Life must be rather hectic for a young royal. Whether it’s mornings spent on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, afternoons waving to ten thousand strong crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony, or late nights supporting England at the Euros, the Wales children truly have a childhood like no other. But in a rare glimpse behind the glamour, sources have said that Kate Middleton is striving to ensure that Prince George, Prince Louis, and Princess Charlotte enjoy a home life that is as down to earth as possible—even if that means forgoing some of the luxuries of royal life.
Laying the table, cooking dinners, doing the dishes—such banalities would have been unimaginable for royal heirs in days gone by. At Adelaide Cottage, though, the Prince and Princess of Wales are doing away with private chefs and live-in nannies to maintain some semblance of normality for their very unique young family.
“I think it would surprise people to see how ordinary things are at home,” an insider told MailOnline, noting that the young princes and princess are expected to chip in with chores and help around the house in the family’s four-bedroom Windsor abode.
Prince William and Kate Middleton moved from Kensington Palace to Windsor following the death of the late Queen Elizabeth and their accession to the title of Prince and Princess of Wales. This change in royal status did not, however, bring about the increasingly lavish lifestyle one might expect of those closest to the British throne. In fact, William and Kate decided that the family’s former live-in nanny, Teresa Turrion Borrallo, would not follow them to Adelaide Cottage, and it is believed that she remained on in her role as a caretaker for the Wales children.
An alumna of the prestigious childcare academy Norland College, Borrallo would have trained in such skills as dodging paparazzi, driving in extreme weather, and defusing any pram-side kidnapping attempts with taekwondo. She made her first public outing as royal caretaker in 2014, accompanying Prince William, Kate Middleton, and an eight-month-old Prince George on an official trip to Australia and New Zealand.
