{"id":99994,"date":"2023-10-18T00:18:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99994"},"modified":"2023-10-18T00:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T00:18:43","slug":"shock-new-move-to-uk-isolated-prince-harry-house-hunting-to-be-near-friends-he-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/shock-new-move-to-uk-isolated-prince-harry-house-hunting-to-be-near-friends-he-trusts\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock new move to UK: Isolated Prince Harry house hunting to be near friends he trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"

He left the country three years ago after stepping down as a senior royal to start a new life in California with wife Meghan Markle. <\/p>\n

But a source has told OK!<\/b> that Prince Harry is now looking for a second home back in the UK. The source claims that in a surprise move, the Duke of Sussex is house hunting over here as he\u2019s eager for his family to split their time between the UK and the States, after he was asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage earlier this year.<\/p>\n

However, our source also claims the decision is causing some tension between him and Meghan, who very much loves their life in the US.<\/p>\n

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The source claims, \u201cThere is a divide between the couple on this issue but they will soon start looking for a property of their own near London and Harry is very much leading this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won\u2019t be asking the King for a property on the royal estate due to the issue that arose with Frogmore Cottage. Making use of a small apartment in Kensington Palace from time to time isn\u2019t out of the question, but when it comes to a home in the UK, they will purchase that themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Harry and Meghan\u2019s fallout with the royal family and their move to the States in 2020, the Duchess of Sussex has only been back to the UK a few times, one of which was for the Queen\u2019s funeral in September last year.<\/p>\n

According to royal expert Duncan Larcombe, it\u2019s not unlikely that Harry will come back to the UK regularly without her in the future, just as he has for occasions in the past such as Prince Philip\u2019s funeral in April 2021, and the unveiling of Princess Diana\u2019s statue three months later.<\/p>\n

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Duncan says, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen Harry come back on his own to the UK before, most recently for the anniversary of the Queen\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarry\u2019s got more reason to come back to the UK than Meghan, so I think we would see these trips, especially if he\u2019s involved with things like the Invictus Games, where most of the people who work for that are in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unlikely that Meghan will want to spend much time in the UK,\u201d Duncan continues. \u201cShe has shown no sign that she holds any kind of love for England. She\u2019s not given any hints that she would want to move back, even temporarily, to the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it does make sense for Harry to have a UK base and for the couple to therefore have somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Duncan believes one of the driving forces behind Harry\u2019s decision to move home is his children, Archie, four, and two-year-old Lilibet.<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cIf they don\u2019t have a base here, Harry\u2019s children are going to grow up not knowing their cousins, uncles or aunts, or any of their family. They\u2019re growing up fast and his father isn\u2019t getting any younger. I think he would want to do this before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the idea of that would be pretty tough on Harry. I think he\u2019d want his children to have a relationship with their cousins and, in time, his father and William.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our source also believes Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, are starting to think about where their children could go to school, but says, \u201cThe jury\u2019s still out on that one. It\u2019s not yet decided where Archie and Lilibet will be educated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHarry is swinging more towards England, while Meghan is happy for them to be educated Stateside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, both Harry and Meghan spoke about their fears for their children\u2019s future in the digital age on a visit to New York, where their Archewell Foundation held a summit in support of World Mental Health Day.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the event, Harry said, \u201cAs parents, my wife and I are concerned about the next generation growing up in a world where they are treated as digital experiments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meghan added her concerns about her children one day using social media. \u201cI feel fortunate that our children are at an age, again quite young, so this isn\u2019t in our immediate future, but I also feel frightened by how it\u2019s continuing to change and this will be in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Talking about their visit, Duncan says, \u201cHarry and Meghan looked every inch the power couple in New York and seem to be very united and strong. They are clearly united in protecting their children in the difficult world they are growing up in. They both want the best for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in terms of them potentially having different views about how often they visit the UK, Duncan says there could be another reason drawing Harry back as well as his children having a better relationship with his family \u2013 it would bring him closer to his friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must feel very isolated from the people he had great friendships with growing up,\u201d Duncan says. \u201cHe had a small, tight-knit circle of friends he could trust and in California he\u2019s thousands of miles away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Duncan admits there\u2019s no easy fix to the couple\u2019s ongoing rift with Prince William and wife Kate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no sign, unfortunately, of the rift healing between William and Harry and Meghan and Kate. But Harry will be acutely aware that his children are isolated from his family back home. Meghan has talked about the importance of family so you would hope that she would support Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n