Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Planned Move from Adelaide Cottage Causes 2 Families to Vacate Their Homes

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• Two families living in cottages near Forest Lodge were asked to vacate ahead of Kate Middleton and Prince William's planned move to the residence later this year

• There have been no eviction notices, and the tenants have since moved to similar or better housing within the Great Park
  

• The royal family previously moved to Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor royal estate in 2022

Two families living near Kate Middleton and Prince William's soon-to-be residence were asked to vacate their homes ahead of the royal family's move.

Kate and William, both 43, and their three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — moved to Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor royal estate three years ago. Now, the family is preparing to relocate to Forest Lodge later this year — and two nearby households have since departed in preparation, PEOPLE can confirm.

The families were asked to leave cottages located near the eight-bedroom Windsor Great Park property earlier this summer, according to a new report from the Daily Mail.

The cottages were previously converted from stables on the property and rented out by the Crown Estate, per the outlet.

PEOPLE understands that there have been no eviction notices, and the tenants have since moved to similar or better housing within the Great Park, with everyone remaining in Crown Estate properties.

The tenants "were not expecting it,” a source told the Daily Mail. “Those houses are very close to the lodge, so they're not going to want any Tom, Dick or Harry living in those houses if there are going to be royals there.”

The outlet reported that new shrubs and privacy screens have been added at Forest Lodge in anticipation of the Prince and Princess of Wales’ move.

Forest Lodge is also undergoing some minor renovations ahead of the family’s move, which Kate and William are paying for themselves. (Prince William receives around $30 million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall Estate.)

“The Wales family will move house later this year,” a spokesperson at Kensington Palace previously confirmed to PEOPLE.

The royal family will likely remain in Forest Lodge even when William becomes King.

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The move comes after the family's relocation to Adelaide Cottage in 2022. At the time, their three kids started at the co-ed prep school Lambrook, in nearby Ascot.

Ahead of the move, it was revealed that the royal family's Norfolk home "is their happy place."

"The reality is they are quite confined in what they can do in London," a friend told The Sunday Times in 2022.

"The kids can't go into the park and kick a football with friends. Their plan is to be there for the next 10 to 15 years and then move to Anmer, which is so special to them," they added to the outlet.

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