due to the fact that several other members of the family also rent apartments within it. As for their current country bolt hole, Anmer Hall in north Norfolk, it’s considered too far from royal HQ and Kate’s close-knit family to be of much use.
