Prince Louis’ nursery ‘haunted’ by bizarrely named ‘wild’ ghost | Royal | News
Many surprising stories and ghostly encounters have been reported throughout over 1,000 years of royal history. Whether it’s claims of dead Kings and Queens unexpectedly reappearing at Windsor Castle, or eerie figures spotted moments before the nation is put in danger.
But when it comes to the most unexpected spooky story, it has to be the rumor that a ghost named Peter the Wild Child is haunting Prince Louis’ former nursery at Kensington Palace.
Although they still have official offices, Prince William and Princess Kate have moved out of Apartment 1A of Kensington Palace in 2022 and moved into Adelaide Cottage at Windsor Estate. More changes are coming soon, as the Welsh family will be moving to their “forever home” Forest Lodge a few miles away.
Wild Child Peter, brought from Hanover by King George I because of his fascination with the boy’s unique lifestyle of living in the forest and being unable to speak, is believed to suffer from the rare genetic disorder Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
After her arrival in Britain in 1726, the then Princess of Wales devoted great attention to her health, but all attempts to teach her to speak or write failed.
Peter’s portrait at the court of George I hangs today in Kensington Palace. Peter is believed to have lived to the age of 70 and his final resting place is St Mary’s Church in Northchurch, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
This was not the first report of ghostly activity at Kensington Palace. In the 1970s, Princess Margaret’s maid claimed that she saw a woman dressed in Regency-style clothing in the flat and that she and the housekeeper were awakened in the middle of the night by a terrifying scream, even though they were the only people in the building at the time.
There have also been reports of sightings of the ghosts of Queen Caroline and Princess Sophia, Queen Victoria’s aunt, seen at a spinning wheel. Many guards and residents admitted to witnessing these apparitions or hearing strange noises on the palace grounds.
Even King II. It is said that George still wanders the palace, his soul lamenting the soldiers he lost in the Seven Years’ War and asking, “Why don’t they come?” It is even said that he shouted.
