Overview

• Refurbishment is underway, with early August approvals for minor works including a window removal, chimney repairs, and interior and exterior updates.
• Forest Lodge, built around 1770 and part of the Crown Estate since 1836, offers substantially more space than Adelaide Cottage with eight bedrooms and six bathrooms.
• Multiple outlets, citing palace insiders, report the couple will pay a market rent to the Crown Estate and are funding renovations privately.
• Reporting frames the move as a deliberate break from palace living toward a long-term family base, with suggestions of a more private household without permanent full-time staff.
• Kensington Palace relayed to People that the timing targets the holiday period, with the family staying in the Windsor area where their children attend Lambrook School.