Prince William & Kate Middleton Might Be Looking to Move but It Won’t Be This Royal Residence
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.
Prince William and Kate Middleton might be on the move in the near future. The couple, who relocated to Adelaide Cottage in 2022 after calling Kensington Palace their primary home for years, are reportedly looking for more space as Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, get older.
While Royal Lodge seems like a logical choice for them now that King Charles III is yanking Prince Andrew’s security detail, the property is in desperate need of renovations. The Prince and Princess of Wales have also enjoyed the coziness and privacy of Adelaide Cottage, so jumping to a 31-room home feels daunting. That leaves the long-vacant Frogmore Cottage. If Andrew refuses to move there, will William, Kate, and their kids make the big leap?
The turn-key property is desperate for someone to move in, but it seems William and Kate won’t even consider it. GB News anchor Anne Diamond claimed that Kate would “not move somewhere redesigned by Meghan Markle,” suggesting that their rift runs too deep. “It’s a huge place,” she said. “But if it was redone by Meghan and Harry, I can’t imagine Kate wanting to move into a place that was designed and redone by Meghan and not William either.”
Frogmore Cottage was Harry and Meghan’s pride and joy, and they had hoped to keep it as their U.K. residence after exiting the royal family. It was, after all, a wedding gift from Queen Elizabeth II. Despite paying their rent on time and reimbursing U.K. taxpayers for the renovations, Charles punished the Sussexes for spilling the royal tea in their Netflix special, Harry & Meghan, and Harry’s 2023 memoir, Spare.
“Harry and Meghan imagined Frogmore would always be there for them even if they came back to the UK for just a few weeks each year and even if they were no longer working royals,” Author Tom Quinn explained to the Mirror. “That assumption speaks volumes about just how out of touch with each other King Charles and his son had become.” The royal expert felt like it was a “vindictive” move by the monarch and Harry was reportedly “furious and in tears about being evicted from Frogmore.”
However, Charles is going to have to answer why Frogmore Cottage remains empty at some point if he can’t get Andrew or the Wales family to move there. If he’s trying to trim the royal budget, a vacant home on the grounds of Windsor should command a tidy sum each month — it’s time to figure out a solution.
Click here to see a complete timeline of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s feud with the royal family.