I feel like we should just take this in all week, all of these royal stories. Because there’s going to be a real royal drought this summer. Well, let me say this: we’re probably not going to be seeing much of Duchess Kate for the rest of the year. Just weeks before she gave birth, a “source” leaked to People Mag that Kate wanted to take a longer “maternity leave” this time around, as opposed to the couple of public appearances she did months after she gave birth to George. So, come June and July and August… we probably won’t have any new Kate stories or Kate photos.

Even now, there’s really not much going on post-baby. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is here. Will, Kate and the kids spent Charlotte’s first days holed up at Kensington Palace. People Mag says they’ve “been enjoying nice, private family time.” A source says: “They are very settled, his job is set, they have their house, and the status quo hasn’t changed in the royal family at large. So they are looking forward to a period of calm.”

They did leave for Anmer Hall on Wednesday, surprising no one. The only surprise was that they waited this long to decamp to Anmer Hall. That’s where they’ll be for the rest of the year, if not the next few years. Unless William decides that he’s bored with being a pilot again. I’m assuming – from multiple reports before the birth – that Carole and Michael Middleton will probably be living with Will and Kate for much of the summer too. Which is a change from last time, when Kate and George stayed at her parents’ home for months after George’s birth. People Magazine also says that Kate “is not planning on adding any extra help.” Just the nanny, the housekeeper, the cook, the private hairstylist and her parents. And like a dozen other people too.

What else? People Mag has more quotes about Anmer Hall and how great it is: “It’s like a fancy farmhouse. It isn’t grandiose. But it’s a great, friendly family environment.” It isn’t grandiose… except for the £500,000 worth of landscaping, millions in renovations, including ripping out a perfectly beautiful new kitchen.

Oh, and William will be returning to work on June 1st. And by that I mean he restarts his training to eventually become an air ambulance pilot.

Cover courtesy of People Magazine, additional photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.