In late July, the Mail on Sunday had a splashy exclusive about the Prince and Princess of Wales. Apparently, after living in Adelaide Cottage for three years, William and Kate decided that they urgently need an upgrade because Adelaide is just too small for a family of five. The Mail also claimed that William and Kate were once again eyeing Fort Belvedere, a somewhat lavish “fort” on the Royal Windsor estate, complete with a swimming pool and a tennis court. There were immediate doubts about the Fort however – while the matriarch of the lease-holding Weston family recently passed away, by most accounts, the lease was and is still valid. So now it looks like the Fort Belvedere speculation was used to hide the real move. The family has been given Forest Lodge, an eight-bedroom mansion/lodge on the Windsor estate.
Prince William is moving his family to a “forever home” in a bid to build happy memories after three tough years. Eight-bedroom Forest Lodge, nestled in Windsor Great Park, is where William, Kate and children George, Louis and Charlotte will remain even after he becomes King.
Insiders say they are hoping for a “fresh start” after a difficult time at Adelaide Cottage, during which Queen Elizabeth died and Kate and Charles were diagnosed with cancer. It is the ideal pad for their young family and far removed from Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.
They are paying for the move and rent at no extra cost to the taxpayer, it is understood. And, unlike Harry and Meghan when they splashed £2.4million of taxpayers’ money on Frogmore Cottage, Wills and Kate are funding all renovations themselves and will have no live-in staff. The Sussexes later paid back the money before being evicted by King Charles.
Planning applications seen by The Sun show work has already started on minor internal and external renovations at the 328-year-old, Grade II-listed lodge — and the Waleses aim to be in by Christmas. The home offers spectacular views and football-mad 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.
A source close to the Waleses told The Sun last night: “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 source added: “This is a move for the long-term. They see it as their forever home.”
The Sun understands the move from Kensington Palace in London to Adelaide Cottage three years ago was partly designed to test life in Windsor and see if it worked for them as a family. Insiders say the Windsor location allows Wills and Kate to be “as hands on as possible” as parents while balancing Royal Family commitments. They have been very keen to join their children on the school run.
We can reveal planning permission for modest internal and external renovations to Forest Lodge were lodged with the council in June. Documents show it requires new doors and windows, stripping out of internal walls, renovated ceilings and new floors. But there are no plans for any demolition or new outbuildings. The freehold is owned by the King in care of The Crown Estate. The most recent tenants have bought a new property and moved out.
The Sun also made this sad little note: “The home is an upgrade on Adelaide Cottage but still half the size of Prince Andrew’s 31-room Royal Lodge.” It’s true. While William and Kate were handed yet another home, they’re still disappointed that they didn’t get an ever bigger property, like Fort Belvedere or Royal Lodge. I don’t think Forest Lodge even has a pool, the poor sausages. And only EIGHT bedrooms? And no outbuildings? How middle-class.
A note about the money and the “forever home” bullsh-t – when they were given Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace, they justified the costly, taxpayer-funded renovations by saying THAT was their forever home. When they were given Anmer Hall in Sandringham, they once again decided that their second “forever home” needed costly renovations, although those were not “taxpayer-funded.” Sandringham is the private estate of the monarch, so it’s likely that Charles and QEII paid millions of pounds for the Anmer reno. Then there was Adelaide, which if memory serves, was somewhat move-in ready. And now Forest Lodge, which they swear is their “forever home” and they swear they’re paying for renovations. Sure.
Additionally, the Sun claims that this move is William’s “statement on his future. He is planning to raise his children not in a palace or a castle — but in a house. The family of five’s country pile is a world away from the suffocating walls of Buckingham Palace or the draughty passageways of Windsor Castle. It is now clear that William is unlikely to ever live in the palace, which has been home to monarchs since 1837.” Yeah… can’t wait for “King William” to get his hands on all of those “forever palaces” and “forever castles.” Then we’ll see if he and Queen Waity are actually happy with an eight-bedroom lodge and no live-in staff.
Last thing: there are obviously more reports and additional gossip about this, which will cover tomorrow!
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace, Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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- Mull, Scotland, 30 April 2025: The Prince and Princess of Wales visiting Mull, Scotland the couple visited the Ardura Community Forest. On the second day of their visit to the Scottish Isles, The Duke and Duchess will meet the Countryside Rangers from the Mull and Iona Ranger Service at the Ardura Community Forest to highlight the importance of protecting and championing the natural environment. The Mull and Iona Ranger Service plays a vital role in conservation, biodiversity protection, visitor management and education on the islands. Countryside Rangers lead guided events for visitors and the resident community – regularly partnering with local primary schools to ensure that every child on the islands has the opportunity to experience the beautiful natural environment around them.,Image: 993841772, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ian Vogler/Avalon
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales arrive for a visit to Pontypridd Market in Wales to talk to local business owners about the impact of the flooding caused by Storm Bert and Storm Darragh, and help prepare and cook a batch of Welsh cakes at the The Welsh Cake Shop Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, William, Prince of Wales Where: Pontypridd, United Kingdom When: 26 Feb 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Tobermory on the Isle of Mull on their wedding anniversary Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Tobermory on the Isle of Mull on their wedding anniversary Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Tobermory, United Kingdom When: 29 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Fionnphort to catch the ferry to Iona during their visit to The Isle of Munn Featuring: William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Fionnphort, United Kingdom When: 30 Apr 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince and Princess of Wales, known as the the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, attend the naming ceremony for HMS Glasgow, at the BAE Systems shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales, William, Prince of Wales Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom When: 22 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales, known as the Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, attends the naming ceremony for HMS Glasgow, a state-of-the-art Type 26 anti-submarine frigate, at the BAE Systems shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom When: 22 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, attends the naming ceremony for HMS Glasgow, a state-of-the-art Type 26 anti-submarine frigate, at the BAE Systems shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom When: 22 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales, known as the Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, meet with apprentices and graduates during a visit to the BAE Systems’ Shipbuilding Academy to at the BAE Systems shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom When: 22 May 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
His only happiness will come if he can somehow evict the sussexes from their montecito home. Oh well, since that can’t happen, he’ll keep looking!
Ok.
Once again, a 8 bedroom home is “too small” for the future king.
Or will be when he realizes -yet again- with astonishment – that he’s going to be king and ohhhh the changes to his life and responsibilities he never spent a single day preparing for.
He needs to live in the castles. For all the diplomacy. And to serve the people. And the protocol. Tradition! Tea! Union Jack!
Kate has an upgraded home. Her mother can move into Adelaide or Frogmore or whatever. I have no idea what’s where anymore.
Does Kate have access to any of their other properties? You would think it would be mentioned that they would stay in that immense apartment or Amner or whatever from fine to time to show that they love them and use them.
Honestly – thats the thing. Harry has 1 home. It’s hands down amazing and they love it – they actually LIVE in it, use it and don’t treat it like a museum or showplace. That’s fundamentally confusing to William who was taught that homes are meant to be viewed as indicators of status and to display items – not that homes are a place you love and you put up items you love to enhance your home. To William – Joe’s are not a place to live and love and be together- to make memories and share joy.
William is never content and he will never be content until he has a home with 11xs the bedrooms of Harry’s home and 32xs the bathrooms.
Harry’s has 11 bedrooms. Right? This place has 8. William is going to be furious he hasn’t been given what an heir deserves. That he has less in this area too. Less than Harry.
Less house. Less beard. Less wife. Less happiness. Less self awareness. Less work ethic. Less personality. Less self control. Less friends.
But William will shove his wife and two of his kids there full time. George the majority of the time.
As big as some of these old castles are and despite being historic, I would take that Montecito house over any of them. It’s such a gorgeous space.
I don’t see why they don’t just move into the castle. Maybe the renovation needs are too expensive. Why is Kate buying furniture? I’m sure the BRF has a warehouses full of furnishing she could choose from.
The BRF does indeed have a furniture storage warehouse on the Windsor Estate and allegedly Kate was seen there picking out a 24-seater dining table.
If Harry and Meghan were living in a castle, then he’d want to live in a castle. He wants what Harry has.
Ok well the Sussexes paid those taxpayers back that 2.4 million dollars so f**k off with that bit of nonsense. Looks like Can’t got a bigger place to house her staff and Ma and Pa. As for Peg living there? GTFO with that bit of nonsense too. Peg lives separately from his beloved sickly wife. This was just Ma Midds and Can’t wanting to change the deal and get something bigger.
Exactly…Kate and the Mids were never happy with Adelaide cottage, it wasn’t a permanent move, no matter what they had claimed back then. It was clearly the only available house at the time and probably both William and Charles were satisfied for Kate’s home. But,helas, “cancer” occurred and the Middletons had a new and strong argument to negotiate…” They are paying for the move and rent at no extra cost to the taxpayer, it is understood”. Whoever believes that kind of drivel, I have a bridge to sell you…their money? Ha!
They needed a better divorce home before they agreed.
I wonder if the waleses will also pay back that £4 million that they used for their “forever home” apartment 1A Kensington palace.
That’s Willy’s forever bachelor pad so he can use his Uber chopper frequently. He’s not letting that one go.
This was first revealed in the Daily Fail yesterday. Some astute person commented that will be Kate’s “separation home”. Hmmm.
Oh the shade and snark from the Fail on this – will be they giving back Adelaide to the crown, me thinks not. Ma will have her eye on that as HER granny home, she already has a room there apparently.
Neighbours are being evicted from the properties nearby – guess they don’t want people to see how William won’t stay there and how often the Middleton clan are there.
It seems to be the Middleton takeover of Windsor real estate…
I think that’s where their “non live in” staff will live.
So it sounds like this is a “Here, damn” offer from KCIII. A way to shut up the spoiled brats (William and Kate)
I assume, like Adelaide Cottage, that staff are down the road from the house because I don’t believe that Kate and William are cooking every night or that Kate cleans. Doesn’t nanny Maria still work for them?
Does Louis still need a nanny???
Kids often need a lot of attention beyond standard business hours, especially if the adults travel a lot or have — or are expected to have — evening engagements. If they don’t have a nanny —or two, I’d bet that Carole is doing a LOT. Maybe that’s why they keep saying that “No live-in staff” bit — to justify Carole’s ongoing presence in their household.
I assume that’s why two tenants were evicted from nearby cottages. The MoL has a piece today claiming they were given as nice or nicer new cottages, but there’s no proof of that. What are the Waleses hiding, that they don’t even want security folks in the house with them?
Interesting to see The Scum working for WanK while The Fail seem to be in cahoots with CaC.
Good point!
I was just wondering if the “No live in staff” bit was some kind of cultural achievement marker: Royalty: They’re just like Us! It seems silly to point that out —repeatedly, when clearly they have staff, and surely have access to staff around the clock.
There were also two garages that were converted into small stand alone houses. I think that’s in addition to the nearby cottages that were evicted.
Sorry two stables that were converted and maybe those are the cottages that people were evicted from idk?
I believe the AA term for people who continuously move in search of happiness is called ‘geographical’. It seems like this is what Will and Kate are doing!
Except they keep moving within Windsor. It doesn’t make any sense. I don’t understand why they couldn’t live in Windsor castle for that short while and then move in to this place. Why take Adelaide cottage to only live there for 3 years because it’s too small? Surely they knew that before moving in.
It was reported that Charles said no to them living in WC. Whether that was true or not idk.
I doubt Charles would accept the Middletons living in Windsor..
They wanted Royal Lodge but Chuck never kicked Pedandrew out.
So this is what Kate has been doing instead of working: shopping for 24-seat dining room tables.
Read somewhere that it has two master bedroom suites. I have no idea whether that’s true. Or maybe the “upgrades” include this sort of re-arrangement. But if that’s the case, it’s possible William and Kate could live in separate wings of the manor. It’s also possible that the grifting Middletons, who must be struggling to afford the upkeep on Middleton Manor, might move into an in-law suite.
Things that bring keen joy. Buying expensive large tables and shirking duties.
I don’t believe that Kate has been shopping..I doubt she or William is in the country. They are on vacation abroad, probably separately. That’s why they couldn’t attend in the event for the veterans. It’s an effort to show her as relatable…she probably hired a decorating firm and they are doing the shopping according to her taste… after all, according to the article, there are plenty of things that need to be done before the move.
Will there be grainy photos of a lookalike keen buying furniture
I read she was shopping internally. There seams to be a huge storage of royal furniture/art to pick for. Being watched there and reported means staff is talking. Her visit probably wasn’t recently, the permit for renovations was from june.
My question is why Meghan had to buy them a couch when there’s apparently a huge storage of royal furniture.
Only English Roses are allowed to pick… And Harry wasn’t meant to sit around. He had to work his royal behind off to cover up for the lazy heir. So what would he need a couch for???
Who knows what the couches are like. Too old, too fancy, too hard, not their style. Meghan buying a couch doesn’t seem a big deal. Their Montecito place doesn’t scream “old castle/palace” aesthetic.,
I thought at that social level, one simply didn’t buy one’s own furniture. 😄 It would be inherited, custom-made, or a senior member of staff would make enquiries for you?. (Happy to be corrected by our British crew on that one!)
If Lazy was smart she’d ask the family’s carpenter, David Armstrong-Jones, for a bespoke piece.
But yes the middle class pretensions of the Middleton-Buckets are showing. Willy married a real gem with Lazy! 😂
Actually the Mail article clarified that she was seen in a sort of storage house for royal furniture picking out the table, so no not shopping like middle class people 😉 I do recommend that Mail article, I imagine it will be covered here tomorrow. One can tell they are really p**sed that their scoop was denied though it was true. They point out that the Waleses already have a Forever Home and use „“ throughout when writing „forever home“. They also remind everyone of the exact costs (to the taxpayer) of the KP renovation.
The article says she’s been ‘shopping’ the RF warehouses of unused furniture rather than buying new so following that rule. There is literally hundreds of years of cast off furniture floating around. The RF is notorious for never getting rid of anything.
There is no way they even have 24 friends that they could invite for a dinner party.
Yes, I love how the article says William can see Wembley Arch from *his* bedroom.
So their idea of a “forever home” is moving every 3-4 years. How feckless.
This is Royal Renovation taxpayer funded style.
“Insiders say they are hoping for a “fresh start” after a difficult time at Adelaide Cottage, during which Queen Elizabeth died and Kate and Charles were diagnosed with cancer”
😂
So they’re blaming the cottage for their unhappiness? Next time someone dies, they plan to move lest they remember their unhappiness at remembering the events?
What lazy, useless parasites. Commemorating VJ80 with a 25-seater table. Good luck filling in all those seats! The Middleton clan must be moving in!
I have my theories about why Adelaide cottage holds unpleasant memories and they have nothing to do with queen’s death and Charles and Kate’s cancer. Something really unpleasant happened that we probably never know.
I like theories. They take the public for fools.
I thought the “incident” happened around Christmas when WanK were at Amner. So why aren’t they moving out of Amner? Why keep returning to the scene of the “crime” particularly during Christmas?
When William becomes King he will have a wider choice of where to live.
That’s what’s interesting. We don’t know how long Charles has left but wouldn’t the family move into WC eventually. So how is this a forever home?
What a stupid excuse to justify getting ANOTHER home. Millions of people go through hard times in their homes and don’t get another one (while STILL occupying other homes)
They always play victim. No doubt they will only live in this home for a few years and will try to find another “forever” home.
Whatever “forever” means ….
So who paid for the renovations at KP, Anmer and Adelaide?
Taxpayers, the Queen and/or Charles, unknown.
CarolE didn’t work so hard for K not to live in a castle eventually. Also, if W finds the “trappings” of royal life suffocating perhaps he should abdicate. WanK clearly don’t think through the PR spin their media buddies at The Scum are rolling out for them.
Gotta give credit to the Middleton hustle. Carole grew up in a council flat. Lazy grew up in one home, now she has several and a chopper at her beck and call.
What a cuck Willy is to have been so oblivious to this stalking, social climbing family. No wonder why Lazy flashed her vagina often. It was clear what Willy saw in her…and was so easily led by.
So much for Adelaide being Kate’s divorce home. Girlfriend is moving up in the world.
I doubt peggs will spend much time there.
Obviously not, that’s why they want absolutely privacy and isolation.
So the Wails need this house … because cancer? Not just Kate’s illness, but also Charles’ cancer and the Queen’s death? Maybe I should have packed up and moved after my mother died in her own distant home. How long are they going to brandish the cancer excuse? It’s like an organization I work with, where their boss died and now any time there’s disagreement, the other group is forever saying, “But Betsy would have wanted this.”
😏 the excuses are fantastical!
At least we know the Lazies are utterly miserable, trapped in their gilded cage, doing fuck all except choose a royal house to renovate and move into every couple of years.
What a boring pair of parasites.
So Adelaide cottage is haunted by cancer? Who’d want to lease the haunted cancer house now?
I thought they wanted Adelaide because it was close to the school they wanted, it was close to the Queen. I also think they thought they really wanted to be in Windsor so when the Queen passed they would be able to move into Windsor Castle. They didn’t expect Charles to say no to that.
Yet we have POS KCIII also being diagnosed with cancer, still going through treatment, losing his actual mother and having to take on the huge burden of being monarch but still remaining in the same home he lived in during the last three difficult years. It’s both impressive and disgusting how the media play with the facts to make the things this couple do justifiable. They have way too many homes, are paid for their rare and mediocre work and there is no reason that they need to move again from a home that they moved into while knowing at the time if it was going to be too small for their family. This is just another episode of them wanting everything for doing absolutely nothing for the taxpayers who fund them.
I cannot believe they are using the queen’s death and cancer as a reason for why they’re moving again. Those are some lies lies lies. They wanted a bigger house. End of. And they’re using cancer as a means to justify it.
After all the weeks of speculation about Willi and Kate moving into Fort Belvedere now this announcement. Why now?
Distraction, distraction, distraction, from the failure of Kate’s summer video and their no show to the remembrance events for VJ day, honouring the veterans.
Apparently two families were asked to move out of two nearby cottages, converted from stables belonging to Forest Lodge, probably enough space to house the Middlons and their not live in staff.
How many for ever homes do Willi and Kate have now?
This story is wild. I don’t doubt that you can associate bad memories and tough times with a certain house, but the absolute privilege to be like I’m going to move to another mansion because this mansion gives me the ick. They are just utterly shameless.
They don’t care at all what the public thinks of them. They have given the UK citizens and Commonwealth their asses to kiss, and you better enjoy it. This confirms it after not showing up for any VJ events. They are going to take as many vacations as they like. They are not going to tell you anything about what they’re doing. They are going to move where they want to move. They will not do small scale events. You will accept them retweeting and posting videos and showing up occasionally where they want to show up as all that they’re going to do.
I hope the media enjoys carrying water for them for the next 40 years, and finding new and inventive ways to explain why Harry and Meghan are the real bad guys and utter failures.
“They have given the UK citizens and Commonwealth their asses to kiss, and you better enjoy it .” Brilliant Dee(2), bloody brilliant!!
From what I’ve been able to find out, it has a swimming pool, tennis courts, a”chandelier-lit ballroom” a drawing room and gallery.
Renovations began on the then £16 million ($21.68 million USD) house in June of this year with the Wales’ moving in by Christmas this year
Moving at Christmas time will cause Lazy an enormous amount of stress! She’ll need a holiday from her holiday!
Does it have pool? It has tennis courts but I’m not sure about a pool. However, I can believe that one will be put in.
I apologize for my pettiness but do they have enough friends to justify a 24 seat dining table?
Her family with all the children could explain that (Pippa,husband, James and wife +her parents)
I don’t know if she is that close to Pippa anymore. They are hardly seen together.
This move is probably for Kate’s parents and siblings for whenever they come over they can have space. Anyways I hope Kate is this extra accommodating for her son’s future in-laws (which I doubt it, she seems to be the type to want her family around all the time but not her in-law’s family)
I’d love to see George pull a Brooklyn, lol!
Honestly I hope he does. He will have the duchy income at a very young age. He can do anything he wants.
So, Kate finally managed to negotiate a bigger divorce home, in the Windsor´s secured enclaves, for herself, the kids (likely the two younger ones), as she hates Adelaide Cottage, for it´s the ´smallest´ of all the senior royals´ residences.
WandK are lying to the public again. Willy will not move into that house with her, and he will def. not live there when he became king. It has become more obvious what this is all about – they will announce the divorce just before it’s time for the ´family to move in the new home´. They are in a hurry with this move/renovation, because of Charles´ health situation, which, alleged to the rumor mills, seems to be in a final stage. WandK can’t still be married when that final moment is there, allegedly.
I think the press always knew that William and Kate were moving to Forest Lodge and the Sun was given confirmation this week in exchange for silence on their non- appearance at the VJ memorial. It’s very interesting to see the reaction to William and Kate moving to another home compared to when it was leaked that Harry and Meghan was moving to Windsor. Absolutely no outrage from the press but the Sun couldn’t help bashing Harry and Meghan in this piece. People forget that Frogmore Cottage needed structural work which only could be done by the Crown Estate hence the Sovereign Grant paid for the renovations. It doesn’t seem that’s the case with Forest Lodge so William and Kate only have to pay for internal renovations. Harry and Meghan did pay to retrofit Frogmore Cottage.
It’s interesting to see the Sun get this scoop while the DM simmers. It does make me wonder about the FB news from a week ago. Was that just a red herring or the tabloids just guessing that the Wales wanted it. Seems like they all knew that the Wales wanted to move but didn’t know exactly where until now.
Any news re the Wales always bring to my mine the old saying, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” The Wales are quickly bringing on the Not My King brigade.
Harry and Meghan moved into Frogmore cottage which was already slated for desperately needed renovations and at the time of their move they were both working more full time and with public interest at heart than the Wales have been in the past three years. The work that Harry and Meghan were doing during the time that FC was being renovated was work that was helping the families affected by the Grenfell Tower fires, Heads Together and several other organizations while also preparing for a newborn and several successful tours. All Willie and Katie have done is bounce from one holiday to the next while stalking all things Harry and Meghan. Not to mention Harry and Meghan voluntarily paid back renovation costs to the benefit of the public and royal family. The Wales have been racking up “forever homes” while doing nothing beneficial for the taxpayers who fund them. They vacation essentially every month and go to sporting events for work which benefits no one but them.
It’s lovely to see the “Champion of the Homeless” getting yet another “forever”home. It really warms the heart that he is so blissfully unaware of the optics of the future King basically showing “his subjects” how little he plans on being in London to take audiences, to do the actual job of kingship. The British public must be so proud.
Sorry but this looks tone deaf especially being announced the day after William shirked his duty to attend VJ day with NO explanation whatsoever. No doubt because it would have been ridiculously inadequate to even try to explain why he can’t take even one day out of a two month holiday to attend a national commemoration of the end of WW2. I wonder if the Scum were tipped off in exchange for not headlining Workshy Will ‘s snubs father and WW2 veterans on the front page?
The insistance that Willyboy won’t live in Windsor Castle proper just solidifies for me that he’s probably living there.
And the Wales are supposedly paying market rent? Funding the move privately? I don’t buy it. Something’s up.
Offering comparable Crown Property homes (free to Willy) saves bucket-loads compared to having to buy tenants out of a lease. Guessing that the Westons, who are currently renting Ft Belvedere, didn’t see Forest Lodge as a comp. So the Wales will have to do without a swimming pool unless they build one, poor sausages.
Although maybe not. Were the homes people are being moved into just standing empty? Will we be hearing about upgrades, which just means making them livable? Were they grace and favor so easy to evict the inhabitants?
There’s no mention in any coverage about the security costs this will cause. Both ongoing and to establish adequate security perimeter in the first place.
This property is a significant distance from Windsor Castle, well outside of the current security perimeter that includes Adelaide and Frogmore Cottage.
It’s probably as far from the Castle as Royal Lodge (but in a different direction). So with all the talk of how much Andrew’s security cost(s) this will likely cost as much, if not more.
More because I doubt this house has ever had high security- Royal Lodge was always protected because the old Q Mother used to be there.
I also noted the careful silence on security which suggests there will be associated costs
Aw. Another forever home. The press continuously referencing the term “forever home” is lightly mocking the Wales. Bc it was what they said about KP. The mocking is light as a feather though. it’s fascinating to watch them now spin AC as a test-drive house and forget all the humble home pr. The reference to moving on from unhappy memories and difficult times…okaaay, sure.
A couple funny things I noticed on Twitter this morning – there’s an aerial shot of the house – it’s MASSIVE. Like, the tabloids are very much covering up the true size with that one image. Second, the no live-in staff? Clearly they are being based at nearby properties – they would have to be. Plus, security personnel. The propaganda is crazy.
The house is massive. The shot the papers are using is so deceptive.
When Ft Belvedere was being talked about, we all heard how hard is to break a lease or buy out the tenants. Guessing William didn’t offer them comparable (although there’s no proof of that) homes out of the goodness of his heart. Rather, William was unwilling to reach into his pocket to break a lease so offering other (free to him) homes is what it took. And there was no comp for Ft Belvedere.
“A fresh start and a new chapter” are they delicately hinting that these royal love birds are rekindling their love after ,ahem, a few bruising years!? Once she was being parked in tiny AC and sidelined along with the Midds and now she’s won a bigger house and gets a 24 seater dining table! Love and forever Queendom with all those tiaras and jewellery within her reach.
Doubt it. Fresh start alludes more and more to Kate agreeing to an upgraded divorce home during negotiations. Willy won’t ever live here. No jewelry & no love, even from the beginning of this charade.
agreed.
William and Kate don’t have a real job and therefore don’t earn a real salary. This is all tax payer funded and I don’t care if it’s Dutch’s Money or S.G money , it’s all the public money. So they can miss Me and the part of the public that have a working brain with this splitting hair nonsense. These two are greedy and they will never be satisfied until they have a different house for every month of the year.
Except for the two months during the Summer when they are on somebody else’s luxury yacht!
So many “forever homes”. So little time.
No pool? Yes, Willy and Waity are certainly giving those kids a wholesome middle class upbringing 🙄
Surely there is a room for Kate ‘s grand piano so she can practice for her annual Carol service: all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order!!
The real question is how many bathrooms does this place have? Does it measure up to the eleventy billion bathrooms in Montecito?