By Molly Claire Goddard
11:54pm PDT, Sep 3, 2025
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Prince William and
Kate Middleton are creating their own royal traditions. As the couple prepares to move their family to their new home at Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, there is one significant difference between how they will be running their household and the way their relatives before them did…
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According to royal biographer
Ingrid Seward,
Prince William and Kate Middleton will buck tradition by not hiring employees to live at their new residence. They will also stay at Forest Lodge full-time when the Prince of Wales becomes king. "William and Kate have never wanted live-in staff. I think that's the modern way. Since William was a little boy, he's seen all the staff at the late
Queen Elizabeth II's homes and he never wanted that. It's not something Kate grew up with either," she
said. "They had a housekeeper and a nanny at Kensington Palace, but at Windsor, they have all these little cottages around the big house, which is nicer for the staff, too."
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have made it their mission to create a down-to-earth environment for their kids —
Prince George,
Princess Charlotte and
Prince Louis — away from royal life. "The kids run around the office and he does not want it to be stuffy. If we have important meetings or are going to Buckingham Palace, then, of course, they [dress up]," a
source said.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have been raising their family at Adelaide Cottage but are looking to make a permanent
home at Forest Lodge as the 43-year-old prepares to become England's monarch after his father,
King Charles III. "William is focused on creating a stable and private family life. The kind he never had when he was growing up. He wants to keep his family firmly rooted," royal expert
Jennie Bond explained. "He's already defined the way he wants to do things. He calls it 'royalty with a small R.' And I think a 'forever' home at Forest Lodge is in keeping with that philosophy."
