ROYAL GAME OF HOMES!
Woman's Day Australia|February 21, 2022
We take a peek inside King Charles’ great palace shake-up
ROYAL GAME OF HOMES!

While the Queen has only just publicly begun preparing the public for King Charles and Queen Camilla’s reign, behind-the-scenes plans are already in full swing.

Woman’s Day understands that among the changes is a dramatic shake-up to royal real estate, from Buckingham Palace to the Sandringham Estate and Balmoral Castle.

Here, we reveal which royals will soon unpack in their new home…

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

It’s been the traditional London home and admin centre of the monarch since Queen Victoria’s accession in 1837, but even the Queen almost didn’t live there, with her husband Prince Philip preferring Clarence House, just a few blocks away.

“Tradition won him over in the end, and now we’re seeing Charles grappling with the same problem,” says a source. “Charles and Camilla have lived at Clarence House their entire marriage, and he was rather gloomy about the prospect of moving his home and his offices at his age, but he accepts it will be his rightful home as monarch once his mother passes.”

WINDSOR CASTLE

Rumours are circulating that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have their eye on the world’s largest and oldest inhabited castle as a future home.

“It’s Crown property, and Charles has indicated he’d be all too happy to hand them the keys,” says a source. “He much prefers his home in Gloucestershire [Highgrove

This story is from the February 21, 2022 edition of Woman's Day Australia.

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