PRINCE William and his new bride have set up home in a little cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace.The pretty house, which is in a quiet spot in the palace complex, is said to be the “perfect home” for the newlyweds, who are keen to start a family.Reached through an archway, it has its own private garden and has been hand-picked by the couple as their new London residence.Crates of their possessions arrived at the cottage on Thursday, we can reveal. Boxes and suitcases were piled up on the lawn outside the house before being carried in by staff.Wills, who turns 29 on Tuesday, and Kate, 29, made a final decision on the cottage earlier this month after they were given a choice of properties in the grounds of the palace.
An insider said: “There was a lot of excitement on Thursday.
“This is them setting up home as a married couple.
“It’s an absolutely smashing little house. It’s so quiet there you’d never think you were in the middle of London.”
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will officially take up residence at the cottage when they arrive back from their 11-day tour of Canada and America next month.They will keep their small home in Anglesey, North Wales, where William is based as a search-and-rescue pilot. And they will also have an apartment in the main palace.Until now, the couple’s London base has been Clarence House in the bachelor flat William previously shared with younger brother Prince Harry, 26.The source added: “The cottage is the perfect house to start their new lives together until they have a family and need a bigger space.”William and Harry lived in apartment eight of Kensington Palace with their mum Diana until her death in 1997 and spent many happy hours playing in the gardens of the palace.The gated 17th Century palace sits next to the most expensive residential street in Britain, Kensington Palace Gardens in Hyde Park, where the average house price is £19.3million.Conveniently, the palace is also a stone’s throw away from the flat of Kate’s sister Pippa Middleton.A St James’s Palace spokesman confirmed the delivery of the couple’s possessions.
“They are in the process of moving in and they expect fully to move in after their return from Canada,” he added.“Their home will remain Anglesey, but Kensington Palace will become their London residence.”
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