Kate Middleton explains family’s move from London to Windsor in 2022

The Princess of Wales has explained her family’s move from London to Windsor in 2022.

The royal was at a St Patrick’s Day event on March 17 when she spoke about the reason behind their relocation.

Kate, 43, was at Wellington Barracks in London following a St Patrick’s Day parade from the Irish Guards when she made the comment while speaking with guardsmen and their families.

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She attended the event as Colonel of the Irish Guards

“We are in Windsor at the moment. We were in London but moved there for more green space,” PEOPLE reports the royal as saying.

“It’s close enough to London, not too far away.”

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The Prince and Princess of Wales have always enjoyed the outdoors with their children George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, as they chronicled in Kate’s cancer remission video released at the end of 2024.

The family previously resided in Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace in London before moving an hour away to Adelaide Cottage at Windsor Great Park owned by the Crown Estate. They continue to use Kensington Palace when needed.

Their home is near Windsor Castle, what was the late Queen Elizabeth’s primary residence during her later years.

This meant the family was able to be near the ailing royal during he final months. Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022 at the age of 96.

Adelaide Cottage is also close to Lambrook School where George, Charlotte and Louis started together in September, 2022.

The Princess of Wales also spoke about Australia during the visit to the military barracks.

She made the comments to Corporal Adam Hamilton, an Australian reservist.

She told Corporal Hamilton that Prince George often spoke about wanting to return to Australia and said he can’t believe he’s been.

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She and Prince William travelled here in 2014 for their first official visit, bringing a baby Prince George who was just nine-months old, also taking him to New Zealand on the same trip.

Speaking of a possible return she said: “It’s finding time to do that”.

“But I love to travel – yes, it’s a long flight. But I love the Middle East because that’s familiar to me growing up. There are so many opportunities now to travel, I think it’s brilliant to experience it.

“We tend to go further afield when it’s official visits – it’s being able to carve out time to experience these countries in a more private capacity.

“Because otherwise you end up seeing lots of insides of amazing buildings but you don’t get to meet that many people. It’s making sure that you can combine a bit of work with the children. I might see you down there!” she added.

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