Did Kate Middleton and Prince William's Latest Photo Just Show Their New House for the First Time?
Did Kate Middleton and Prince William's Latest Photo Just Show Their New House for the First Time?
Janine HenniThu, June 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC
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Kate Middleton and Prince William in a photo released on June 17, 2026Credit: The Prince and Princess of Wales/X -
Kate Middleton and Prince William shared a new photo after attending Royal Ascot, and the picture was possibly taken at their new home
The couple moved to the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park in the fall of 2025
Their new royal residence is a 15-minute drive from Eton College, where Prince George will start school this fall
Kate Middleton and Prince William surprised fans with a new picture after their day out at Royal Ascot, and the snap may have shown them somewhere new.
On June 18, the Prince and Princess of Wales posted a new photo that showed them standing outside in their Ascot finery. "A wonderful day at Royal Ascot. W & C," they wrote below the photo on X, using the initials of their first names, William and Catherine, to signal that the note came directly from them.
The tall double door marked a new photo backdrop for the couple, with some speculating that it was captured at Forest Lodge, their family's new home.
Kate Middleton and Prince William in a photo released on June 17, 2026.Credit: The Prince and Princess of Wales/X
In October 2025, the Prince and Princess of Wales moved to the eight-bedroom mansion in Windsor Great Park with their kids, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8. PEOPLE understands that the property is the family's "forever home" and where they intend to remain even after William becomes King one day.
Prince William, 43, and Princess Kate, 44, are currently renting the residence once called Holly Grove for about $410,691 on a 20-year lease, and they funded some minor renovations and their move privately.
The change marked an upgrade from Adelaide Cottage, also in Windsor. The four-bedroom home, which they moved into in the summer of 2022, became the backdrop to difficult times, including Queen Elizabeth's death that September, the ongoing fallout around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's step back from their royal roles and King Charles' and Princess Kate's cancer diagnoses, announced weeks apart in 2024.
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Forest Lodge, formerly known as Holly Grove, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, 2018.Credit: English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty
"Adelaide Cottage was a place of pain, suffering and sadness. After such rough times, it's perfectly understandable they would want a new place," royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith previously told PEOPLE.
The move to Forest Lodge keeps them close to Windsor Castle as well as Princess Kate's family, who live nearby. They're also not far from Prince George's next school.
On June 16, a Kensington Palace spokesperson told PEOPLE that Prince George will start at Eton College in the fall, following in his father William's footsteps at the world-renowned all-boys' boarding school.
Queen Camilla, King Charles, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton, Prince Louis and Prince George on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at Trooping the Colour on June 13, 2026.Credit: ANDY RAIN/EPA/Shutterstock
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The confirmation ended months of speculation about where George would continue his education after aging out of the Lambrook School this summer, when he turns 13. His family won't be far at all, as Forest Lodge is about a 15-minute drive from Eton.
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