Where Do Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Live? What We Know About the Duke and Duchess’s Homes
For seven seasons, from 2011 to 2018, Meghan portrayed the character Rachel Zane on the US Network series Suits, which filmed in Toronto. The Los Angeles native maintained a three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental in the Canadian city until she and Harry got engaged in 2017. The A-frame dwelling had a mauve façade, charcoal trim, a turquoise front door, and a covered porch. The future royal decorated the dwelling with her native California in mind, opting for exposed hardwood floors and maximized natural light. Harry recalled visiting the charming abode in Spare. “Meg was excited to show me her life, her dogs, her little house, which she adored,” he wrote.
Nottingham Cottage
When Prince Harry moved from Clarence House to Kensington Palace in 2012, he briefly stayed in a one-bedroom apartment in a wing off of Nottingham Cottage, a 17th-century residence in the northern section of the palace grounds, where his brother Prince William and Princess Kate lived at the time. The following year, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge moved into a larger residence inside the main building, and Harry took over Nott Cott, as it’s often nicknamed.
In November 2017, Harry and Meghan were engaged, and the actor joined the prince at the two-bedroom, two-bathroom dwelling. “With Suits over, so is Meghan’s life in Toronto. It’s the end of a really precious era, so she’s definitely sad to see it come to an end, but she’s also really excited about starting a new chapter with Harry,” a source told Us Weekly. A black-and-white checkerboard tiled kitchen, a small living room, and a dining room rounded out the red brick home, which spanned a modest 1,300 square feet. “Kensington Palace sounds very regal, of course it does,” she says. “It says ‘palace’ in the name. But Nottingham Cottage was so small,” the Duchess said in episode four of the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan. Harry added, “The whole thing’s on a slight lean, really low ceilings. I don’t know who was there before, they must have been very short.” Shortly before the May 2019 birth of the couple’s eldest child, Archie, they moved out of Nottingham and into Frogmore Cottage.
Cotswolds escape
Right after their May 2018 wedding, the Sussexes signed a two-year lease on a $5.4 million Cotswolds getaway. Located on the Great Tew Estate near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the four-bedroom farmhouse was known as Westfield Large. The four-acre property reportedly also had a separate two-bedroom cottage and a converted barn with two kitchens and a heated patio. The bucolic sprawl provided the couple with some peace from the public eye. “Meghan adores the area. She and Harry love walking the dogs there, and they can entertain their friends in complete solitude,” an anonymous source told The Sun.
The royal pair split their time between here and Nottingham Cottage while awaiting the completion of renovations at Frogmore Cottage. In March 2019, they moved out of the countryside retreat.
Frogmore Cottage
