Prince William and Kate Middleton’s move seems set for this summer, and their new home is not without its share of scandalous stories…
- Kate and William are set to move into Adelaide Cottage soon
- Their new home is in Windsor, just minutes from Queen Elizabeth II
- Adelaide Cottage has been the scene of a passionate history
The choice of Prince William and Kate Middleton seems to be made, it is at Adelaide Cottage that they would be ready to put down their suitcases this summer for a new life. According to the Sun, this four-bedroom house, which is about ten minutes from Windsor Castle, would perfectly meet the expectations of the couple and their children. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge indeed wish to settle in a “modest” house in which there will be neither a string of rooms never used, nor a staff at home. With its four bedrooms, Adelaide Cottage therefore seems ideal. Not to mention the fact that the house closer to Queen Elizabeth II, and that it is close to a school where the couple’s three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis could go.
Like many key royal family locations however, Adelaide Cottage harbors some secrets, and in particular on Princess Margaret, the sister of Elizabeth II. Always according to Sunit is in this “modest” house built in 1831 and entered into the heritage of Elizabeth II in 1941 that Princess Margaret’s lover Peter Townsend is said to have been housed between 1944 and 1952. Hero of the Second World War, Peter Townsend was the squire of King George VI after having been a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. Upon his arrival in the circle of the royal family, Peter Townsend is married but catches the eye of young Princess Margaret. In order to be able to fulfill his duties with the king, it is therefore at Adelaide Cottage that he is installed, until 1952, the year of the king’s death.
A story doomed to failure
According to various sources, it was also in the early 1950s that Peter Townsend began his affair with Princess Margaret. Their story, which made spill a lot of ink, however, did not end well. Divorced and a father, Peter Townsend does not meet the requirements of the Anglican Church to be able to remarry with Princess Margaret, despite her request. The young princess would also have been forbidden to marry him by Elizabeth II herself. The couple therefore ended up separating and it was with the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones that she married in 1960, and with whom she had two children, David and Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Due to several infidelities on the part of the two spouses, Princess Margaret and her husband divorced in 1978, thus marking the first royal divorce since 1540 which had separated Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.