Newlyweds: The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge Moving into Kensington Palace, the former home of Princess Diana (858 hits)
LONDON - Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting a London apartment — in a palace —Palace officials said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — as the newlyweds are formally known now — would use a small refurbished apartment at Kensington Palace as their official London home for the next year or so.
The move is considered a temporary measure as their primary house will remain in Anglesey, Wales, where William serves as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot. That is expected to be their main residence until 2013.
They are expected to move into larger London quarters later.
Kensington Palace, which is being extensively renovated, was once home to William's mother, the late Princess Diana. William also lived there as a child before his parents divorced. ...A date for the couple's move into Kensington Palace has not been set, but is expected before they travel to Canada and the United States later in June.