It's furnished with art on loan from the royal collection and comfy-looking furniture — as we can see in this picture of the couple with Prince Harry and President and Michelle Obama. Here's hoping that we get to see more of it at some point.
A few months after Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank got engaged, the couple moved into a three-bedroom house on the Kensington Palace grounds called Ivy Cottage. The couple are putting together a nursery there for their upcoming baby! We don't yet know where newlywed Princess Beatrice and her husband will live. Word is that they'll likely end up somewhere within Kensington Palace. That would make sense, because the sisters have always been close.
The couple famously spent months enjoying a secret courtship, thanks in part to the fact that they were dating long distance. But once things got serious, Meghan quit her acting job, left her home in Toronto, and moved into Nottingham Cottage with Harry, a cozy little home tucked away among Kensington Palace's grandeur.
Although they were supposed to move into apartments right next door to William and Kate after their wedding, the so-called Fabulous Four's falling out saw Meghan and Harry opt for a home in Windsor instead. For their engagement photo, Harry and Meghan chose the Sunken Garden , where flowers are laid out in terraces leading down to a rectangular pond, which was a favorite of Princess Diana's. In fact, the garden was planted in white and cream flowers in for the 20th anniversary of Diana's death.
Diana moved into Kensington Palace — taking over apartments eight and nine — when she was 20 and lived there for 15 years. She styled the apartment herself with the help of a decorator, and offered a good look inside through many family portraits and photographs that were publicized. They reveal lots of yellow walls, homey wallpaper, a grand piano, tapestries, heavy drapes, and cream carpeting. When Princess Diana died, droves of mourners gathered to grieve together and leave notes, cards, pictures, teddy bears, and 60 million flowers — later used as fertilizer for the Sunken Garden — starting a tradition that persists to this day.
The princess continued to live in the palace after their divorce, until her death in Queen Victoria was born and christened in the palace in , and she saved the dilapidated property from being destroyed years after she moved out. The royal residence was forced to close in recent months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but it finally reopened to visitors on 30 July.
You can purchase tickets here. Members of the Historic Royal Palaces go free. Members of the public are unable to have a sneak peek inside the private areas of the palace but a number of press photos taken inside the residents have given royal fans a glimpse of the decor. The room is decorated with cream walls and matching carpets, as well as various gold and floral cushions.
They downsized to live at the Old Stables at Kensington Palace. Apartment 1 boasts 21 rooms and has adjoining doors to William and Kate's house. According to the report: "The scheme allows for the complete refurbishment of the property including the old and failing mechanical and electrical systems. The project commenced in January and is due for completion in summer This five-bedroom, five-reception room apartment is home to Prince Michael of Kent and his wife Princess Michael.
The couple have lived in the palace since the seventies and were once neighbours with Diana, Princess of Wales, who lived next door at combined Apartment 8 and 9. The Kents, who do not undertake duties or engagements for the Queen in an official capacity, came under fire in the s when it was revealed that they do not pay rent.
Their modest two-storey cottage, which once housed palace staff, overlooks a walled garden and is slightly detached from the palace.
It was named after Sir Christopher Wren, the palace's chief restorer. It's open to the public as a museum, but is also the official residence for a number of select royals, who live in apartments in the palace and houses within the grounds. The most senior royals living in Kensington Palace today are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who first moved there in At first, the two lived in the cosy Nottingham Cottage Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former home, too , but eventually set up in the spacious Apartment 1A, which used to belong to Princess Margaret.
They moved out of the Kensington abode in shortly after the birth of Prince George, moving to Anmer Hall in Norfolk in order to raise their children in more of a private location. But recently, the family have officially moved back to their Kensington Palace apartment full-time, in order to dedicate themselves to their royal duties. Their two oldest children, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte, also now go to school in London, and their youngest Prince Louis attends Willcocks Nursery School in London, so the family will be in the city for some time yet.
Official pictures released of the royals show how Kate and William have decorated some parts of their home. When former President Barack Obama visited in , photos show the elegant cream and gold decor the couple have chosen, along with candles and impressive paintings.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were caught up in controversy when it was discovered the Queen was covering the majority of their rent since they moved into the palace in Princess Eugenie, cousin to William and Harry, moved in to the palace's Ivy Cottage with husband Jack Brooksbank just before their October wedding last year — and out of the four bedroom apartment in St. James's Palace she used to share with her sister, Beatrice.
There are 50 residents of the palace in total. The rest are military members, courtiers and staff, along with a sprinkling of regular citizens who pay market rent for their royal dwelling. Given that most of the palace is a private royal residence, there's not been much chance to have a sneak peek inside.
But a few pictures taken during former President Obama's visit to the home, alongside his wife Michelle, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, have shared an insight into how the palace is decorated.
The room appears plush and lavish but cosy too, with plenty of warm lamps and candles, and comfortable beige sofas and carpets.
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