Duchess of Cambridge Suggests Queen Elizabeth II Move Next Door to Her and Prince William

In a recent report, it was revealed that the Duchess of Cambridge suggested that Queen Elizabeth II move in next door to her and Prince William amid concerns about the security of senior members of the Royal Family.

This comes after a young man broke into the Queen's private quarters at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day.

Prince William, his wife Catherine, and their children, Prince George VIII, Princess Charlotte VI, and Prince Louis III, all live at the same address, Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace.

A source tells Now To Love's Women's Day column that they've suggested Her Majesty downsizes and moves into the empty apartment next to theirs at Kensington Palace.

“It makes perfect sense, really,” said the source.

“With Prince Philip gone, she's rattling around Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, which, due to its sheer size, is terribly difficult to protect alone.

Aside from a handful of trusted staff, William and Catherine have been worried about her long before an intruder shook everyone up.”

The source goes on to say that it was Catherine who suggested taking the Queen under the Cambridge's wing at their London residence.

“Catherine thinks it would be a good idea for her.

The Queen loves the children and always says they keep her young,” says the source.

“At Kensington Palace, she'll be able to look out the window and see them playing whenever she likes, and of course, she'll have an open invitation to pop in and see them.”

For Catherine, taking care of the Queen in her twilight years feels like the perfect way to repay her for all the counsel and guidance she's given her since she married William.

A Palace Insider tells the outlet that courtiers can see the logic in such a move.

“At her age, it makes sense to downsize.

Even Philip preferred a smaller hunters' lodge in Sandringham to the castles.

Toward the end, she would feel much more comfortable in a smaller home,” says the source.

And there's a perfect solution, a fully renovated, empty apartment right next door to the future king and his young children.

In 2017, ahead of Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle, hurried renovations began on 21-room apartment 1 at Kensington Palace, with the expectation it would become the newlyweds' home.

It turned out to be a very expensive mistake, said the insider.

Meghan and Harry fell out with the Cambridges and refused to live next door to them, so the decision was made to send them to Frogmore Cottage instead.

It was thought that apartment 1 might be safe for Prince George when he's of age.

But in the meantime, it stands empty.

It would be ideal for the Queen.

With the potential for Gan-Gan moving in next door, sources say Princess Charlotte is very excited to continue perfecting her curtsy to her grandmother.

The six-year-old was spotted pulling off the move at Christmas in 2019, and insiders say that since then, she's worked very hard to get it right.

Despite being the Cambridges' home, Kensington Palace is also home to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

Speaking about the Cambridge family home on True Royalty's Royal Beat, royal author Christopher Warwick said, “It has 20 rooms from the basement to the attic.

It is not a small house.

All of these royal residencies at Kensington Palace are called apartments, which of course makes people immediately think they are flats, like the American term for an apartment.

They are not.

If you think of Kensington Palace, in a way it is built around three courtyards.

If you kind of think of them as being these wonderful red brick terrace houses, because they are all joined but separate houses.”

Apartment 1A is a spacious four-storey property with its own large south-facing walled garden.

It takes up half the clocktower wing, designed by Christopher Wren for King William and Queen Mary.

The move would make perfect sense for the Queen, who would be able to enjoy the company of her great-grandchildren and live in a smaller, more manageable home.

For the Cambridges, it would be a way to repay the Queen for all her guidance and support over the years.