The Cambridge family are just weeks away from beginning the “next chapter in their lives” as they move to Windsor.
Prince William and Kate, and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, are due to relocate to Adelaide Cottage where they will be closer to Queen Elizabeth.
The monarch now permanently lives at Windsor Castle, a stone’s throw from the new Cambridge home.
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Adelaide Cottage meets the Cambridges’ desire for a “modest home” and being set within the large Windsor estate, it will give the children the privacy to play, ride their horses and walk their dog Orla without risk of being photographed.
Royal biographer and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, Ingrid Seward, said it would be a welcome change from London.
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“Kensington Palace is a glorious prison for kids – they want to be able to play football without being watched from behind the gates,” Seward said, reports The Sun.
“I think Windsor will be perfect for them, as they will have lots of freedom and they can all be at school together.”
Kate’s uncle Gary Goldsmith said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were “ready for the next chapter in their lives.”
Goldsmith praised his childhood for holding the family together in what has been a turbulent couple of years for the monarchy.
“She shines in every situation, on every stage, and behaves with class.
“The royal family is in safe, beautiful and heaven-sent hands. She has got this in both the good times and the bad times.”
For the first time, all three Cambridge children will attend the same school, rumored to be Lambrook School, in Ascot, near Windsor Castle.
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Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis are due to begin at their new school in September.
Before embarking on their new chapter at Windsor, the Cambridges are expected to join the Queen at Balmoral Castle where Her Majesty is enjoying a three-month summer getaway.
Her Majesty is expected to interrupt her Scottish holiday to travel to England in the coming weeks to invite her 15th Prime Minister to form a government.
It follows the resignation of Boris Johnson who will step down on September 6.
The winning candidate is expected to meet the monarch to officially accept the invitation.
The Queen doesn’t usually return from Balmoral Castle until early October but is believed to have told aides she will make an exception and travel to Buckingham Palace in London, or Windsor Castle.
Sources say it’s a duty Her Majesty intends to fulfill in person.
The Queen’s visit to welcome the new Prime Minister is expected to be briefed and she will return to Balmoral to continue her holiday.
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