Meghan Markles final straw before leaving royal | UK News

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle resided at two separate Royal residences before relinquishing their duties and relocating to America.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had been allotted Nottingham Cottage as their initial marital home.

Nevertheless, the couple had been reportedly dissatisfied due to the “tiny” dimensions of the dwelling, located within Kensington Palace’s grounds in London.

The Sussexes subsequently moved to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, believing it could serve as “the perfect retreat from what Meghan and Harry saw as an unsympathetic, unfair world of media speculation and criticism,” Royal biographer Tom Quinn revealed.

Yet in his publication Kensington Palace, the author alleged that following the relocation, Meghan found that residing at Frogmore Cottage “would be like living in the Russian steppe.”

A source who spoke to the biographer claimed the property’s “remoteness made Kensington seem like the centre of the universe.”

Mr Quinn penned how the switch to Frogmore Cottage proved to be the “final straw” for the previous Suits star.

Harry and Meghan obtained the residence as a current from Queen Elizabeth II and refurbished it – though the bills had been absolutely reimbursed.

A construction employee concerned in the project informed Mr Quinn it skilled intensive alterations to mirror a “Californian condo.”

Meghan allegedly voiced her displeasure with the lodging preparations, stating: “I don’t want to retire to rural obscurity.”

Despite the assertions of a Royal biographer, Prince Harry revealed in his memoir ‘Spare’ that he and Meghan Markle cherished their time at Frogmore Cottage.

“We loved that place,” the Duke of Sussex acknowledged, “From the first minute. It felt as if we were destined to live there.

“We could not wait to wake up in the morning, go for a long stroll in the gardens, verify in with the swans. Especially grumpy Steve.”

Harry penned, “We met the Queen’s gardeners, obtained to know their names and the names of all the flowers. They had been thrilled at how a lot we appreciated, and praised, their artistry.”

The couple held onto the keys to the cottage until 2023, and it is believed they stayed there during their 2022 UK visit with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

There is speculation that Harry saw the property as his “ceaselessly home.”

In 2020, the pair stepped back from their senior Royal duties and relocated to California, where they now reside with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in Montecito.

Their sprawling 16-bedroom estate is reportedly valued at around $30 million.

Meghan has previously described the property as a sanctuary for her family. She referred to her home as “calm and therapeutic,” stating it gives her a sense of freedom.

In 2022, she told The Cut, “We did every part we might to get this home. Because you stroll in and go … Joy. And exhale. And calm. It’s therapeutic. You be at liberty.”