After his wedding, the Duke and the Duchess of York (Isabel's parents, before becoming king and queen) lived in White Lodge, in Richmond, England, by suggestion of Queen Maria, who grew up in the house. Although he was born in London, White Lodge appears as his parents' domicile in the birth certificate of Princess Isabel. In 1927, the couple resigned from the house, which was originally built in 1627 as a hunting pavilion for Jorge II by the architect Roger Morris. In 1954, the building was acquired as the new headquarters of the youth section of the Royal Ballet School.
145 Piccadilly
Later, in 1926, the family would move to a Georgian house in the 145 of Piccadilly. In his book The little princesses, The nanny of the future monarch, Marion Crawford, described the five -story building near Hyde Park Corner as «a homemade and unpretentious house.» The magazine Country Life said in a 1921 advertisement that The house, which he described as «important mansion», It had a «entrance hall, the main ladder room, secondary ladder with an eclectic elevator for passengers, room, dining room, study library, about 25 bedroom [y un] Greenhouse. «The Hamilton garden, a small park shared by the residents of neighboring buildings, was located at the back of the house and was used daily by the future queen and her sister, Princess Margarita, to play. The family moved in 1936 and the property suffered serious damage in 1940 during a bombardment of World War II.