Townsend (pictured above with Margaret in 1955) lived in the grace and favour property in the 1940s with his first wife Rosemary, so he could be on hand for the king in his role as equerry.
RICHARD KAY: What are we to make of the news that the Cambridges are to take possession of their third home, four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage, a ten-minute walk from Windsor Castle?