Kate Middleton and Prince William will be moving house ‘later this year,’ a spokesperson at Kensington Palace confirmed to PEOPLE. The couple and their children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — will be settling into an 8-bedroom property in Windsor,

As the Prince and Princess of Wales prepare for their future roles as King and Queen, they are said to be making major decisions behind closed doors. In recent months, this has centred around their living arrangements,

But soon after the family moved to their new home, things changed again. Queen Elizabeth died, just as Kate Middleton and Prince William landed in the dwelling. “It was not exactly the settling-in period they had hoped for,” a source said of that period in the Waleses’ lives.