The Princess of Wales was once seen trick-or-treating in central London with her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, on a past Halloween night. The family appeared on a doorbell camera in the capital, all dressed in costumes and holding a large bag likely to be full of sweet treats.
A Mother Focused on a Normal Upbringing
Princess Catherine may be a future queen, but above all she is a loving, devoted mother. While part of her life is focused on royal duty, a bigger part is focused on raising her children in the best way possible. Since she first became a mum when George was born in 2013, Catherine has been committed to giving her children the most ordinary upbringing possible.
This has included doing the school run herself, taking her children to extracurricular activities, and playing with them at home. The Halloween outing took place back in the days when the family lived at Kensington Palace, showing that while they are royals and were likely accompanied by discreet security, Catherine wanted her children to enjoy a regular activity that their friends and classmates would have been doing.
Life Away from the Palace
It is not known if the family have been trick-or-treating on Halloween since they moved to Windsor in 2022, because their Windsor home has had no immediate neighbours, unlike Kensington Palace. The move to Windsor was another way to give George, Charlotte and Louis an ordinary upbringing, as rather than growing up in a Palace, they spent three years living in a humble cottage on the Windsor estate.
The family lived at Adelaide Cottage with no live-in staff, and only just enough bedrooms for all of them. Prince William and Princess Catherine then decided to relocate the family just a short drive down the road last year to Forest Lodge, a larger Windsor home.
A Larger Home for the Future
While this Georgian mansion is significantly bigger than the cottage they once called home, the family reportedly still have no live-in staff. Instead, they are believed to have staff living in nearby cottages. This gives the children a sense of normality that other royal children before them have not experienced.
The move to Forest Lodge was also intended to give the family more space as the children get older, with the home dubbed the family's "forever home". It is believed that even after William takes the throne, Forest Lodge will remain his main residence.
