They lived at the large farmhouse Bodorgan Hall (Image: Spread Pictures)There’s been lots of chatter surrounding Prince William and Kate Middleton‘s living arrangements, as the royal couple announced their plans to move into their brand new forest lodge home later this year, which is an eight-bedroom home on the Windsor Castle estate with their three children.
William and Kate have lived in their current home in Adelaide Cottage since 2022 after they moved from Kensington Palace. It’s safe to say they have had some impressive homes over they years, including a period living in Wales for one chapter of their lives.
The royal couple lived on the Isle of Anglesey, or Ynys Môn, from 2010 to 2013.
This was while William was working as a search and rescue pilot with the RAF, whose base is conveniently located near Bodorgan, close to where the family lived. Love dreamy Welsh homes? Sign up to our newsletter here
Before their engagement, William and Kate moved into a property on the Newborough estate, a rural part of Anglesey’s western side.
Nearby villages include Bodorgan, Newborough, and Malltraeth which are all nearby villages, the Express reported.
The house they stayed in was an old, white-stoned farmhouse, believed to be Prince George’s first home, as Kate and William returned to Anglesey for a few weeks following his birth in London.
Given that most of Anglesey is rural, with only with small villages and farms, Kate was able to carry out her daily activities without much fuss according to reports, while William was at work.
She was spotted in Llangefni, purchasing dog food at the local pet shop, and in Menai Bridge, doing the weekly grocery shopping at the only Waitrose on Anglesey.
Reflecting on his and Kate’s time on Anglesey, Prince William shared: “This island has been our first home together, and it will always be an immensely special place for us both. Catherine and I look forward to returning again and again over the coming years with our family.
“I know that I speak for Catherine when I say that I have never in my life known somewhere as beautiful and as welcoming as Anglesey.”
View of the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey(Image: Guy Singleton)However, during a visit to a children’s centre in Cardiff in 2020, nearly 10 years later, Kate shared that she felt somewhat isolated while living there.
She revealed: “I was chatting to some of the mums, I had just had George and William was still working with search and rescue, so we came up here when George was a tiny, tiny little baby, in the middle of Anglesey.
“It was so isolated, so cut off, I didn’t have my family around me, he was doing night shifts, so if only I’d had a centre like this at a certain time.”
The couple resided in Bodorgan Hall, a four-bedroom farmhouse boasting a Welsh slate roof sourced locally and numerous large windows, offering breathtaking views of the nearby sea and the Eryri mountains.
The property offers the opportunity to stroll through Newborough Forest to Llanddwyn beach, and then along the sands to Llanddwyn Island, once home to Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of love.
The estate is recognised as an Area of Outstanding Beauty and Environmentally Sensitive Area, largely due to its encompassing woodland and beach. It also boasts a circular dovecote, barn, expansive gardens, a lawn, and a deer park.
The house was constructed between 1779 and 1782, with significant additions made in the mid-19th century.
Kate and William paid a modest £750 per month in rent to Sir George Meyrick, the owner of the property and the estate on which it stands, the largest estate on Anglesey.
The house comprised of two bathrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, and four bedrooms.
After their wedding in 2011, and again following the birth of Prince George, the Royal couple returned to Bodorgan Hall.
Carole Middleton stayed with Kate and William to assist with the newborn, and according to reports at the time, the Queen’s former housekeeper Antonella Fresolone travelled to the island to cook for them.