Sunday Mirror

HIDEAWAY IS HARRY’S AFRICAN RETREAT

He wants to build Botswana home Prince of Wails tells of Duchy pride

- BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor BY ALAN SELBY

PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle are hoping to build a home in Botswana, it has been claimed.

They fell in love there while “camped out under the stars” when they began dating in 2017.

Harry, 35, visited the African country last month and is thought to have started the search for their dream property.

A source said: “They would love to build a traditiona­l bush lodge, constructe­d by locals, bringing work and trade to the land. There has also been talk of a local school being built as well.

“Most importantl­y they want somewhere where they have complete privacy and will not be disturbed.”

Botswana is one of Africa’s most stable nations. President Mokgweetsi PRINCE Charles has revealed he was “practicall­y reduced to tears” after learning of son William’s excitement at inheriting the Duchy of Cornwall.

Charles, 70, took over the 130,000acre estate – set up in 1337 to give the heir to the throne a private income – at 21 and will pass it on when he becomes Masisi is understood to have given plans his blessing. The official language is English but sources say Harry and Meghan – parents to five-month-old Archie – are learning Setswana. “Harry loves the idea of Archie spending a lot of his childhood in the country as it has been such a healing and beautiful place for him,” said the source.

Harry fell in love with Botswana when he went soon after his mum died in 1997. He previously said: “This is where I feel more like myself than anywhere else in the world.”

His favourite bolthole is said to be Meno A Kwena, a remote bush camp on the western edge of the Makgadikga­di Pans national park.

Meghan’s engagement ring includes a Botswana diamond and two smaller ones from Diana’s collection.

The Palace declined to comment. King. And an ITV documentar­y marking his 50th year as Duke of Cornwall shows Prince William, 37, meeting farmers there to talk about rural issues.

Charles said: “I couldn’t believe it. I was touched and moved by what he said. It practicall­y reduced me to tears.

“I thought hearing that from him has made the last 50 years worthwhile.”

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