The Secret Retreat: Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new home at Frogmore House.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are moving out of their London home and relocating to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor to raise their first child just a stone's throw from where they were married, Kensington Palace disclosed today.
Harry and Meghan currently live in Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace, and it was previously thought they would take a spacious main apartment inside the palace in preparation for the arrival of the baby, due in the spring
But despite £1.4 million renovations being completed last month, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will shun the previously earmarked apartment in favour of the cottage on the Windsor Estate, which their statement described as a 'very special place' for the couple.
Frogmore Cottage, a gift from the Queen to Harry and Meghan, offers a nursery for the baby and ten bedrooms, compared to just two at Nottingham Cottage
Coincidentally, it is part of the estate where King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson are buried.
Wallis preceded Meghan as the first American divorcee to marry a royal, but while Meghan has been enthusiastically received by both the royal family and the British public, Wallis and Edward's relationship caused an international scandal and a constitutional crisis, forcing Edward to abdicate the throne in 1936.
Meghan, 37, and Harry, 34, are also said to be keen to move further away from William and Kate, who live in a 20-room apartment inside Kensington Palace
The royal brothers feel it is time to end their joint court, amid reports of 'tension' between them.
With Harry set to become a father for the first time and William already a father of three, the brothers are seemingly ready to concentrate on their own separate households.
'Harry and Meghan want to move, and need more space, but they don't want to live next door to William and Catherine', the Mail reported last week, citing a royal source
'There is no reason why their London home has to be at Kensington Palace. There are plenty of other options, including using their own money to buy their own place,' the source told Richard Eden.
'Catherine and Meghan live very different lives, and that is likely to become more marked over time,' the source added.
Kensington palace said in a statement today: 'The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will move to Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Estate early next year as they prepare for the arrival of their first child.
'The couple have lived at Nottingham Cottage since their engagement last year.. 'Windsor is a very special place for Their Royal Highnesses and they are grateful that their official residence will be on the estate.
'The Duke and Duchess's office will continue to be based at Kensington Palace'.
Royal insiders had expected Harry and Meghan to move into Apartment 1 at Kensington Palace, currently occupied by the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, 74, and his Danish-born wife, Birgitte, 72.
Some reports claimed that Birgitte was unhappy about leaving the 21-room apartment, which is right next door to William and Kate's home.
However, both have since confirmed they will be leaving the palace. Scaffolding that had been wrapped around Kensington Palace since last November disappeared last month, prompting speculation that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were about to move in
Builders completed £1.4 million-worth of repairs on the roof and replaced the windows of the 21-room Apartment 1, on the west side of the Palace
. The flat even has an adjoining door with apartment 1A, home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - meaning the brothers and their wives could have visited each other without stepping outdoors.
However, reports have surfaced suggesting that this was a downside rather than a benefit for Harry.
A royal source told The Sun: 'The initial plan was for Harry and Meghan to move out of their cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace and into one of the main apartments.
'But there has been a bit of tension between the brothers. Now Harry and Meghan don't want to live next to William and Kate and want to strike out on their own'.
The Windsor Estate also has a great deal of sentimental value for Harry and Meghan, who, following their wedding at Windsor Castle, held their evening wedding reception at Frogmore House
Their engagement photos were also taken on the grounds. . Frogmore House is only open to members of the public on three days per year, when all proceeds are donated to charity
The next open day will be in June 2019.. Located in the Home Park of Windsor Castle, the gardens at Frogmore House have been a favourite retreat for monarchs and their families since the house was purchased by Queen Charlotte in 1790
Queen Victoria in particular was said to love the peace and quiet at Frogmore. She spent long periods there after the death of her husband and her favourite 'Munshi' (teacher) Abdul Karim, once lived at Frogmore Cottage.
The Frogmore Estate held dear by the royal family: 17th Century House was purchased by George III for his wife Queen Charlotte.
Frogmore Cottage.. Harry and Meghan are set to move to Frogmore Cottage - formerly known as Double Garden Cottage - next year as they prepare for their first child
The stylish cottage, located in the royal estate of Windsor, Berkshire will give the Duke and Duchess plenty of space to raise their new baby and it comes with 10 bedrooms, a gym and a spa.
Meghan will also make use of the cottage's yoga studio - she recently told fans at Bondi Beach in Sydney how she relies on yoga to boost her energy levels
The cottage, a gift from Harry's grandmother the Queen, also has a nursery for the new baby due in the spring.
Queen Victoria's favourite 'Munshi' (teacher) Abdul Karim once lived at Frogmore Cottage
. It is a Grade II listed building, with a large brick chimney stack, a bay window on the right, and a porch with herring bone pattern in the gable.
Frogmore House.. Also within the estate is Frogmore House, a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown
The house is opposite the cottage that Harry and Meghan are set to move into. It is only open to individuals on three Charity Open Days - the next of which will be in June 2019.
Though currently uninhabited, the Grade-I listed house is used by the royal family to host both private and official events
It was designed by Charles II's architect Hugh May. Construction began in 1680 and ended in 1684 for tenants Anne Aldworth and Thomas May.
It became a royal residence after it was leased to George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, the illegitimate son of Charles II and Barbara Palmer.
The duke died in 1716, but his wife remained there until her death in 1738. There were a number of successive tenants, including Edward Walpole, until 1792 when George III purchased the house for his wife, Queen Charlotte, who used it as a country retreat for herself and her unmarried daughters.
Queen Charlotte died in 1818, leaving the house to her daughter Princess Augusta Sophia, who lived there until her death 1840.
After Princess Sophia's death in 1840, Queen Victoria gave it to her mother, the Duchess of Kent.
Thereafter, Queen Victoria visited often, writing of the house: 'All is peace and quiet and you only hear the hum of the bees, the singing of the birds and the occasional crowing and cackling from the Poultry Yard!'
George V leased the house to his cousin Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia between 1925 (when she was escaping the Russian February Revolution) and 1937.
Since Xenia's departure, no major royals have lived at Frogmore house, but it is still often used by the royal family for entertaining purposes.
In 1997, following the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Duke of Edinburgh furnished the house with pieces from the vessel.
The house underwent a £2.5 million restoration, completed in 1990, which revealed lost early 18th-century wall paintings by Louis Laguerre
The paintings illustrated scenes from Virgil's Aeneid.. The Frogmore Estate.. The cottage and house are based on the Frogmore Estate, 33-acres of beautiful gardens half a mile south of Windsor Castle
The estate is itself located within the grounds of the Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire.
The name 'Frogmore' derives from the preponderance of frogs which have always lived in the low-lying, marshy area near the River Thames.
The Duke and Duchess were married at Windsor Castle and had their engagement photos in the grounds of Frogmore.
Queen Victoria in particular was said to love the peace and quiet at Frogmore. She spent long periods there after the death of her husband Prince Albert
. Queen Victoria's tea house (a brick pavilion building of 1869) is also located on the grounds
The grounds also include the Mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as well as the Royal Burial Ground where Harry's great great uncle, the abdicated King Edward VIII, is buried with his wife Wallis Simpson
Since 1928, most members of the Royal Family have been interred at the Royal Burial Ground.
Meghan Markle And Prince Harry May Be Raising Their Baby In The Same Cottage Harry Grew Up In.
While a gender reveal party is out of the question for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal baby (due in Spring 2019, BTW), the royal baby may get to follow another kind of tradition: Growing up in the same home that his or her father did, AKA Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace.
According to U.K.'s Woman & Home magazine, Princess Diana raised both of her sons there
Of course, being a small, two-bedroom home (perfect for a new couple and a nursery), they likely won't stay there for long if they do decide to raise the future Earl of Dumbarton or Lady Mountbatten-Windsor there
But, Nott Cott is the perfect, quaint home to at least begin a family.. Since it was previously suspected that the couple would live in one of the two homes Queen Elizabeth gave them post-royal wedding—Adelaide and York Cottages, to be specific—they'll have no shortage of residences to choose from, but I'm definitely partial to Nott Cott
If not because of his mother's history there, at least because it's reportedly where Harry proposed to Meghan over a roast chicken dinner.
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