Throughout much of the palace's history, the two apartments were a single gigantic residence, which was divided only in the 1950s. While there are no photos showing the inside of the apartment, it's likely to closely resemble the 20-room Kensington Palace home Prince William and Kate Middleton - now formally the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - moved into in 2013.
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That's quite an upgrade from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's current cottage home. Here's what we know about Apartment 1, the royal couple's potential next home: It's huge - and right next door to Will and KateĪccording to reports, the palace's Apartment 1 is a massive 21-room spread across a wing on the southwest side of the palace.
While the couple is already living on the Kensington Palace grounds, their current digs, the quaint and mysterious Nottingham Cottage, is said to have only have one to two bedrooms. Such a move would not require the couple to travel far. press, fueled by hints from royal relatives, have been speculating the couple will settle down in a sprawling pad known as "Apartment 1" that is part of London's famed Kensington Palace. While there is no official word, royal watchers and the U.K. Eugenie pops up repeatedly in Harry & Meghan, in photographs with the couple at a Halloween party before news of their relationship hit the press, and again in the final episode, when she is seen visiting the family at their new home in California.On Saturday Prince Harry will carry Meghan Markle across the threshold. Despite the Sussexes’ bitter rift with the royal family, this is one bond that clearly remains intact. Later, they moved to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, from where they embarked on multiple royal tours, had their first child, stepped down from their duties as working members of the royal family and moved to Los Angeles. Now Harry and Meghan’s home on the grounds of Kensington Palace is reported to be home to another young family: the former's much-loved cousin Princess Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and their son August, who will shortly turn three. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle began married life at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved out of Nottingham Cottage in 2019, setting up home in Frogmore Cottage, Windsor, following their wedding and ahead of the birth of their first child, Archie, who arrived in May that year.
It’s happening!” It’s now home to another young royal family
The docuseries also includes footage of Meghan-who caught on to what was happening when Harry popped a bottle of champagne as she was making them a roast-FaceTiming a friend to say: “Oh my god, Jess. That autumn, the cottage’s walled garden provided the setting for Harry’s low-key proposal: he set up a blanket, flowers and electric candles and got down on one knee to surprise his girlfriend. It ended her relationship with the family and ensured she was cast out of royal circles. Her happiness was short-lived, however, because-in a Netflix-worthy twist-she was forced to depart just two years later, as a result of her publication of the tell-all memoir The Little Princesses: The Extraordinary Story of the Queen’s Childhood by her Nanny. Upon her retirement, the property was given to her for life, and she cherished it, describing it as “a dream come true… built of lovely seasoned red brick, with a tiled roof and roses round the door”. Among them was Marion Crawford, the former governess to the then-Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Prince Harry certainly wasn’t the first senior royal to occupy the cottage-it was once home to Queen Elizabeth II’s uncle, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester-but from the mid 1950s, it became the home of several senior members of staff to the royal family. Its previous residents include princes, private secretaries and one renegade nanny Its name derives from Nottingham House, the original name of the main property, before it became Kensington Palace. It was designed by none other than Christopher Wren as part of the prolific architect’s redevelopment of the site when it was purchased by William III and Mary II in 1689 from the second Earl of Nottingham. Although Harry and Meghan’s home in the two-bedroom cottage, at 1,324 square feet, is undeniably smaller than many other royal residences, it does have a rich history.
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