Prince Harry said he felt he was ‘destined’ to live at the home (Image: Chris Jackson – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
may be settled in America these days, however there is no doubt he still thinks fondly about his former UK home.
Before quitting life as a senior royal in 2020, Harry, 40,and his wife , 43, lived in royal residences as a result of being senior working members of the Royal Family.
While they originally lived in Nottingham Cottage on the Kensington Palace grounds, the couple eventually moved to Frogmore Cottage,
The couple lived here with their son Prince Archie until 2020 when they upped and moved across the pond to America, leaving their royal duties and the UK behind.
While Harry and Meghan still held the keys to their UK home for some time, Frogmore Cottage was eventually taken from them in 2023, just months after the release of Harry’s memoir Spare. The decision was said to have been made due to the fact they were no longer working members of the family.
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The couple handed back the keys to Frogmore Cottage in 2023 (Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Since 2020, Harry and Meghan have with their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
However this was not how Harry had originally envisioned his life, with the duke having made an interesting 10-word comment in his memoir Spare about his previous UK home.
The duke wrote: “It felt as if we were destined to live there.”
Talking about the couple’s Windsor cottage, Harry also wrote: “We loved that place. From the first minute. It felt as if we were destined to live there.”
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Meghan and Harry reportedly loved living in the cottage (Image: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
He continued: “We couldn’t wait to wake up in the morning, go for a long walk in the gardens, check in with the swans. Especially grumpy Steve.We met the Queen’s gardeners, got to know their names and the names of all the flowers. They were thrilled at how much we appreciated, and praised, their artistry.”
Although Harry felt this way towards the cottage he once called home, the Duke of Sussex has shown no real sign of wanting to return to his home country full-time and has instead said he is “grateful” for the life he is able to live in America.
Speaking at The New York Times DealBook Online Summit last year, the prince said: “I very much enjoy living here and bringing my kids up here. It’s a part of my life that I never thought I was going to live.
“I feel as though it’s the life that my mum wanted for me. To be able to do the things I’m able to do with my kids that I undoubtedly wouldn’t be able to do in the UK — it’s huge. That is a fantastic opportunity and I’m hugely grateful for that.”