Meghan ushered a two-word remark about her former home (Image: Getty)
The Duchess of Sussex suggested, with a savage remark, that her first royal home Nottingham Cottage was not what anyone would expect from a property located within palace grounds.Before getting married, the couple lived together at the property, located on the Kensington Palace grounds, but a few months after their nuptials, they .In the docuseries, titled ‘Harry & Meghan’, the royal couple detailed what outsiders thought about where they were living. explained: “As far as people were concerned, we were living in a palace and we were… in a cottage.”In a brutal two-word statement, Meghan chimed in, stating the cottage was: “So small.” She elaborated: ” sounds very regal, of course it does. It says ‘palace’ in the name. But Nottingham Cottage was so small.”
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Nottingham Cottage is located within the grounds of Kensington Palace (Image: Andrew Parsons/PA Wire)
Meghan continued: “He [Harry] would just hit his head constantly in that place because he’s so tall.”Speaking of the property, Meghan continued: “It was just a chapter in our lives where I don’t think anyone could believe what it was actually like behind the scenes.”
Describing an occasion in which US TV host Oprah Winfrey, who attended the couple’s wedding, visited them at the cottage, and exclaimed: “No-one would ever believe it.”The cosy home has been playfully referred to as ‘Nott Cott’ by the royal household and family and was designed by Christopher Wren.
Separately, had said he had been looking forward to showing Meghan his living quarters shortly after they started dating in 2016, but he admitted he worried that the two-bedroom cottage might not live up to expectations.When the couple’s second home, Frogmore Cottage, was renovated in 2019, , but Harry and Meghan agreed to pay back the money for the refurbishments when they gave up their royal titles and moved to the US.
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In pictures released by Meghan and Harry in their documentary, viewers were given a rare look inside the Grade-II-listed Frogmore Cottage property which boasts five bedrooms.
The kitchen features a large island counter with plenty of space around it – ideal for the pair to socialise in private and spend time cooking together. also document milestone events like Meghan’s first pregnancy with their son, Prince Archie, and also their daughter Lillibet’s first birthday party.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, , cited the lack of privacy and a desire to be financially independent before relocating, and now the family resides in Montecito, California with their two children.