The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have lived in a range of different properties during their eight-year relationship before quitting the Royal Family in 2020 and moving to California, but one secret £2.5m UK home is barely discussed.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a two-year lease on a property located in the idyllic Cotswolds, an area of natural beauty in the southwest of the UK, shortly before they walked down the aisle in May 2018.
The Oxfordshire property acted as an interim home base while the couple awaited renovations on Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
Estimated to be worth £2.5 million in 2018 the stunning 18th-century Cotswolds Grade II-listed house comprises three primary structures: the main farmhouse, a separate two-bedroom cottage for staff and guests, and a converted barn that boasts not one but two kitchens, one on each of its two floors.
The main farmhouse consists of four bedrooms – one of which had reportedly been converted into a dressing room.
A friend of the couple previously said that Harry and Meghan “loved walking the dogs there and entertaining their friends in complete solitude”.
During their stay, the Sussexes used the property to entertain famous friends.
The couple is thought to have welcomed Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, as well as their friends George and Amal Clooney and Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian.
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