Prince William and Kate Middleton are spending their weekend at Adelaide Cottage after swapping to their new home from Windsor, it has been reported.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge reportedly "travelled light" with their three kids, George, nine, Charlotte, seven, and Louis, four.
The family decided to move to the four-bedroom cottage so their kids can attend their new school in next week.
The children are going to be attending the £7,000-a-term Lambrook School as Kate and Will reportedly want to be regular "school gate parents".
It is understood they moved with their black cocker spaniel Orla and will not have a live-in nanny for their children.
Will and Kate have also not made any changes to the cottage apart from a "lick of paint", The Sun reports.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said: “This will be the first weekend Kate and William have spent at Adelaide Cottage as a family. It’s a lovely moment for them all.
“They had to have moved in this weekend because the children have to start at their new school next week.
“The renovation is no-frills, by royal standards — and is certainly in stark contrast to the £2.4million work Harry and Meghan had done on Frogmore Cottage. It will have been a builder’s finish.”
Royal experts say the fresh start will give the family more privacy, as the couple were keen to move into a more 'low-key' home in the countryside.
Adelaide Cottage is owned by the Crown Estate, and the Duke and Duchess will pay market rent on the historic building, which was built in 1831 for Queen Adelaide as a summer retreat.
It then became the favoured home of Air Force officer Peter Townsend, whose love affair with Princess Margaret rocked the monarchy in the 1950s.
Royal sources said the future king and queen had thought “long and hard” over the move with one palace insider saying their “overriding focus being to provide as ‘normal’ a life as possible for their children before beginning their own royal lives.”
It is thought their brood can be out and about in the countryside without worry unlike in busy London where it is believed to have been difficult for the children to take advantage of the nearby parks amid privacy issues.
The family’s downsizing means William and Kate's full-time nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, will live elsewhere for the first time, as will other staff including the housekeeper and the chef.
The location offers the family easy access to the private 655-acre Home Park and the historic royal estate's network of drives, gardens, farms, nearby trout stream, Frogmore House and Royal Mausoleum, and Queen Victoria’s Walk flanked by cedars.
Other benefits include neighbouring Windsor Great Park, which spans more than 5,000 acres, with its Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle, deer park and woodland trails in the Valley Gardens.
