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(Left) Kate Middleton on Oct. 14, 2025; (Right) Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park.Credit :Samir Hussein/WireImage; English Heritage/Heritage Images/GettyKate Middleton can actually make a splash at her new home, Forest Lodge.Princess Kate, Prince William, and their three children moved into the new house in October 2025, and the secluded property in Windsor Great Park reportedly offers a convenient feature that caters to one of her hobbies.According to Hello! magazine, Forest Lodge has access to a private lake — perfect for the Princess of Wales to go swimming.Kate, 43, is famously sporty and spoke about her love for “cold swimming” while appearing on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast with Prince William and Princess Anne in 2023
Park around Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park.English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty“I love all sports. I really, generally love all sports. I love swimming. Cold swimming,” the Princess of Wales said on the podcast co-hosted by Princess Anne’s son-in-law, Mike Tindall.“The colder, the better,” Prince William added.“The colder, the better. I absolutely love it,” she agreed. “Slightly to the point where William’s like, ‘Catherine, you’re crazy,’ ” she said, laughing. “And it’s dark, and it’s raining, and I’ll go and seek out cold water.”Princess Kate may have gotten her husband in on the fun, as Prince William revealed in November that he took the plunge with some cold water dips in Scotland“You feel great afterwards,” the Prince of Wales, 43, told members of the Colwyn Bay Blue Tits cold water swimming group while visiting North Wales, the Daily Mail reported.“I love it. I do a lot of yelling and screaming when I get in,” he added.nullThe autumn move to Forest Lodge marked a fresh start for the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, following a difficult few years for their family.
The Wales family on Dec. 25, 2025 in Sandringham.Samir Hussein/WireImageTheir previous home, Adelaide Cottage, also in Windsor, quickly became tied to some of the hardest chapters of their lives following their move there in 2022. Adelaide Cottage was the backdrop to Queen Elizabeth’s death that September, the turbulence that followed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell docuseries and Harry’s memoir, Spare, published in 2023.nullIn early 2024, King Charles and Princess Kate both announced that they were diagnosed with cancer. The Princess of Wales announced in January 2025 that she is in remission and in December, the King, 77, shared the “good news” that his treatment can be reduced this year.“Adelaide Cottage was a place of pain, suffering and sadness. After such rough times, it’s perfectly understandable they would want a new place,” Sally Bedell Smith, royal biographer behind the Royals Extra Substack, recently told PEOPLE in an exclusive cover story.PEOPLE understands that Forest Lodge is the Wales family’s forever home and where they intend to remain, even after William becomes king one day.
