Prince William and Kate Middleton are ready to move into their ‘forever home’ Forest Lodge by the end of this year as restoration work on the property is already

But soon after the family moved to their new home, things changed again. Queen Elizabeth died, just as Kate Middleton and Prince William landed in the dwelling. “It was not exactly the settling-in period they had hoped for,” a source said of that period in the Waleses’ lives.

Eight-bedroom Georgian residence Forest Lodge boasts Venetian windows, ornate mouldings and a hallway with a barrel-vaulted ceiling