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When Prince William and Princess Kate moved into Adelaide Cottage in the summer of 2022, things were looking up as they embarked on a new chapter with their three children: Prince George (born 2013), Princess Charlotte (born 2015), and Prince Louis (born 2018). Adelaide Cottage is a modest, elegant home that\u2019s just a short walk from Windsor Castle. They picked that home so their children could have a more normal family life, and all seemed to be going as planned.<\/p>\n
What followed was a tough period of time nobody could have anticipated. Within three years the family had weathered the death of Queen Elizabeth II, two cancer diagnoses, and a series of upheavals in their extended family, before leaving for their new “forever home,” Forest Lodge<\/a>, in late 2025.<\/p>\n Reportedly, William had come to think of the cottage<\/a> as “cursed.” But behind the recent heartache lies a genuinely fascinating royal history, including a 19th-century queen, a salvaged royal yacht, and one of the great forbidden romances of the 20th century. Here are some things that might surprise you about Adelaide Cottage. Do you think it\u2019s truly cursed?<\/p>\n Adelaide Cottage takes its name from Queen Adelaide, the wife of King William IV, for whom it was built as a royal retreat. According to the official Historic England listing<\/a>, the cottage was built in 1831 under the supervision of architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville, and its entrance gable still bears the date “1831” alongside Queen Adelaide’s royal cypher. Built in the fashionable “picturesque” style, it sits in Windsor’s Home Park, the private royal parkland just east of the castle, roughly half a mile from Windsor Castle itself.<\/p>\nAdelaide Cottage was built for a queen, on her birthday, in 1831<\/h2>\n