It might be comprehensible if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are feeling wistful about stories this week that their Montecito neighbor Ellen DeGeneres has left America to stay within the U.Okay., spurred by concern in regards to the incoming Donald Trump administration.
Not solely are Harry and Meghan dropping a buddy, who has seemingly caught by them by way of numerous life occasions and controversies, however DeGeneres and her spouse, Portia de Rossi, are reportedly making a brand new life for themselves within the Cotswolds, a reasonably, celebrity-filled a part of England the place Harry and Meghan as soon as had a house.
For numerous well-known causes, notably their estrangement from the British royal household, it’s unlikely that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would transfer again to the Cotswolds anytime quickly to be DeGeneres and de Rossi’s neighbors as soon as extra.
It’s laborious to think about the Sussexes dwelling wherever in England proper now, although they’ve fairly sturdy causes themselves to dread a Trump presidency.
The newly elected forty seventh president has made it clear that he doesn’t like both Harry or Meghan. He has known as them disloyal to the royal household and disrespectful to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Earlier than his election, Trump additionally hinted that, if he returned to the White Home, he wouldn’t cease immigration authorities from deporting Harry, if it was ever decided that King Charles III’s son did not disclose his previous historical past of unlawful drug use on his visa software.
Trump’s son, Eric Trump, stated in an interview on a British speak present in August: “We’ll happily send them back from America, you can have them back over here, but I’m not sure you guys want them any more than we might not want them anymore,” Extra not too long ago, although, Eric Trump clarified to say that Harry’s visa points and immigration standing can be the least of his father’s considerations as president.
So, Harry and Meghan could not have an pressing must return to England — which most likely is sweet, as a result of such a return can be difficult.
In the meantime, a number of stories Wednesday stated that DeGeneres and de Rossi have already settled into their new home within the Cotswolds — a area of semi-rural rolling hills and picturesque English villages about two hours southwest of London.
The previous daytime speak present host, a widely known collector of luxurious actual property, was house-hunting in England in October and located a spot within the Cotswolds that “she loved,” Individuals journal reported.
However whereas she and de Rossi purchased their UK residence previous to the Nov. 5 election, Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris left them “disillusioned” about life in America beneath Trump, TMZ reported. DeGeneres and her actor spouse, each Harris supporters, grew to become decided to “get the hell out,” a supply instructed TMZ. It’s even doable, The Wrap reported, that DeGeneres and de Rossi plan by no means to return to the USA.
It’s comprehensible that DeGeneres and de Rossi gravitated to the Cotswolds, and never simply due to its magnificence. It’s additionally identified for its excessive focus of celebrities who get pleasure from their degree of wealth and/or fame. The A-listers who’ve properties there reportedly embrace David and Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Hurley, Stella McCartney and presumably Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
Harry and Meghan additionally briefly lived within the Cotswolds. Earlier than their Might 2018 marriage ceremony, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth and the American former TV actor signed a two-year lease for an 18th century farmhouse, valued at round $3.1 million, the UK Commonplace reported.
The house on 4 acres was positioned in the identical luxurious housing property because the Beckhams’ nation residence (although Harry and Meghan even have reportedly had a falling out with the soccer star and his pop star/dressmaker spouse). Throughout their farmhouse occupancy, Harry and Meghan reportedly entertained different celeb {couples}, together with Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas and Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian. They even performed hosts to George and Amal Clooney, although the Clooneys admitted that they didn’t know the couple earlier than they have been invited to their marriage ceremony.
However Harry and Meghan gave up the Cotswolds farmhouse after they shocked the world by leaving royal life in 2020 and relocating to Meghan’s residence state of California. They ultimately purchased their $14 million, nine-bedroom mansion in Montecito, close to a sprawling property that DeGeneres bought in 2019.
Meghan’s friendship with DeGeneres predated her marriage to Harry. The 2 girls spoke on DeGeneres’s eponymous “Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2021 about how they first grew to become acquainted at a Los Angeles-area canine rescue shelter the place DeGeneres satisfied the “Suits” star to undertake a canine.
Their friendship ultimately grew to the purpose that DeGeneres traveled to the UK in Might 2019 and visited Meghan and Harry at their most important UK residence, Frogmore Cottage, close to Windsor Fortress. She stated on her present that she was one of many first individuals to satisfy the couple’s son, Archie, after his beginning.
That summer season, DeGeneres additionally took to X to blast Meghan’s rising variety of critics. She stated that Meghan and Harry are “the most down-to-earth, compassionate people. Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you’re trying to do is make the world better.”
Following Harry and Meghan’s dramatic departure from royal life, it’s straightforward to think about that they have been drawn to Montecito as a result of DeGeneres and de Rossi have been there. The closeness of the 2 {couples} has reportedly endured, even because the Sussexes and DeGeneres have grew to become embroiled in numerous particular person controversies.
DeGeneres notably stepped away from the highlight in 2022, ending her “Ellen DeGeneres Show” after almost 20 years on the air, saying she had been “kicked out of show business.” DeGeneres was accused in 2020 of overseeing a poisonous office at her present and confronted allegations that her “be kind” picture was all an act, as a result of she was secretly “mean” to underlings and to anybody who wasn’t a star.
Sources near DeGeneres instructed the Day by day Mail that her transfer to England additionally was prompted by the poisonous office scandal, as a result of it’s left her with a broken repute in the USA and few work alternatives. “Make no mistake about it. This is Ellen and Portia’s retirement,” a supply stated.
Meghan’s repute has equally taken a success after she, too, discovered herself on the heart of office bullying allegations, each when she was nonetheless in England and since she moved to Montecito and tried to launch herself as a media mogul and world influencer.
In early 2023, DeGeneres and de Rossi hosted a vow renewal ceremony at their Montecito residence, and Harry and Meghan have been among the many celeb friends, Web page Six reported.
At that time, Harry had simply revealed his controversial memoir “Spare,” through which he dished grime on his royal family, together with his father, King Charles III, and his brother, Prince William. Harry and Meghan’s estrangement from the royal household started with their public criticisms of the monarchy of their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview and of their 2022 Netflix docu-series.
Due to these criticisms, Harry and Meghan’s reputation within the UK plummeted, in keeping with polls. It’s additionally been reported that “Spare” prompted Charles to evict his son and daughter-in-law from Frogmore Cottage, which is alleged to have angered Harry.
However up to now yr, Harry has been on the heart of a number of stories saying he’s “homesick” for his life in England and want to discover a option to return and reconcile along with his household.
Once more, it’s difficult. Harry has been locked in a court docket battle with the UK authorities over its determination to disclaim him and his household computerized taxpayer-funded police safety after they go to his residence nation. Harry and Meghan misplaced this safety after they stepped away from royal duties.
Harry has stated he faces safety dangers as fifth in line to the British throne, and he doesn’t really feel protected bringing his spouse and kids to England, However royal observers additionally speculate that Meghan is reluctant to return as a result of a big phase of the British public doesn’t like her anymore.
Royal observers, together with editor and royal biographer Tina Brown, have stated that Harry would most likely be welcomed again by the British public as a result of he’s the son of the late beloved Princess Diana, however he’d most likely must return with out Meghan.
In the meantime, Harry and Meghan could have dashed any hopes that they plan to maneuver again to England, with the information final month that the couple has bought property in Europe — however in Portugal not the U.Okay.
A report by Richard Eden, a Day by day Mail columnist, urged that the Portugal buy was a method for Meghan, particularly, to maintain “a foothold in Europe without actually having to set foot in Britain, where she is becoming increasingly disliked with every bitter utterance she makes against the royal family.”
Now that Trump has been elected, Portugal could possibly be the nation that Harry and Meghan escape to, in the event that they really feel, like Degeneres and de Rossi, that they should “get the hell out” of America.
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