The Royal Family are not short of places to live - there have castles, palaces and stately homes scattered across the country and many are very well known. Others, such as a three-bedroomed cottage in Scotland are less familiar to the public.
The cottage, Tam-Na-Ghar, is on The Queen's Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire and is a retreat for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It has been a special place for Prince William and Kate Middleton since their student days at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
It is one of three places the royal couple and their family can enjoy and it was left to Prince William upon the death of his great-grandmother, The Queen Mother, in 2002. It has been said that the couple spent some of the happiest days of their lives there, MyLondon reports.
The house, which sits on the 50,000-acre estate, is so private that there are hardly any photos of it. A royal source told Vanity Fair that the couple stayed at the home in 2019 with their three children. "The Queen has a lot of guests coming and to ease the pressure the Cambridges are likely to stay at the cottage," they said.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also have two other homes in London and Norfolk. Kensington Palace is the family's main base and couple moved into the 20-room Apartment 1A shortly after the birth of Prince George in 2013.
While the extensive renovations were completed, they lived in the grace and favour home of Nottingham Cottage within the grounds of the palace and with Carole and Michael Middleton at their home in the village of Bucklebury in Berkshire.
In January 2013, the couple were also allocated Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate by the Queen. Many adaptations were carried out including a new roof, a conservatory, new kitchen and a substantial tree-planting scheme to offer the family more privacy.
While this may be the case, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to make a permanent move to the Windsor Estate later this year with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis so that they can be closer to The Queen.
The relocation also means a new school for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. It was reported in The Daily Mail that Prince William and Catherine have visited Lambrook School in Berkshire "half a dozen times" and are now thought to be sending Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to the same school later this year.
