It’s house-hunting time for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. No, they’re not selling their Montecito, California, home. Harry and Meghan are looking to add to their real estate portfolio by getting a U.K. property.
Tom Quinn, a royal author and commentator, told The Mirror that Harry “misses some aspects of his old life” in London, England.
“Inevitably, the honeymoon period where everything in the States is new and exciting is coming to an end, and Harry is looking back at the past through rose-tinted spectacles,” he said.
Meanwhile, Harry has made numerous solo visits. Archie and Lili visited alongside their parents only once in June 2022.
According to Quinn, it’s Harry who is leading the effort to find a U.K. residence. “Harry is determined to find his own permanent home in the U.K., which is partly why he’s continuing his legal action to get the British taxpayer to pay for his security,” he said. (The 39-year-old legal battle over security has been going on for years.)
Now for Meghan’s conditions. “Meghan has said she’s only prepared to return to England if she and Harry have a place of their own and the security they both feel is essential,” Quinn said.
Harry and Meghan had their own U.K. home, Frogmore Cottage, getting the last of their belongings out of the royal family-property for good in 2023.
“If the couple manage to find a permanent home and sort out the security issue, they will certainly want to bring their children to the U.K.,” the Gilded Youth author continued.
However, even Quinn’s not entirely optimistic it will happen. “It’s going to take a lot of diplomacy” to reach a stage where Archie and Lili have a “genuine and warm relationship” with their cousins, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s kids: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis,
