Overview
- Reports indicate the family aims to be settled at Forest Lodge in early November, with some outlets citing a target of 5 November aligned to the children’s half‑term.
- A roughly 2.3‑mile, 150‑acre exclusion zone with new fencing, hedging and CCTV has been implemented, and local users have complained about sudden gate and car‑park closures.
- Forest Lodge is an eight‑bedroom Grade II–listed Georgian house in Windsor Great Park, and the Waleses are expected to pay a market‑rate rent to the Crown Estate rather than buy.
- Planning filings lodged in June outline minor external and internal works, and reports say the couple have funded renovations and redecorating themselves as crews work to accelerate completion.
- The family is not expected to have live‑in staff at the new home, with their nanny and other household employees set to live in nearby cottages on the Windsor estate.