Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Reportedly Looked at an $8M Property in Malibu Over the Weekend
It was a busy weekend for the couple.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a busy Labor Day weekend. It kicked off with the couple—plus Meghan’s mom Doria Ragland and close friend Abigail Spencer—attending night one of Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour on Friday night at SoFi Stadium. On Sunday, Harry attended a soccer matchup between Inter Miami CF and Los Angeles FC, and on Monday, Meghan was back for the Renaissance World Tour’s third and final night in L.A., alongside friends Kerry Washington and Kelly Rowland.
If that wasn’t enough, TMZ reports that “the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent part of their holiday weekend touring an $8 million plot of land” in Malibu, which the outlet called “a pricey slice of paradise.” The new construction sits on almost six acres, and there’s already a guard house at the front of the property, a huge pool, “and the foundation is laid for a 10,000-square-foot main residence,” TMZ writes.
The property sits above the Pacific Coast Highway and overlooks Broad Beach. No doubt appealing to Harry and Meghan, the home is “super secluded and private—there’s a gate and a long driveway up to where the main house would sit,” TMZ reports. “And we’re told that’s part of the draw for Meghan and Harry.”
Plans for the main house have already been approved, and a construction crew is in place. If Harry and Meghan buy the lot, they’ll assume the costs of construction, which is estimated at an additional $10 million. The couple currently live in a $14 million mansion in Montecito; the Malibu home would be less than an hour’s drive from L.A. and Beverly Hills, TMZ reports. The outlet writes that the couple are talking about selling their Montecito home and moving to Malibu full-time, as “it’s close enough to Hollywood for them to do business, but far enough from Hollywood to give them security and privacy.”
The Sussexes are set to be traveling quite a bit in the coming week, as Harry is headed off to the U.K. for the WellChild Awards tomorrow, then both Harry and Meghan will head to Germany for the Invictus Games, which run from September 9 to September 16. In between those engagements, of course, is the one-year anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth. It’s not clear yet how Harry and Meghan will mark the occasion.
Harry’s thirty-ninth birthday is coming up next week—it’s September 15—and The Mirror reports that he could receive an olive branch “text message or email” from his older brother, Prince William, and his father, King Charles. The King’s former butler Grant Harrold told Slingo that Harry’s birthday is the “perfect time for them [Prince William and King Charles] to check in,” adding “I hope they do reach out. I’d like to think William would pick up the phone to wish him a happy birthday. But you never know. We will probably never know. It would be the opportunity for his dad to reach out and offer an olive branch. It’s the perfect time for them to check in and I would hope that Harry would do the same to them on their birthdays.”
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Rachel Burchfield is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family and other royal families around the world. She serves as Marie Claire’s Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor and has also contributed to publications like Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W, among others. Before taking on her current role with Marie Claire, Rachel served as its Weekend Editor and later Royals Editor. She is the cohost of Podcast Royal, a show that was named a top five royal podcast by The New York Times. A voracious reader and lover of books, Rachel also hosts I’d Rather Be Reading, which spotlights the best current nonfiction books hitting the market and interviews the authors of them. Rachel frequently appears as a media commentator, and she or her work has appeared on outlets like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and more.
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