Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly planning on moving to Windsor this summer to be closer to the Queen.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are even said to have taken steps to look at schools in the area for their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte. While their youngest son Prince Louis, three, is yet to start school.
Kate, 40, and husband William, 39, are said to be looking at schools in Buckinghamshire, Windsor and Surrey – having said to have looked at Lambrook School in Ascot.
Meanwhile the couple are also reported to be looking at private homes after ruling out royal mansions, including Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge and Fort Belvedere, which is the former home of King Edward VIII.
Kate and William also are said to have considered Frogmore Cottage, located in the grounds of Windsor Castle, which they often take their three children to at the weekends.
While the pair have also reportedly looked at Adelaide Cottage, which is in the heart of the Home Park in Windsor, but is currently lived in.
A source told The Sun: “The need to move to Windsor is growing more and more. Andrew spends a lot of time with the Queen.
“He lives next door and is always there for her. During the Covid lockdown, the family were glad Andrew was always on hand.
“There is not a man, woman or child who would not say he had every right to be at Philip’s thanksgiving. But the family have been adamant there’s no way back.
“There are real fears that despite being banished from The Firm in January, he is using his closeness to the Queen as a springboard back into public life.”
It comes after the Queen moved permanently to Windsor Castle earlier this year.
Royal expert Duncan Larcombe explained to OK! how Buckingham Palace became "less and less home from home" for the Queen following her beloved husband Prince Philip's death.
Duncan explained how the Queen's move is "another reflection" following the death of her beloved husband Prince Philip, which was a "wake up call."
He said: "She's taking a decision which a lot of people have almost been willing her to do for a number of years, long before The Duke of Edinburgh had died.
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"Sometimes these things are a wake up call. In the last 10 or 15 years, The Queen would always leave Buckingham Palace on a Thursday, spend the weekend at Windsor and then be back at her desk and staying in her private apartment.
"But I think it became less and less her home from home because, as the Duke of Edinburgh retired from official duties, it was really Sandringham, Windsor and Balmoral where he spent his time.
"I think being surrounded by and being able to work from the place that you love and the place where you feel most comfortable is important when The Queen is 95 and, frankly, should be doing everything she can to make life less of a strain and more comfortable for her."
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