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The Royal Couple Are Set To Call Windsor Home

- Judy Kean

On paper, it sounded ideal. Two very close brothers and their families, living side by side in luxury apartments in the palace where they grew up with their beloved mum.

With adjoining gardens, interconnecting doors, ample opportunities for the kids to play together and their parents to enjoy each other’s company... what could have been better than Prince Harry and new wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, setting up home next door to Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at Kensington Palace?

As perfect as it might have seemed, it’s not happening. There were rumours that Harry and Meghan would move into an apartment alongside the one William and Kate live in with their children Prince George (5), Princess Charlotte (3) and Prince Louis (7 months), once it was vacated by its current residents, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. But that idea was scotched last week with the announcement that the parents-to-be are instead moving to a cottage on the grounds of Winsdor Castle.

The couple have been given the cottage by the Queen, and will move in around autumn next year – before their baby is born and after extensive renovations are carried out.

The news came as a surprise, with many thinking the move to Apartment 1 at Kensington Palace from their current abode on palace grounds, Nottingham Cottage, was a done deal.

There was instant speculation that the reason Harry (34) and Meghan (37) have opted to live 35km from London in Windsor was because sisters-in-law Meghan and Kate (36) don’t get on.