It will be comprehensible if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are feeling wistful about reviews this week that their Montecito neighbor Ellen DeGeneres has left America to stay within the U.Ok., spurred by concern in regards to the incoming Donald Trump administration.
Not solely are Harry and Meghan shedding a pal, who has seemingly caught by them via varied 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 fairly, celebrity-filled a part of England the place Harry and Meghan as soon as had a house.
For varied 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.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: (L-R) Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Lodge on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Photos)
It’s exhausting to think about the Sussexes residing anyplace in England proper now, despite the fact that 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 didn’t disclose his previous historical past of unlawful drug use on his visa utility.
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 just lately, although, Eric Trump clarified to say that Harry’s visa points and immigration standing can be the least of his father’s issues as president.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night time watch get together on the Palm Seashore Conference Heart, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Seashore, Fla. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
So, Harry and Meghan might not have an pressing must return to England — which most likely is nice, as a result of such a return can be sophisticated.
In the meantime, a number of reviews 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 underneath Trump, TMZ reported. DeGeneres and her actor spouse, each Harris supporters, grew to become decided to “get the hell out,” a supply advised 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 take pleasure in their stage of wealth and/or fame. The A-listers who’ve houses there reportedly embrace David and Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Hurley, Stella McCartney and probably Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER, UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 12: Individuals stroll moreover the river as they benefit from the advantageous climate within the Cotswold city of Bourton-on-the-Water on April 12, 2011 in Gloucestershire, England. A preferred vacationer vacation spot, the Cotswolds – which lie primarily throughout the counties of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but in addition prolong into elements of Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire and Warwickshire – are typically known as the ‘Heart of England’ and has been designated as an Space of Excellent Pure Magnificence. (Picture by Matt Cardy/Getty Photos)
Harry and Meghan additionally briefly lived within the Cotswolds. Earlier than their Could 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 superstar {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 had 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.
FILE – Ellen DeGeneres seems throughout a taping of the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” in Burbank, Calif. on Could 24, 2016. DeGeneres, who has seen scores hit after allegations of working a poisonous office, has determined her upcoming season subsequent 12 months would be the final. It coincides with the tip of her contract. (AP Picture/John Locher, File)
Meghan’s friendship with DeGeneres predated her marriage to Harry. The 2 ladies 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 Could 2019 and visited Meghan and Harry at their foremost UK residence, Frogmore Cottage, close to Windsor Citadel. She stated on her present that she was one of many first folks to satisfy the couple’s son, Archie, after his delivery.
That summer time, 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.”
DeGeneres notably stepped away from the highlight in 2022, ending her “Ellen DeGeneres Show” after practically 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.
LPrince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex depart after escorting the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II to Westminster Corridor from Buckingham Palace for her mendacity in state, on September 14, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Emilio Morenatti – WPA Pool/Getty Photos)
Sources near DeGeneres advised the Every 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 popularity in the USA and few work alternatives. “Make no mistake about it. This is Ellen and Portia’s retirement,” a supply stated.
Meghan’s popularity has equally taken successful after she, too, discovered herself on the middle 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 had been among the many superstar visitors, Web page Six reported.
At that time, Harry had simply revealed his controversial memoir “Spare,” through which he dished filth on his royal relations, 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 recognition within the UK plummeted, in accordance with polls. It’s additionally been reported that “Spare” prompted Charles to evict his son and daughter-in-law from Frogmore Cottage, which is claimed to have angered Harry.
However up to now 12 months, Harry has been on the middle of a number of reviews saying he’s “homesick” for his life in England and want to discover a solution to return and reconcile together with his household.
Once more, it’s sophisticated. Harry has been locked in a courtroom battle with the UK authorities over its resolution to disclaim him and his household automated 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 secure bringing his spouse and youngsters to England, However royal observers additionally speculate that Meghan is reluctant to return as a result of a big section 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 need to return with out Meghan.
A report by Richard Eden, a Every day Mail columnist, urged that the Portugal buy was a means 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 might 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.
