It kind of feels like an ice dance uber matrix could be made of the British Royal Family
No kidding! Because here's the thing, curiosity got the better of me so I did a little googling, and it was never Beatrice who was in a dustup with William and Kate, it was Eugenie, months and months ago and it was all rumour and anonymous sources anyway. It's actually interesting how often the stories say that this royal or that "reportedly" lives here or there - it's a bit of a shell game I think.
So here's what it looks like to me based on various reports dated between six months ago and two days ago:
Beatrice (reportedly) lives in an apartment in St. James Palace, along with various other royals. Plans have been afoot to move to the Cotswolds for months as they complete renos and security upgrades on a non-royal property they
bought. My thinking: that sounds like a primary home for a young family to me, and makes sense to hang onto the apartment in St James Palace for when they need to be in London. No mention of any cottages at Windsor or anywhere else that I could find.
Eugenie (reportedly) now lives in Nottingham Cottage, which is on the grounds of Kensington Palace. Before that, she lived in Frogmore Cottage at Windsor, and we all know who lived there before her (bonus tidbit - Harry still has a lease on the house, and may or may not have renewed it recently). Eugenie also currently has a home in Portugal, where her husband works.
Now, back in the spring there were indeed breathless "reports" that Andrew had wanted Adelaide Cottage for his daughter, and at least one report that she wanted it too, but William planned to take it to be closer to the ailing Queen, who loved Windsor. Not sure if they ever actually lived there, but the latest rumours are that William will move into Windsor Castle proper, a place that Charles
reportedly never particularly liked and he's moving into Buckingham Palace anyway.
Phew. Unless the Queen herself was videotaped or wrote down in her own hand that someone was "promised" a property I think we can only guess what the real story is. And yeah, at this point I do think that the current heir to the throne and his family, which includes the next three heirs, should have precedence over his non-working Royal cousin who has a family of her own and interests abroad.
That being said, how many palaces and so-called cottages (growing up, my family had a cottage - a tiny cabin by a lake with no electricity or plumbing) do these people have? Surely there must be plenty to go around, no?
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