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00:00 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton reportedly traveled light
00:04 with their three kids, George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4, when moving into Adelaide
00:10 Cottage.
00:18 Prince William and Kate Middleton are spending their weekend at Adelaide Cottage after swapping
00:22 to their new home from Windsor, it has been reported.
00:46 The family decided to move to the four-bedroom cottage so their kids can attend their new
00:50 school in next week.
00:59 The children are going to be attending the £7,000-a-term Lambrook school as Kate and
01:04 will reportedly want to be regular school gate parents.
01:14 It is understood they moved with their black cocker spaniel Orla and will not have a live-in
01:18 nanny for their children.
01:26 Will and Kate have also not made any changes to the cottage apart from a lick of paint,
01:30 The Sun reports.
01:39 Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said, "This will be the first weekend
01:44 Kate and William have spent at Adelaide Cottage as a family.
01:54 It's a lovely moment for them all, they had to have moved in this weekend because the
01:58 children have to start at their new school next week."
02:07 The renovation is no frills, by royal standards, and is certainly in stark contrast to the
02:12 £2.4 million work Harry and Meghan had done on Frogmore Cottage.
02:24 It will have been a builder's finish.
02:32 Royal experts say the fresh start will give the family more privacy, as the couple were
02:36 keen to move into a more low-key home in the countryside.
02:46 Adelaide Cottage is owned by the Crown Estate, and the Duke and Duchess will pay market rent
02:50 on the historic building, which was built in 1831 for Queen Adelaide as a summer retreat.
03:03 It then became the favoured home of Air Force officer Peter Townsend, whose love affair
03:07 with Princess Margaret rocked the monarchy in the 1950s.
03:18 Royal sources said the future King and Queen had thought long and hard over the move with
03:22 one palace insider saying their "overriding focus being to provide as 'normal' a life
03:27 as possible for their children before beginning their own royal lives."
03:38 It is thought their brood can be out and about in the countryside without worry unlike in
03:42 busy London where it is believed to have been difficult for the children to take advantage
03:46 of the nearby parks amid privacy issues.
03:56 The family's downsizing means William and Kate's full-time nanny, Maria Theresa Turian
04:01 Borallo, will live elsewhere for the first time, as will other staff including the housekeeper
04:05 and the chef.
04:13 The location offers the family easy access to the private 655-acre home park and the
04:18 historic Royal Estates network of drives, gardens, farms, nearby trout stream, Frogmore
04:24 House and Royal Mausoleum, and Queen Victoria's Walk flanked by cedars.
04:35 Other benefits include neighbouring Windsor Great Park, which spans more than 5,000 acres,
04:40 with its long walk leading up to Windsor Castle, Deer Park and woodland trails in the Valley
04:45 Gardens
04:45 and the Royal Estates Network.