Former royal butler, Grant Harrold, has lifted the lid on the sweet friendship that Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, and Prince Harry once shared, before the latter stepped down from his senior working life in the fold and jetted off to California with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

But within days, the family had to endure the sadness of losing William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. And then, in early 2024, soon after they had settled into new roles as Prince and Princess of Wales, it emerged that first King Charles, 76, and then Kate were diagnosed with cancer.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their three kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are moving from the four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage, where they’ve lived since 2022, to the nearby eight-bedroom Forest Lodge by the end of the year.