Iluvbertie
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Camilla has Raymill House that is hers.
True but as the consort of the monarch a London base would also be expected - The Queen Mother had CH and Queen Mary had Marlborough House etc
The Queen doesn't have to leave Balmoral and Sandringham to Charles but going back to Edward VII the private estates have been left to the next monarch (not counting George VI who had to buy them from his brother) so it is highly likely that Charles and then William will inherit Balmoral & Sandringham.
Highly likely - to avoid death duties being the major reason - but not absolutely essential.
Just because it has always happened that way doesn't mean it will continue to be done that way.
Charles doesn't own Highgrove himself. It part of the Duchy of Cornwall so he can't leave it anyone.
I think you will find, if you go back through this thread, that I have said that on numerous occasions so I am fully aware of this.
If the Cambridges want to stay at KP after Charles is King, Harry could go to Clarence House.
Why does Harry have to go anywhere - CH is way to big for a minor royal like Harry anyway. As there are suggestions that William and Kate will soon be trying to have a second child and even later a third it won't be tool long until Harry is really irrelevant to the royal family - just as Andrew is now.
However, the Cambridge might need the larger house for the reception areas and to house a bigger staff than what they have now.
They have an entire palace receptions rooms at their disposal at KP now so they don't need larger ones at CH. They don't have to have them in their apartment.
Plus it frees up CH for George after William becomes King.
Depends on how old George is when William becomes King - he could be still a child or already married and settled in his own apartment somewhere else.