The Cambridges downsize to Windsor… but there’s no room for the nanny
14.08.2022 - 22:51
/ msn.com
without a live-in nanny for their first time in their children’s lives. For Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven and Prince Louis, four - used to having Maria Borrallo, their Spanish Norland nanny, on hand 24/7 - the move to Adelaide Cottage will represent a significant change.
Although Ms Borrallo will be kept on full time, she will live elsewhere, as will the handful of other support staff that have long “lived-in” with the family at Kensington Palace, thought to include a housekeeper and a chef. The Duke and Duchess hired Ms Borrallo in 2014 when Prince George was eight months old and she has been a regular fixture at the family’s side ever since, often pictured at official events in the traditional brown Norland uniform.
Becoming a Norland nanny requires four years of training which includes a BA (Hons) in early childhood education, the prestigious Norland diploma, and a 12-month probationary posting. Tuition fees for 2022/23 are £14,990 and average UK salaries for Norlan nannies are between £42,000 and £70,000.
Ms Borrallo sometimes travels with them on holiday and has her own apartment at the family’s Anmer Hall property on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. But while she will remain a key figure in the children’s lives, the relocation to Windsor will usher in a new era for the Cambridge clan.
Life at Kensington Palace, which boasts numerous apartments and offices and borders a bustling high street and Kensington Palace Gardens, has often been likened to living in a goldfish bowl. At Adelaide Cottage, a pretty Grade II-listed property built in 1831 for Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV, they will be nestled in the heart of the Crown Estate’s Home Park, with much more scope for horse riding, walking
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