INSIDE KATE'S DREAM NEW HOME

As the Wales family embark on new beginnings at Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, we find out what's in store

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With the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children set to move into Forest Lodge in Windsor as soon as this week, Kate has been busy overseeing the final preparations for what has been dubbed her and William's 'forever home'.

After months of speculation, the Wales family are swapping four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage for the grander, eight-bedroom Forest Lodge, a Georgian mansion hidden deep within the grounds of Windsor Great Park. Their intention had always been to be in by Christmas, but some sources have suggested the fivesome could be celebrating their exciting new start just in time for Bonfire Night.

For Kate in particular, the relocation is a milestone that represents a much-needed clean break, and it is believed she sees herself and William growing old together at the 328-year-old property. Although the couple and their children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, only lived at nearby Adelaide Cottage within the grounds of Windsor Castle for three years, Kate's gruelling cancer treatment and painstaking recovery are said to have left her craving change.

Built in the late 18th century and originally known as Holly Grove, the mansion became Crown property in 1829 and was later renamed Forest Lodge by Edward VIII, who thought the title better suited its stately elegance. Boasting an impressive red-brick façade, the Grade II-listed house retains plenty of period charm and detail, with ornate plasterwork, Venetian windows and marble fireplaces. A £1.5 million renovation in 2001 brought the property into the modern era, in readiness for an eye-watering £15,000-per-month rental fee.