Now that Kate Middleton is the Duchess of Cambridge and married to the future King of England, she resides in a truly palatial, 20-room home at Kensington Palace. But before she became a member of the British royal family, she lived in an apartment in the Chelsea area of London, with her sister, Pippa Middleton, as a roommate.
The flat was owned by their parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, who purchased the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Old Church Street for £780,000 (approximately $985,000) in 2002. The sisters lived in the three-story unit together until Kate married Prince William in April 2011, and it seems Pippa stayed in the apartment for a while after that. The younger Middleton sister, however, now lives in a £17 million West London mansion with her husband, James Matthews, and their son, Arthur.
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It looks like the Middletons weren’t using this particular home too much, as the family decided to list it for sale at £1.95 million ($2.35 million) late last year. And now, they’ve found a buyer for the apartment, though they didn’t net quite the profit they were hoping for—the final sales price is £1.88 million ($2.27 million), per Hello.
The home is set up with a double reception room complete with a fireplace, a kitchen with stainless steel appliances and an internal staircase. All the bedrooms are on the third floor.
This isn’t the only Cambridge-adjacent home that’s popped up recently; if you’re looking to live just down the way from Prince William and Kate, consider renting the cottage right by their Anmer Hall country estate, which is listed for just $850 a month.
But if you’re upset you missed your chance to live in a Duchess-approved home, there’s another option available right now, though it’s a bit farther from London. Meghan Markle’s former Los Angeles home in Hancock Park, where she lived with her former husband, Trevor Engelson, is currently on the market for a touch under $1.8 million. She’s since moved on—the Duchess of Sussex now lives in the very expensively renovated Frogmore Cottage with Prince Harry and Archie.
