Harry and Meghan have finally handed back the keys of their former residence Frogmore Cottage to the King yesterday almost six months after being handed their eviction notice.
09.06.2023 - 14:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth's dresser was not forced out of her home in Windsor but instead chose to leave to live closer to her family, a royal expert has claimed.
Angela Kelly worked for the late monarch for almost 30 years but her time within the palace was up when Her Majesty passed away last September.
Rumours had been circulating that she was forced to leave Windsor by King Charles but the Daily Express reports that their Royal correspondent Richard Palmer has said this was not the case after all.
Mr Palmer claims that Angela was welcome to stay in her royal home for as long as she wanted and that King Charles had kindly bought her a house in Derbyshire so she could be closer to her own family.
Mr Palmer said: “She's got children and grandchildren in the north of England and my understanding is she wanted to spend more time with them."
He added: "The key thing, I was told, was that she could have stayed in Windsor. She could have stayed in that house in Windsor that she's had.
"Having retired, she could have had it for the rest of her life. So she wasn't forced out of her home.
"And then it subsequently transpired - well, it's certainly been reported - that the King has actually bought a house for her.
“It's not been made clear [where the money for the house came from]. I think it will have come from the Duchy of Lancaster money, what they call the privy purse."
Ms Kelly was one of the Queen's most trusted confidants and the two women's working relationship blossomed into a loyal friendship.
Mr Palmer continued: "I think the house will revert to the Crown when she's gone. So he's bought her a retirement home up there.
“I think there's a little bit of tension because she was very close to the Queen. But I'm not sure it's as vicious
Harry and Meghan have finally handed back the keys of their former residence Frogmore Cottage to the King yesterday almost six months after being handed their eviction notice.
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Adelaide Cottage residence at Windsor, despite it being “too small” for their family.Middleton, 41, and William, 40, moved in with their children Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, in the summer of 2022 from their former home, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk.A source told OK! recently that the Cambridge clan has agreed to stay living at the cottage, even though they have been contemplating taking over Prince Andrew’s longtime abode, the Royal Lodge.“[Buckingham Palace] originally wanted Andrew out of Royal Lodge so that the property could be renovated and prepared for new lodgers,” the insider explained.“The Prince and Princess of Wales desperately want a larger property for their family in the Windsor area and discussions were originally focused on putting them in there,” they continued.King Charles has been trying to get Andrew, 63, to leave the $46 million mansion since April and is persuading him to move into Frogmore Cottage, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s former property.The Duke of York has lived in the lodge since 2002 and is refusing to leave.As for Adelaide Cottage, the house has four bedrooms for William and Middleton’s kin, however, the tiny space is still an issue for them.“There are other things that need to be considered.
Much has been made of King Charles' plan to downsize the number of Royal homes currently in use, whether it is the Duke and Duchess of Sussex being evicted from Frogmore Cottage or the ongoing question of The Duke of York's residence at Royal Lodge. To add further uncertainty into the mix, it has long been suggested that The Prince and Princess of Wales would one day move into Prince Andrew's current home that he shares with his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.
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