Here's what will happen to Kate and Will's Kensington Palace home after Windsor move

It's not goodbye to apartment 1A.

during a visit to The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on August 30, 2017 in London, England. The garden has been transformed into a White Garden dedicated in the memory of Princess Diana, mother of The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
during a visit to The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on August 30, 2017 in London, England. The garden has been transformed into a White Garden dedicated in the memory of Princess Diana, mother of The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
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It's not goodbye to apartment 1A.

It's THE royal news of the moment: Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children George, Charlotte and Louis are moving from Kensington Palace in London to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor at the end of the summer.

For royal reporter Omid Scobie, the decision to "pick up a third home" could have not sat very well with the British public during this time of crisis, but it helps that "Adelaide Cottage comes at no expense to anyone but the couple," he writes for Yahoo!. Instead, they will pay private rent and do without live-in staff.

And for anyone concerned about the fate of the Cambridges' Kensington Palace home now that they won't be living there, there's no need to worry about that, either: "Apartment 1A will always be their official residence," a palace source tells Omid.

The journalist explains that the royal couple is far from giving up on their home of nine years. "As well as being home to their official offices, William and Kate will regularly be in and out of their London base (their diaries for the rest of the year, at least, are early proof of that)," Omid writes. "It’s also the home where the couple plan to return to when their children grow up."

As you may already know, the Cambridges decided to make the move to Windsor in order to give their children more freedom without having to worry about being observed in Kensington Gardens. They will also enjoy a slew of other benefits from the move: namely, their new house's proximity to the Queen's permanent residence at Windsor Castle, plus the drivable distance to Kate's parents' house in Berkshire, and the ability to send their three children to day school together rather than having them board at such a young age.

Well, this is lovely.

Iris Goldsztajn
Iris Goldsztajn is a celebrity and royal news writer for Marie Claire. As a London-based freelance journalist, she writes about wellness, relationships, pop culture, beauty and more for the likes of InStyle, Women's Health, Bustle, Stylist and Red. Aside from her quasi-personal investment in celebs' comings and goings, Iris is especially interested in debunking diet culture and destigmatising mental health struggles. Previously, she was the associate editor for Her Campus, where she oversaw the style and beauty news sections, as well as producing gift guides, personal essays and celebrity interviews. There, she worked remotely from Los Angeles, after returning from a three-month stint as an editorial intern for Cosmopolitan.com in New York. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles, she interned at goop and C California Style and served as Her Campus' national style and LGBTQ+ editor. Iris was born and raised in France by a French father and an English mother. Her Spotify Wrapped is riddled with country music and One Direction, and she can typically be found eating her body weight in cheap chocolate.