Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly set to return to the UK with their children, Archie and Lilibet, who are due to begin at British schools for the upcoming academic year starting in September. However, royal biographer Andrew Lownie believes Meghan may struggle with one part of life in Britain.
Weather concerns for Meghan
According to Lownie, the aspect Meghan might not have fully considered is Britain's notorious weather. While the country has experienced successive heatwaves over the past three months, conditions are set to deteriorate as winter draws near.
Speaking on The Daily T podcast, Lownie said: "I can't see Meghan enjoying a Cotswolds winter with the rain coming down, and her mother a long way away. So I just can't see this working."
Speculation over new residence
Considerable speculation has surrounded where Harry and Meghan will settle when they arrive back. As private individuals no longer within the Royal Family, their exact location is unlikely to be made public. It's anticipated they'll reside on a private estate away from London, with two areas being widely discussed: Northamptonshire, close to the ancestral home of Harry's late mother, Princess Diana, and the Cotswolds, an area already populated by celebrities and the ultra-wealthy.
Lownie, who has penned several volumes about the Royal Family, most recently Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, also discussed what the couple's apparently abrupt choice to abandon their American lifestyle reveals about the evolving balance in their marriage. The move was so unexpected that it reportedly caught Harry's father, King Charles, off guard.
Marriage dynamics and property advice
He explained: "I think it's a really interesting dynamic because we've always thought that Harry was under the thumb of Meghan, and that there wasn't much give or take there. And now there seems to be an understanding that he wants to have children with a British education, he wants to come back to his friends, I think he's felt very isolated in California."
In other developments, property specialist Cal Graham, from We Buy Any Home, suggested the family's new residence might not be the most impressive for one significant reason. If privacy and security are their primary priorities, Graham suggests a "shielded" property would be the ideal choice, which doesn't automatically mean a luxurious one.
Graham said: "If the reports are correct, the most suitable property would probably be one that looks relatively unremarkable from the public road but offers considerable privacy once inside. A modern home on a privately managed estate, set well back from the road and shielded by mature landscaping, would attract far less attention than an instantly recognisable country mansion."
