The Rich—And Scandalous—History of Adelaide Cottage, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s New Home
glamour.com: This fall, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis will enroll at Lambrook School in Berkshire, a 15-minute drive from their new home of Adelaide Cottage.
A senior royal source the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge want to give their children as “normal” an upbringing as possible, and desire the relative privacy that suburbia provides.
They would also be closer to the , who recently moved to Windsor Castle full-time.That doesn’t mean they’ve left London for good: The Cambridges are said to be keeping their home (and offices) at Kensington Palace, as well as their country home of Anmer Hall in Norfolk.Their new home of Adelaide Cottage is set upon the grounds of Windsor Great Park.The four-bedroom property has a rich (and a bit scandalous) history.
Built in 1831 by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, the cottage was originally a teahouse for Queen Adelaide. (A newspaper report at the time called it ) During Queen Victoria’s reign, it became an idyllic, upscale guesthouse—a reputation also held by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s home of Frogmore: “Initially, Adelaide Cottage had a similar status to Frogmore House,” Jane Roberts wrote in her 1997 book, . “Important visitors to Windsor in the 1830 regularly describe visits to first one, then the other royal ‘summer retreat.’” It’s also a preeminent example of cottage orné architecture: French for “decorated cottage,” the architectural movement was defined by intentionally asymmetrical rustic cottages, often with playful ornamentation on the roof.Adelaide Cottage, Home Park, Windsor.
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