Meghan Markle & Prince Harry are looking for a country estate near Highgrove
Remember two weeks ago, when the biggest gossip stories were about Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall’s feud and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry? Simpler times. When we last checked in on Meghan and the ginger prince, they were
totally engaged but not telling anyone, and they were being forced to spend time apart because Harry had work to do in London and Meghan is still filming
Suits in Toronto. She will be done with
Suits in the next month, probably, and after that she’ll be moving to London full-time. I don’t even want to say “allegedly” there. It’s happening. She’s moving to London and they’ll announce their engagement in the next few months.
So, what’s new? Not much.
Us Weekly has an “exclusive” in the current issue about how Harry and Meghan are – DERP – already engaged and they’ll be making the announcement “soon,” but not while she’s still in Toronto because
“it would be a security nightmare” for her. Sources say that the engagement will come with a
“detailed media rollout” and once the announcement is made, Meghan and Harry will do a photocall at Kensington Palace, then
“On the same day, they’ll do a TV interview that will be syndicated around the world.” I could have told you that.
Meanwhile, the Daily Star (
via the Daily Mail) reports that of course Meghan is quitting
Suitsand
“Meghan knows she can’t really act at the same time as being a princess and is happy to make this career sacrifice. She really enjoys her charity work with Unicef and will broaden out her charity commitments when she becomes a full-time royal.” The Mail also says that Harry is already house-hunting for a country pile for when he and Meg do get hitched – he’s apparently looking in Oxfordshire, and they are
“particularly interested in high-end properties tucked away in the rolling Cotswold hills,” which would mean that they’re looking for a place close to Prince Charles’ country estate, Highgrove. That’s the most interesting piece of news in this reporting, because it reflects something that has been long whispered: Harry and Charles are close, and Harry would prefer to be closer to his dad than his brother.
What else? Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s former press secretary,
told Sky News that there is significant conflict between the various royal camps, but not among the royals themselves (I disagree). Arbiter claims that
“There’s a tendency for people who join the royal households to get a bit of red carpet fever, feel a bit more important than they should do and don’t get on with the job properly. So there is a conflict of interest, a personality clash amongst each other, and that is not good.” He explained that some of the people working for the older royals are going to get their panties in a bunch when it comes time for Kate to take a bigger role (good luck with that!) and when Meghan joins the Firm. I tend to think Arbiter is saying that Charles is going to have a problem when he starts to get overshadowed by his daughters-in-law on a regular basis. Which could be, but I think the fractures within the royal family are a lot more significant than that.
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