{"id":176260,"date":"2025-08-26T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176260\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:00:09","slug":"kate-middleton-and-prince-williams-new-neighbors-raise-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176260\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William&#8217;s new neighbors raise privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Middleton and Prince William\u2019s soon-to-be neighbors hope that the royal family will be able to have privacy in their new neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Residents living in Cranbourne Hall Residential Park <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/16\/royal-family\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-relocating-to-new-family-home-for-fresh-start-after-cancer-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">near the royal family\u2019s new \u201cforever home\u201d<\/a> expressed privacy concerns for the royals while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15024257\/Kate-Williams-new-neighbours-cuppa-Waleses-Windsor-forever-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking to the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome them. But I hope the public allow them to live there quietly as a family,\u201d 87-year-old Jean Reeve, who\u2019s lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a less private spot than their previous home \u2014 from what I know about the location,\u201d she added. \u201cSo I\u2019d hate for people to always be going past and saying, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s where they live.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean Reeve \u2014 one of Prince William and Kate Middleton\u2019s neighbors at the royal family\u2019s new \u201cforever home\u201d \u2014 expressed privacy concerns for the couple. James Linsell Clark \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>Reeve lives at Cranbourne Hall Residential Park, a mobile home park in the Windsor area. James Linsell Clark \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>She also noted, \u201cThey have young children after all. They deserve privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The royals\u2019 new neighbors expressed enthusiasm at welcoming them into the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never heard anyone around here say anything anti-royalist. I think most people tend to like them around here,\u201d Cynthia Sullivan, a 72-year-old teacher who has lived in the area for 16 years, said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents hope that Will and Kate, both 43, visit the local shops and pubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung blood is a good idea. And William and Kate are lovely,\u201d Reeve said, echoing similar statements from her longtime neighbors. \u201cThey\u2019re young. They\u2019re family-orientated. They\u2019re always with their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Sullivan, a 72-year-old teacher who has lived in the area for 16 years, said that Will and Kate\u2019s new neighbors were overwhelmingly pro-royals. James Linsell Clark \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>Kate and Will\u2019s new neighbors expressed enthusiasm about the royals moving into the area. James Linsell Clark \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a new style of monarchy,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey\u2019d like to be treated as normal people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Wales\u2019 new neighbors are welcoming, the Daily Mail previously reported that two separate families who lived in cottages next to the mansion <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/17\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-and-prince-williams-new-home-forces-2-families-to-move-out-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were asked to vacate their properties<\/a> earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were told to move out. I guess they were given somewhere else, but they were told they had to move,\u201d a source claimed to the outlet. \u201cThey were not expecting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose houses are very close to the lodge, so they\u2019re not going to want any Tom, Dick or Harry living in those houses if there are going to be royals there,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun previously reported that the Wales family is moving to Fort Lodge, an eight-bedroom mansion in Windsor Great Park that will be their \u201cforever home.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The lavish property, worth $21 million, is going through extensive renovations that the royals are allegedly paying for themselves, without taxpayer money. PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The royals are reportedly looking for a new environment after\u00a0Kate\u2019s cancer battle\u00a0made for a rough couple of years at Adelaide Cottage, their home since 2022. princeandprincessofwales\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>But a source told Page Six that the families, who were tenants of the Crown Estate, weren\u2019t given eviction notices and have since moved to similar or better housing elsewhere in the area.<\/p>\n<p>William, Kate and their three children \u2014 Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 \u2014 are set to leave\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/14\/inside-adelaide-cottage-the-new-home-of-prince-william-kate-and-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adelaide Cottage<\/a> \u2014 where they\u2019ve lived since 2022 \u2014 \u201clater this year,\u201d a spokesperson confirmed to Page Six earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun reported that the Wales family is moving to Fort Lodge, an eight-bedroom mansion in Windsor Great Park that will be their \u201cforever home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lodge is reportedly worth approximately $21 million, and according to the report, the family was looking for a new environment after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/14\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-reveals-she-is-in-remission-from-cancer-after-surprise-hospital-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate\u2019s cancer battle<\/a>\u00a0made for a rough couple of years at Adelaide Cottage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William\u2019s soon-to-be neighbors hope that the royal family will be able to have privacy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,1857,172,171,186,4170,187,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-176260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-families","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kate-middleton","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115093545016628128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}