See All of Queen Elizabeth II’s Homes From Birth Until Death

After their wedding, the Duke and Duchess of York (Elizabeth’s parents, before they became king and queen) lived at White Lodge in Richmond, England, at the suggestion of Queen Mary, who grew up in the home. While she was born in London, White Lodge is listed as her parent’s address on Princess Elizabeth’s birth certificate. In 1927, the couple gave up the home, which was originally built in 1627 as a hunting lodge for George II by architect Roger Morris. In 1954, the building was acquired as the new home of the Royal Ballet School’s junior section.

145 Piccadilly

Later in 1926, the family would move into a Georgian home at 145 Piccadilly. In her book, The Little Princesses, the future monarch’s nanny, Marion Crawford, described the five-story building near Hyde Park Corner as “a homelike and unpretentious household.” According to a 1921 advertisement in Country Life magazine, the home, which it called “an important mansion,” had an “entrance hall, principal staircase hall, secondary staircase with eclectic passenger lift, drawing room, dining room, study library about 25 bedrooms [and a] conservatory.” Hamilton Garden, a small park shared by the residents of neighboring buildings, was located in the back of the house and was used daily by the future queen and her sister, Princess Margaret, for play. The family moved out in 1936 and the property was badly damaged in 1940 during a WWII bombing.

The Royal Lodge