{"id":2574,"date":"2026-05-18T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-william-kate-middletons-rent-for-forest-lodge-home-revealed\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:18:18","slug":"prince-william-kate-middletons-rent-for-forest-lodge-home-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-william-kate-middletons-rent-for-forest-lodge-home-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William, Kate Middleton&#8217;s rent for Forest Lodge home revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128136348.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly paying $411,435 a year to rent <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/03\/royal-family\/prince-william-kate-middleton-celebrate-early-move-into-new-home-with-private-party\/\">Forest Lodge in Windsor. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hefty cost was revealed in documents filed on May 14 that list the Prince and Princess of Wales as the proprietors for their \u201cforever home,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/william-kate-rent-windsor-cvq2lh58q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The couple and their children \u2014 \u00a0Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 8 \u2014\u00a0have been living in the eight-bedroom Georgian mansion located on the Windsor Estate since October.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>Prince William and Kate Middleton are paying $411,435 annually in rent for their new home, Forest Lodge (seen above), according to The Times. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Prince and Princess of Wales and their three kids moved to Forest Lodge in October (the park around the property is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Times reported that William and Kate\u2019s rental agreement covers the main house plus two cottages on the grounds, which are used by staff.<\/p>\n<p>Forest Lodge\u2019s previous tenant was Alexander Fitzgibbons, chairman of the event planning business Fait Accompli that William, 43, and Kate, 44, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle used for their respective weddings. <\/p>\n<p>Fitzgibbons reportedly used to live in the home for $289,316 annually \u2014 $120,000\u00a0less than what the future king and queen are paying now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>According to The Times, the couple\u2019s rental agreement covers the main house and two cottages on the grounds (Kate and William are seen above at Windsor Castle in March 2026). <span class=\"credit\">Chris Jackson\/coolGetty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kate and William (seen above) are paying more in rent than the last tenant because of shifts in the housing market, per The Times. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shifts in the housing market are to blame for the rent vastly increasing for William and Kate, who signed a 20-year lease for the property in July 2025, per The Times.<\/p>\n<p>The couple also made <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/royal-family\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-make-major-security-upgrades-to-forever-home-over-privacy-concerns\/\">major security upgrades<\/a>\u00a0to their new home, including planting new trees and hedgerows around the property and erecting fences to shield them from public view.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The royal couple (pictured above with their three children) made major security upgrades to Forest Lodge after singing a 20-year lease in July 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Page Six reported last year that Kate and William (seen above) won\u2019t be living at Forest Lodge full-time when they ascend the throne, because they\u2019ll need to be at Buckingham Place for their royal duties. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hugo Vickers, writer and friend of the royal family, told us last year that the couple will still need to reside at Buckingham Palace to carry out their major royal duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe king has to\u00a0be somewhere convenient to the center of government,\u201d Vickers said. \u201cThey can\u2019t expect ministers to come to Windsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure William and Catherine will have to use Buckingham Palace as their London base and also for ceremonial duties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Before moving to Forest Lodge, Kate and Wlliam (pictured above) lived at Adelaide Cottage for over three years. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple moved after Kate (pictured above with William at Windsor Castle in March) went through her cancer battle. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William and Kate moved from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/14\/inside-adelaide-cottage-the-new-home-of-prince-william-kate-and-kids\/\">Adelaide Cottage<\/a>, their four-bedroom property, where they resided for over three years.<\/p>\n<p>A source told the US Sun that the family chose to relocate to put Kate\u2019s March 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/03\/22\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-reveals-she-has-cancer\/\">cancer diagnosis<\/a>\u00a0behind them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving gives them an opportunity for a fresh start\u00a0and a new chapter; an opportunity to leave some of the more unhappy memories behind,\u201d a source told the Sun of Kate, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/14\/royal-family\/kate-middleton-reveals-she-is-in-remission-from-cancer-after-surprise-hospital-visit\/\">has since gone into remission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/royal-family\/prince-william-kate-middletons-rent-for-forest-lodge-home-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly paying $411,435 a year to rent Forest 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