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It's one of the jewels of Kensington Palace, a fabulous 21-room apartment that has undergone an extensive multi-million-pound refit.
But more than three years after the scaffolding came down, Apartment 1 remains empty – causing speculation that there is disinterest in the building and that the whole Palace could even be ‘decommissioned’ by Prince Charles when he becomes King.
The apartment had been earmarked for Harry and Meghan to live alongside William and Kate, who moved into Apartment 1A in 2017 after a separate £12 million refurbishment.
But with the Sussexes very unlikely to return from California, and the Cambridges reportedly having long-term plans to move to Windsor, the future of the building as a Royal residence looks uncertain.
There is speculation that disinterest in Kensington Palace among royals could mean the building being 'decommissioned' by Prince Charles when he becomes king
More than three years after the scaffolding came down, the fabulous 21-room Apartment 1 remains empty. It had been earmarked for Harry and Meghan to live alongside William and Kate, who moved into Apartment 1A in 2017 after a separate £12 million refurbishment
As well as housing William’s family, the warren of apartments, cottages and mews houses contains the offices and homes of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent – all in their mid- to late 70s – and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, 86 and 88 respectively.
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