The late Queen had a special affinity with the Windsor Estate thanks to the fact that she lived there for her entire life both in the main castle itself and in Royal Lodge with her parents when she was young.
This favour does not seem to be felt by King Charles as it has been suggested he has no plans to move to the Berkshire Estate as he finds it "too noisy" due to its close proximity to Heathrow Airport. According to the Daily Mail's Richard Kay, the 1000-year-old castle is earmarked for The Prince and Princess of Wales who recently moved into the nearby Adelaide Cottage with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
While the late monarch spent over nine decades in Windsor, there are many residences on the estate which she never called home.
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Getty Images/Robert Harding World Imagery)Frogmore House is a 16th Century Grade I listed building on the Windsor Estate in Berkshire which the late Queen never lived in at any point before or during her 70-year reign.
It is located just 800m from the main Windsor Castle and the first official royal resident to live there was George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, the illegitimate son of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland.
Several other residents called Frogmore House home until 1792 when King George III bought it for his wife, Queen Charlotte.
Frogmore House gets its name from the huge number of frogs that live on the marshland around the grounds. It is also home to the Royal Mausoleum where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are buried.
Nowadays, the impressive home is used as a public attraction and the doors will open again in 2022 for visitors to admire the breathtaking interiors and stunning gardens. However, the inside of the home, which is full of precious art and antiques, is kept top secret as photographs are forbidden.
The residence has also played host to important royal occasions over the years such as the wedding reception of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly and then the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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Another home that the late monarch never lived in during her many years in Windsor was the setting of a moment which altered her life forever.
Fort Belvedere is a royal home that was built between 1750 and 1755 for Prince William Augustus and is located in Windsor Great Park. Completed in the architectural style of Gothic Revival, the home was fondly referred to as 'The Fort' by many members of the Royal Family.
The home was hugely expanded by King George IV who added an octagonal dining room, a three-storey annex and a large flag pole. The fort was later used by Queen Victoria as a tea house and allowed it to be open to the public in the 1860s.
While there was rarely a permanent resident for many years, in 1929 the fort found its most famous occupant and became the backdrop of one of the most famous moments in British history. Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and The Duke of Windsor) moved into the home and renovated it at a total cost of £21,000 (£1.49 million today).
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High Level/REX/Shutterstock)Fort Belvedere is also where his scandalous romance with Mrs Wallis Simpson flourished and she moved in permanently in 1936. When Prince Edward succeeded his father in January 1936 he was quickly faced with the reality that he couldn't be the king and marry Wallis Simpson as she was a twice divorced American.
The King announced that he would abdicate and his brother would succeed him a King George VI, thereby making the then Princess Elizabeth the heir to the throne. He held several meetings with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin during the crisis but eventually signed his written abdication notices at the fort.
Once Edward moved out of the home, it was left unoccupied until 1955 when the Queen's cousin Gerald Lascelles moved in. The home was once again sold in 1976 and then leased to Canadian billionaire Galen Weston, who is thought to still live there today.
