In moving to their new home, the eight-bedroom, $21 million Georgian mansion Forest Lodge, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their three kids are leaving behind a difficult season that occurred during their three years living at their prior home, the four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage.

Kate Middleton and Prince William marked a fresh start by moving to Forest Lodge, as Adelaide Cottage became "a place of pain," royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith tells PEOPLE.

Kate Middleton is reportedly "stepping up" with royal duties, including making major decisions about the futures of certain royals, in a bid to "streamline" the Royal Family.

Kate Middleton wore the Cartier Halo Tiara for her 2011 wedding to Prince William. King George VI commissioned the 888-diamond piece in 1936 as a gift for his wife. The tiara, worth an estimated $1.3 million, hasn’t been worn again publicly since Middleton’s wedding.

Yesterday, Kate Middleton, Prince William and their three kids—Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis—went for a Christmas car ride together. With William behind the wheel, the Wales Fam drove to Buckingham Palace for King Charles's annual Christmas lunch.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has privately pledged unwavering support for Prince William as he prepares for what allies tell RadarOnline. com will be his far-reaching overhaul of the British monarchy,

A single mother who was facing eviction along with her two children has managed to find a home thanks to a new housing development aimed at local families. Hannah Teague described it as a "horrendous time" with nothing available on the private market that she could afford but "feels safe" in her new social rental home.

For gifts, the best ones are homemade. Princess Kate famously gifted members of the Royal Family jars of her Granny Middleton’s chutney one Christmas, while her brother James gave jars of honey from his own bees another year. In his memoir, Meet Ella, James Middleton wrote “a gift from a queen to the Queen seemed fitting."