According to the royal source, Prince William, Kate and their children will live at Adelaide Cottage, a four-bedroom house in the grounds of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, about 25 miles from London. The move will bring the family closer to both Queen Elizabeth II, who also resides at Windsor Castle, and Kate’s family, who live in the same county.
However, the Cambridges’ current residence, Kensington Palace, will remain the family’s main residence, according to the royal source.
At present, there are no plans for any live-in help, the source told CNN, adding that arrangements could be made for a nanny at the estate.
According to the statement, the couple’s three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, will all move to Lambrook School, an elite fee-paying school near Windsor.
The school is described on its website as “a premier co-educational Preparatory School for 615 boys and girls aged 3 to 13, set in 52 acres of beautiful Berkshire countryside”.
In the palace’s statement, headmaster Jonathan Perry said: “We are delighted that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be joining us next September and we look forward to welcoming the family, as well as all of us. new students, in our school community”.
William and Kate thanked their children’s former school in London, Thomas’s Battersea, expressing their gratitude for the “happy start” it gave George and Charlotte.
In the same statement, Ben Thomas, director of Thomas’s London day schools, thanked Charlotte and George “for upholding the school’s values and for their many contributions to school life”, wishing them well at their new school.
The royal source told CNN the move will allow William and Kate to be “active parents in a busy school”.
“They want to be as normal a family as possible,” the source added.
The move will also give the young family more privacy at home due to the high security presence at the Queen’s estate.
The Cambridges moved their family to London in 2017, having been based in Norfolk, east England for several years. Up until that point, the couple had been using Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace as their official residence while on royal duties.
CNN’s Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this story.
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