Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's New Home in Canada

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• Royal family 'in state of sadness' as Harry & Meghan mock Queen in new doc
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• Why Meghan and Harry chose Canada as their new home
• Meghan and Harry's New House in Canada Is Practically a Palace (Video)
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• Inside Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s homes from Frogmore Cottage’s nursery for Archie & Lilibet to Montecito mansion
• California is now ‘home’

Exactly where they will live in Canada has yet to be announced publicly, but some locations are more likely than others. Additionally, it is unclear how long this “period of transition” will last, so there is a chance Harry and Meghan will live elsewhere in the future. Here, we break down a few possibilities, knowing that no matter where Harry and Meghan choose to make their home on this side of the Atlantic, it will change the British royal family forever. The lavish $20 million mansion where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been enjoying "private family time" in Canada has finally been revealed, and boy does it live up to expectations. Patriots radio broadcaster Scott Zolak summed up what fans have been thinking all season with his reaction to the wild final play of Sunday's loss to the Raiders.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new Netflix show could help republican sentiment grow, a leading anti-monarchy campaign group in Canada has warned. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who lived at a luxurious waterfront home on Vancouver Island in 2020, revealed they hoped to move to the North American Commonwealth country as a part of Megxit. During their six-part Netflix docuseries, the royal couple also tapped into Commonwealth concerns about the Royal Family’s relationship with the British Empire by inviting experts to share their thoughts.

Royal family 'in state of sadness' as Harry & Meghan mock Queen in new doc

In a video posted online -- and filmed by her husband -- Meghan read to Archie from the popular book and encouraged fans to donate to a number of causes aimed at helping young people. Members of the royal family watch a flyover during a July 2018 event marking the centenary of the Royal Air Force. From left are Prince Charles; Prince Andrew; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Queen Elizabeth II; Meghan; Harry; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The duchess said she did everything she could to make the royal family “proud,” but at one point “the bubble burst” and there was a flood of negative media coverage. The duchess later discussed her struggles in an official royal documentary, thanking a journalist who asked her how she’d been feeling. Doria Ragland, Meghan’s mother, recounted how her daughter told her she had thought about taking her own life after being constantly “picked at by these vultures” in the media.

Whereas most people will be spending the holidays sleeping in their childhood twin beds and hoping their parents won’t blast cleaning music at 8 a.m. The royal reps previously announced that the two parents, Archie Harrison, and Doria Ragland wouldn’t go to the queen’s Sandringham estate for the annual Christmas walk, opting to retreat from the spotlight and head to Canada. Now, the Daily Mail and The Mirror have a bunch of deets about the $13 to $14 million home where they’ve been staying and it’ll make you insanely jealous. In the series, the couple defended their decision to step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family. However, it has been made clear from the statement that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wish to repay Sovereign Grant expenditure for the refurbishment of the property. The Sussexes have no official producer credit on Harry & Meghan, which was directed by Liz Garbus (Ghosts of Abu Ghraib; What Happened, Miss Simone?).

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Musician David Foster, who is originally from the area, told the Daily Mail that he helped arrange for them to stay on the secluded estate of a friend. Our correspondent said Buckingham Palace was "blindsided" by the couple's statement. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive.

The interview did not take place at the couple’s new home, as was originally rumored, according to the Daily Mail. Their new life is anchored in their 18,000-square-foot modern house in Montecito, California, which the pair purchased for $14.65 million this summer. The cottage also features a reception room and a small garden, according to The Times. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved into Nottingham Cottage after their wedding in 2018.

Why Meghan and Harry chose Canada as their new home

This marked the couple's final engagement as senior members of the royal family. The couple announced the next day that they would be stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British royal family. Harry said Meghan’s popularity in particular caused problems at the palace, recalling similarities with his mother Diana, who married into the royal family and was beloved by the public. During their six-week holiday break, Harry and Meghan stayed on Vancouver Island, which is located on Canada's southwestern coast in the province of British Columbia. The adorable photo of baby Archie shared on their Instagram account on December 31, was reportedly taken on its shores, and it's entirely possible that the Sussexes could make the island their home base, for at least part of the year.

Writing in the Daily Mail, Piers Morgan said the couple wants to "keep all the trappings of royal life without any of the hard, boring bits, and the right to cash in on their status however they choose". The couple have come under fire in the UK after the BBC revealed the palace was not informed of their decision to step down from most of their royal duties, and to seek to become financially independent. One of her closest friends, Jessica Mulroney, lives in Toronto with her husband, Ben Mulroney, the son of a former prime minister. Their three young children were even a part of Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding party. The pair were spotted hiking in the woods outside of Victoria over the holidays, according to Canadian media.

Meghan and Harry's New House in Canada Is Practically a Palace (Video)

Canada is part of the Commonwealth and Prince Harry's grandmother the Queen is the head of state so although he will see her face on the currency, he's not a citizen. "One of the chief pitfalls of the job of governor general is that it takes smart, ambitious Canadians and essentially imprisons them in a palace with strict instructions to do what they're told," he wrote. During their courtship, Prince Harry visited her in her Seaton Village home, and she joined him at the 2017 Invictus Games, which were held in the city. Meghan has had close ties to Canada for many years, although she is an American citizen by birth and her mother lives in California. Since then, international media has flocked to the city amid speculation that the couple may decide to settle there semi-permanently. She and the prince had been in the UK to make their announcement, following a six-week Christmas holiday in greater Victoria, on Vancouver Island.

Filming a show like Harry & Meghan could take as many as 30 to 40 people in the room at once, Tacklind says. That many crew members scurrying in and out of a private home could present its own security challenges, especially for a couple like the Sussexes, who often complain about the intrusion of the paparazzi into their private lives. Whether the couple’s “fake” home calls documentary ethics into question is up for debate. As a general rule, documentaries are supposed to portray real people in real settings. At the same time, it’s an ever-evolving genre with no written guidebook and no one to enforce it. Click through to peek inside the opulent holiday home where the royals have been kicking back on their six-week break from public duties.

That includes what appears to be a self-shot image of Meghan early in the first episode in a home on Vancouver Island while Prince Harry is in London. Anyone who watched the Oprah Winfrey interview last year won't find any bombshell revelations about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, says Toronto-based royal expert Patricia Treble. Part of the tell-all interview included a clip recorded on Harry and Meghan’s five-acre estate.

Last year, Meghan and Prince Harry used their holiday card to show the first public photo of Lilibet Diana, who was born in June 2021. Taken by Alexi Lubomirski (their wedding photographer!) at the couple's home in Santa Barbara, California, the snap showed Harry holding son Archie Harrison while Meghan picked Lili up into the air. "From our family to yours, and on behalf of our teams at The Archewell Foundation, Archewell Audio, and Archewell Productions, we wish you health, peace, and a very happy new year." The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared their 2022 holiday card, featuring a black-and-white photo of the couple at the recent Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City.