{"id":349593,"date":"2025-08-16T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349593\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:45:13","slug":"prince-williams-new-16m-windsor-home-vs-harrys-29m-montecito-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349593\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William’s new \u00a316m Windsor home vs Harry’s $29m Montecito paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prince William’s \u00a316m new Windsor home vs Harry’s $29m Montecito paradise<\/p>\n

Prince William and Princess Kate have finally decided to leave their four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage for a new eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park to begin a new chapter for the royal family.<\/p>\n

The Prince and Princess of Wales’ stunning new estate has sparked comparisons to Harry and Meghan’s Californian haven, where royal freedom meets family bliss.<\/p>\n

From the rolling hills of Windsor to the sun-kissed hills of Montecito, the two royal couples are living vastly different lives.<\/p>\n

Forest Lodge is nestled in the heart of the 4,800-acre Windsor Great Park. It is currently undergoing some minor renovations ahead of the family\u2019s move, which William and Kate are said to be paying for themselves.<\/p>\n

The family is said to be hoping for a fresh start in the 328-year-old, grade-II listed lodge. The property, which is owned by the King as part of the Crown Estate, is just four miles from their current main home at Adelaide Cottage.<\/p>\n

The new home is thought to be worth up to \u00a316m today, with fine period detail including elaborate plaster cornices and ceiling decoration, marble fireplaces, Venetian windows and a half-barrel vaulted hallway ceiling.<\/p>\n

However, the property is still dwarfed by the 31-bedroom Royal Lodge, Prince Andrew\u2019s home in Windsor Great Park and Harry’s Montecito haven.<\/p>\n

William’s Forest Lodge underwent \u00a31.5m restoration works and was put on the rental market for \u00a315,000 a month in 2001.<\/p>\n

The future king, who currently holds the title of Duke of Cornwall, benefits from the Duchy of Cornwall which mainly covers land in south-west England and is worth \u00a31bn.<\/p>\n

The couple reportedly receive around $30 million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall Estate.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Kate spoke of the healing power of the natural world and described nature as her “sanctuary”, while opening up about her “life-changing” cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan’s Montecito home<\/b><\/p>\n

On the other hand,\u00a0 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their home in Montecito, worth $29 million after leaving their British residence Frogmore Cottage in 2020.<\/p>\n

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The Sussexes fell in love with the property and purchased it soon after. Since, they have made it their family home, moving in with their two children Archie and Lilibet.<\/p>\n

The mansion has plenty of space for the children to grow, with a library, office \u2014 which Meghan revealed in the interview that she and her husband share \u2014 sauna, gym, games room and arcade, a wine cellar and a five-car garage.<\/p>\n

The property\u2019s outdoor features include a large pool, a tennis court, a chicken coop and rose gardens, as well as a roomy terrace with a wood-fired stove and barbecue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William’s \u00a316m new Windsor home vs Harry’s $29m Montecito paradise Prince William and Princess Kate have finally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-349593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-meghan","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115039458143320727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}