The private lives of Kate Middleton and Prince William are usually a closely guarded secret. However, the royal couple's sleeping arrangements have been reported and are a surprise to some.
With royal fans assuming that the couple sleep together in an upstairs bedroom, OK reports that this isn't the case. The unusual arrangement may have something to do with the layout of their Kensington Palace apartment.
For a start, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's luxurious Apartment 1A isn’t your average apartment. Instead it is a four-storey mansion featuring its own lift, gym and nine rooms just for the staff.
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In line with royal protocol, neither of the high profile royals give interviews about their home life but a floor plan of their home has revealed exactly where the bedrooms are located. Rather than upstairs, the main bedroom the couple share is unusually on the ground floor of their Kensington Palace home. Upstairs is used mainly by their staff.
"Meaning the Cambridges' live predominantly on the ground floor of the luxury property", writes OK. The property is reported to be ‘enormous’ all the way from the basement through to the attic.
Explaining why it is referred to as an ‘apartment’ on True Royalty's Royal Beat, British royal author Christopher Warwick said: “All of these royal residences at Kensington Palace are called apartments, which of course makes people immediately think they are flats like the American term for an apartment.
“They are not. If you think of Kensington Place in a way, it is built around three courtyards. If you kind of think of them as being these wonderful red brick terrace houses. Because they are all joined, but separate houses.”
Meanwhile, royal author Ingrid Seward said: “It's enormous... and it's like a piece of countryside in London.” Apartment 1A is the Cambridges’ London base; however, they also have their Norfolk country home Anmer Hall, where the family quarantined during the UK lockdown.
During the lockdown, Kate offered another sneak peek behind the closed doors of the family’s Kensington Palace apartment. In photos published in Nursing Times, the Duchess of Cambridge can be seen conducting Zoom interviews in the living space of the royal home.
Kate used the space to record a video for the Nursing Now charity, for which she has been a patron of since 2018. More of the décor is shown in the two photos and the light and bright living room features a colourful yet traditional patterned rug.
The 39-year-old can be seen speaking on Zoom with her iPad positioned on the coffee table in front of the green armchair that Kate is sitting on. In the background of one shot, eagle-eyed fans can see a school photograph of the two eldest Cambridge children in a frame next to some pink roses.
