Prince William Makes Rare Joke About His New Forest Lodge Home with Kate Middleton and Their Kids
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Janine HenniJanuary 30, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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(Left) Prince William and Kate Middleton on July 8, 2025; (Right) Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park
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Prince William joked about hosting at his family’s new Windsor home during a royal engagement
The Prince of Wales and Kate Middleton moved into Forest Lodge with their three children in fall 2025
William’s comments offered a rare, lighthearted glimpse into life at the Wales family’s new home
Prince William cracked a joke about entertaining at his family’s new Windsor home, Forest Lodge, while chatting with locals during a royal engagement this week.
While visiting the Ubele Initiative — a Black-led social enterprise and community hub in North London — on Jan. 28, the Prince of Wales, 43, joked about entertaining after a staffer mentioned that her family also lives in Windsor and hinted they would love to visit his home there, according to Hello! magazine.
Prince William spoke about hosting after Ubele Initiative staffer Christina Oredeko told him that her family lives in Windsor and hinted that they would love to visit his home there, Hello! magazine reported.
“Are you inviting your family to stay?” William replied with a laugh.
“Should we talk diaries and work out timings?” he added. “It’s not the maddest question I’ve ever been asked!”
Prince William speaks with Big Zuu in one of the greenhouses during a visit to BBC Children in Need's We Move FWD program at Ubele Initiative in the Wolves Lane Centre on Jan. 28, 2026 in London.
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William was at the Ubele Initiative to meet young people supported by BBC Children in Need’s We Move FWD program, a long-term initiative designed to create greater opportunities for Black children and young people across the U.K. During the visit, he spoke with staff and participants about community, opportunity — and, briefly, home life.
Continuing the exchange, William asked where the family lived in Windsor, prompting laughter when someone jokingly referenced the discount retailer B&M.
Prince William, Kate Middleton and their kids Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, moved from Adelaide Cottage to Forest Lodge in Windsor in October 2025, upgrading from the four-bedroom cottage to an eight-bedroom Georgian-era mansion. Forest Lodge is said to be the family's forever home and where they plan to stay even when William becomes King one day.
Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park.
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The Wales family had lived at Adelaide Cottage since 2022 and it quickly became the backdrop to some of the most difficult chapters of their lives, from Queen Elizabeth's death and turbulence around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's bombshell docuseries that year, the publication of Harry’s memoir, Spare, in 2023 and the cancer diagnoses of King Charles and Princess Kate announced in 2024.
"Adelaide Cottage was a place of pain, suffering and sadness. After such rough times, it’s perfectly understandable they would want a new place," Sally Bedell Smith, royal biographer behind the Royals Extra Substack, told PEOPLE in an exclusive cover story.
As they embarked on the fresh start, Princess Kate has leaned into decorating Forest Lodge. During the German state visit in December, she spoke about creating “mood boards” with plans to launch the redecoration process after Christmas.
Prince George, Prince William, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton and Princes Charlotte at Sandringham on Dec. 25, 2025.
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Meanwhile, Prince William acknowledged that the renovations had been “challenging, with elements of twists.”
Still, he added, they’re “tackling it” together.
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