For $1.4M, you could own Meghan Markle’s old digs
The quaint, burgundy-panelled home on Yarmouth Rd. in Toronto is up for sale, no sign of a duchess-to-be in evidence.
But this is the place formerly inhabited by actor Meghan Markle.
The newest member of the British Royal family, by way of engagement to Prince Harry, has moved out of the two-storey, three-bedroom home in Seaton Village, just to the west of the Annex, after renting the space for several years.
Property owners Elizabeth Cabral, a former stylist with Flare magazine, and Kevin O’Neill, put the house, which comes with a detached garage, on the market for $1.395 million.
The two have owned the property for about a decade, and purchased it for $508,000.
The simply designed home was featured in Hello! magazine in June, where Markle’s preference for the simple things was on show: white plush sofa; a vintage chest used as a coffee table with Noam Chomsky’s Who Rules The World? casually displayed, Markle’s two dogs lounging around. The actress herself is also seen taking a selfie posed like a yogi in her bedroom mirror.
Markle and her new fiancé have reportedly been stalked by paparazzi several times outside the west-end home.
According to a feature in Britain’s Write Royalty magazine, the separate garage allowed Markle and her fiancé to “avoid photographers camped outside her front door.”
Markle’s neighbour,Alex Beauregard said running into the paparazzi in Seaton Village became a regular occurrence for him, his wife and two kids. “We’re used to seeing the big SUV with security guys and the constant cameras,” he said.
“It did bother some neighbours, just because the paparazzi would be in our backyard, but I don’t think people were really angry.”
Beauregard added that he never thought spotting Prince Harry in his neighbourhood would feel as casual as it did.
The sale of the home is in the hands of Daniel Todd Freeman, a Toronto broker, who made the listing available on Thursday evening.