The Sun/DM story, whether true in all details or true at all, is only perceived as a threat unless you are determined to believe this relationship is PR.
In real life, they go to each other's home towns, their parents have met, ordinary people see them together, and on, and on. A journalist who interviewed Alicia in Australia noted that she was in Michael's rented apartment there; I assume he was staying in her apartment in South Africa.
Buying or renting a place together as a home base is a logical step for people who have been together for as long, and as seriously, as they have been.
In real life, they go to each other's home towns, their parents have met, ordinary people see them together, and on, and on. A journalist who interviewed Alicia in Australia noted that she was in Michael's rented apartment there; I assume he was staying in her apartment in South Africa.
Buying or renting a place together as a home base is a logical step for people who have been together for as long, and as seriously, as they have been.