Duchess Kate and Prince William want to downsize and have moved from Kensington Palace to Windsor. The two live there without nannies with their three children. What was initially seen as a modest step is increasingly causing criticism.
The move by Duchess Kate and Prince William to move away from London and to Windsor had already been announced a few months ago. There are many reasons for this: It is said that the two wanted to enable their three children to live a more normal life. At the same time, in Windsor they are much closer to Queen Elizabeth II, who has been spending most of her time there since the beginning of the corona pandemic.
Kate and William are moving
Kate and William were also praised for their modesty. The Cambridges live less pompously in Adelaide Cottage in Windsor than in Kensington Palace. And there is no room for nannies in their new home either. But the decision is not as modest as it may seem at first glance.
Because Adelaide Cottage is already the fourth property of the Cambridges, who want to keep their residence in Kensington Palace. In addition to the two seats, they also have their holiday residence at Amner Hall in Norfolk and their Tam-Na-Ghar home at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Summing up the external impact on the British people, BBC Royals expert Peter Hunt said: “A fourth house for the Cambridges is a reminder that the royals are not suffering as much from the cost of living crisis and the looming recession as the rest of us.” And it is reminiscent of the expensive conversion of Kensington Palace. “When taxpayers’ money was spent on the renovation of their apartment at Kensington Palace, Prince William, who works for the homeless, stressed that his family wanted to stay there for many years to come.” The renovation is said to have cost around four and a half million pounds at the time.
More and more criticism
Royal expert Richard Kay also analyzes in the “Daily Mail” how the move to the outside works. Actually, Prince Williams and Prince Charles’ plan is to streamline the monarchy. “As always, it’s all about the optics,” Kay quotes a Hof employee as saying. “On the one hand, we preach a smaller institution that relies on a core of family members. But when you see those core members have multiple residences, the whole concept becomes moot.”
As criticism of the Cambridges mounts, it remains to be seen how their housing situation will actually look in the future. It is quite possible that at least Tam-Na-Ghar, the cottage in Scotland, will be rented out.
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