Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose Montecito to be their base in the U.S. due to a valid reason, a royal biography revealed. It has been a year since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to their Montecito home with their then-only child Archie.
Now that they already welcomed Lili to their family, their place feels more home to everyone. Prince Harry and Meghan never disclosed the reason why they chose the community in Santa Barbara out of all the places across the country.
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However, the place notably caught A-list celebrities’ hearts and eyes over the years. But the new epilogue in Finding Freedom‘s biography finally revealed how the couple decided to choose the place.
According to the book, several friends of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – including Oprah Winfrey — recommended Santa Barbara County.
They, reportedly, told the couple that it would be “perfect place to raise a family, specifically Montecito, where houses sat within double-gated communities for maximum privacy yet were close enough to the amenities of civilization when needed.”
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Prince Harry and Meghan lived in Canada before residing at Tyler Perry’s mansion in Beverly Hills. Aside from Montecito, there had been rumors that the couple once considered moving overseas as early as 2019.
According to royal correspondents, they wanted to work sabbatical in Africa before. The royal couple confirmed this during their interview with Oprah, saying that they wanted to live in a Commonwealth country like New Zealand or South Africa.
Governor-general Patsy Reddy also told The Associated Press that the duo revealed their plans during their royal tour in October 2018.
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“I remember they’d just been down to the Abel Tasman national park when we sat down and had a drink, and they said that they could imagine living in a place like this and wondered whether we thought it would be theoretically possible. Even possible for them to have a place in New Zealand,” Reddy said.
She added that the opportunities in New Zealand attracted Prince Harry and Meghan.
After long discussions, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex went through a lot until they bought a home in Montecito. It serves as the first permanent base of the couple ever since they gave up their senior royal positions due to privacy concerns.
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Recently, Omid Scobie clarified that the couple wants to share what they want to share and keep the things they want private.