Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly moved to a new property on the estate of a wealthy friend and stopped house hunting in Britain—keeping them flexible about where they choose to live permanently. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved back to Britain in August after six years living in California. However, they have not sold their Montecito mansion, and Newsweek understands there is no specific time frame for how long they will stay in Britain.
The couple have been living on at the home of a wealthy friend near the Cotswolds. Newsweek and other media organizations have not revealed the location out of respect for the couple's privacy. Daily Mail reported they have left the main house, taking up residence in another property on the estate.
The British newspaper said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have stopped house hunting. Newsweek approached the Sussex camp who declined to comment on matters related to private accommodation. There remains a vacuum of information about how long the Sussexes plan to stay in Britain and their motivation for coming back to a country they previously said they were driven out of.
The absence of concrete information places greater focus on the couple's other decisions, as a means of gaining insight into how they feel about their new lives. Harry's only explanation for the move so far has been a desire to put their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in British schools. However, the couple have not actually said whether they will stay for the duration of the children's school careers, which would be until around 2039 in Lilibet's case.
Harry and Meghan have not been staying with the royals since their return to Britain, living instead with a wealthy friend in the English countryside. In September, Meghan posted videos of their new lifestyle. These included one of rain boots splashing in a muddy puddle and another showing a child warming their feet by a roaring fire—a somewhat-different experience to sunny California.
Archie and Lilibet are enrolled at a British private school, though the family switched after their security team raised concerns about the length of the traffic jams at their original choice. The family went abroad for the half term holiday, though Newsweek understands not to Portugal where they have a holiday home. They came back to Britain in time for English school children to return to lessons on Monday.
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