Prince William and Kate Middleton’s move to a four-bedroom dwelling on the Windsor estate will mean not having a live-in nanny for the first time in their children’s lives.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are reportedly ready to uproot their family from Kensington, west London, to Adelaide Cottage in Berkshire this summer in order to be nearer to the Queen.
According to a newspaper outlet, their young children won’t have Spanish Norland nanny Maria Borrallo on hand because she will live elsewhere.
Maria Borrallo was engaged by Kate and William, both 40, to help look after Prince George, nine, when he was eight months old and she now cares for Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louise, four, too.
The Spanish supernanny trained at the prestigious Norland College which has been producing childminders for the wealthy and famous since 1892.
Re-erected in 1831, the Cambridge’s new Grade II listed retreat is just a brief walk from St George’s Chapel and Windsor Castle and sits proudly on the 655-acre royal estate in Berkshire.
Sources close to the family suggest the Cambridge’s were keen to be closer to the Queen, 96, who’s suffered episodic mobility problems in current months and also secure an exemplary school for their three children.
George, Charlotte and Louis will be pulled out of their current prep school in Battersea and are all expected to start school locally when the new academic term begins in September.
The move also symbolises a new start for the senior royals and their five-strong family as they continue to cement their position among the most influential members of The Firm.
One source told a newspaper outlet that Kate and William were extremely eager for a modest home to start their new lives in Windsor, and Adelaide Cottage fits the bill because it’s a four-bedroom house and they don’t require any more as they have no live-in attendants, and they had no other needs than a nice family home near to schools and the Queen.
And they were adamant that they didn’t want anything too flashy or anything that required remodelling or additional security so as not to be a hindrance to the taxpayer.
Their children are now sleeping through the night, so nannies will show up before breakfast and depart after bath time, but no doubt servants will be right nearby, so even if the Cambridges want to appear as ordinary as possible, they’re not.
Just because the staff are not living there, it doesn’t mean there will be no staff at all. I’m sure there will be a full-time housekeeper, gardener, and the nanny will continue full-time even if she lives elsewhere.
Of course, there will be a nanny around someplace because William and Kate will never be completely responsible for taking care of their children. Although it’s wonderful that they want to be near the Queen.
However, I don’t understand why people would have children for someone else to raise them, and as much as William and Kate come across as a typical family, you would have to be deluded to believe they don’t get much help.
And I just love the term ‘cottage’. It’s a rather impressive building which I would term ‘mansion’. I just find this so amusing.
I guess congratulations would be in order, well, if they start mowing their own lawn and doing their own grocery shopping, then I’d be really impressed.
The end game here is that their children will be brought up by nannies, so let’s stop this drooling nonsense about them being amazing parents et cetera. At the end of the day most people won’t be interested in their concerns, they will be worried about the rising cost of living.
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