A new recruit for the relationship thread ??

That's very true Mishap.

I think it is a temporary move till new staff are found and the new babe is born. I imagine there is a fair amount of space so they will not be treading on each other's toes.

William probably has had more of a 'family life' since he met Kate than since he was born, so good on him, IMO.
He hopefully wants to ensure he has children who are well-adjusted and 'normal', rather than being brought up in an environment totally removed from reality.

If Kate didn't spend much time with her mother the DM would be the first to proclaim that she had become to grand for her own family and had dropped them completely.

Charles should really join Gransnet and get some advice from others who feel they're missing out.

Well I think it's chickens coming home to roost - when you think how previously anyone marrying into the royal family had to give up their own families - especially at Christmas , it's great to see the boot on the other foot. The queen never seemed to care about sharing Christmas out which the rest of us grapple with so about time there was a rebalancing

But it's in the Daily Fail! Of course it's not true!

Why did the original housekeeper and gardener leave? Perhaps a little push?

They live on the estate so they've gone back to the Big House.

They were probably only on loan.

I wonder how long the nanny will last?

Completely weird. All of them.

If any of this 'reporting' is at all accurate, which I find doubtful in the extreme, I have a couple of questions:
Who are these 'friends' who are quoted extensively I wonder?
And how much money changed hands to get them to betray confidences?

This news was all over so-called news websites last week none of which identified the source(s) and all of which felt obliged to point out that the Cambridges did not attend the Royal Family's traditional Christmas dinner last year. It was just about as interesting as the article dedicated to the appearance of a fews grey hairs on the Duchess's head.

'Friends' can be primed to drop a word or two in the ear of a sympathetic journalist.

If one had 100 rooms one could accommodate one's in-laws without them being constantly under one's feet.

People in an average 3 bed semi might find it a little too cosy for comfort.