PRINCE William has been barred from using his e-scooter since moving to his new home, The Sun can reveal.
The future King, 43, is not allowed to whiz around on the two-wheeler now he, Kate and the children have set up in Forest Lodge.
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Prince William has been barred from using his e-scooter since moving to his new home, The Sun can revealCredit: Apple+ TV
Kate and Wills have moved into Forest Lodge which is inside Windsor Great ParkCredit: Getty
Windsor Great Park rules
It is inside 4,800-acre Windsor Great Park where “all forms of motorised transport” are outlawed for “safety reasons and traffic management”.
The family had until last autumn lived at Adelaide Cottage in the separate Windsor Castle Estate, four miles to the north — where e-scooters are permitted.
In his three years there, William was often spotted riding his 10mph machine around the 655-acre estate and to the castle.
The Crown Estate, which manages Windsor Great Park, and a spokesman for the Prince of Wales, did not wish to comment on the ban last night.
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But an insider said: “William used to love his e-scooter to get around the castle as there was no ban. But of course he’s more than happy and prepared to adhere to the rules on e-scooters in Windsor Great Park.”
William’s liking for e-scooters as a means of reaching the castle was first revealed by The Sun on Sunday in July, 2023.
Months later, he was filmed by a tourist as he rode on gravel in its grounds.
He arrived for a meeting with Eugene Levy at the castle — the world’s oldest — on his e-scooter for an episode of the actor’s The Reluctant Traveller docuseries on Apple TV+.
Wills told him: “My father spends a lot of time here but we don’t actually live in the castle.
“We come and use the castle for work and for meetings, and to see people. I’m always late so I thought this was the way to keep my meetings on time.”
He added: “I’m still regularly late, Eugene, anyway. I have managed to get myself a puncture this morning, which is quite amusing. That’s why I was going so slowly up the road.”
Despite the ban, sources suggested that residents who live on the Windsor Great Park estate can use e-scooters on roads near their homes.
William would, however, not be allowed to ride down The Long Walk, a 2.5-mile tree-lined avenue to Windsor Castle where bikes, scooters, rollerblades and even skateboards are banned.
Anyone using an e-scooter could be liable to a fine, penalty points and its seizure by police.
