Meghan and Harry ‘speed up plans to move to LA’
FRIENDS of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex fear the pair have accelerated plans to leave Britain – after apparently snubbing Prince Charles’s plans for them to take on an estate in Herefordshire.
Land had been earmarked for Harry as part of a long-standing scheme by the Prince of Wales to help his son create a country estate for his family near the Welsh Borders.
But his second son has so far shown little interest in making the move, raising fears among friends that the couple may be preparing to head abroad – with LA high on the list of possibilities.
A source tells me: ‘In the 1980s, it was decided baby Harry would one day have a family and want to build an estate. Charles has discussed Herefordshire, thinking he’d love it.
‘Perhaps back then they were expecting Harry would marry a Sloaney nursery teacher who would love nothing more than running an estate. Fast forward to 2019, and that dream seems deeply old-fashioned, not to mention unrealistic.’
How times have changed. These days, Royal life – for the Sussexes at least – often consists of meaningful Instagram posts, private jets to Ibiza and weekends in France with pop stars who decorate their homes with Versace wallpaper.
It has long been thought that the pair might at some time in the future relish a new life in LA.
But friends suspect those plans have been fast-forwarded following the recent media storm that has engulfed the couple. Some believe they have already secretly visited LA, Meghan’s birthplace and home to her mum Doria who, as I revealed recently, is a rock to the couple and helped choose a new nanny for baby Archie. After all, in LA, even the most high-profile celebrities can go about their business relatively unnoticed and private jets are normal.
Friends say Meghan and Harry are in ‘victim mode’ and do not feel they need to change their actions, but rather, change the people around them and possibly even the country they call home. They have no wish, for the moment, to take on a stuffy shooting estate.
Doria would see more of Archie in LA and is said to want to broaden his horizons to help him live a normal, modern life. SHE’S always been proud of her figure – but did Posh Spice really need to show off just how thin her waist is by wearing a necklace as a belt in France last week? Talk about rubbing it in for the rest of us who’ve spent the past few months guzzling the toffs’ favourite summer tipple, Whispering Angel rosé .
Victoria posted this snap on Instagram and wrote: ‘When a necklace is the perfect belt,’ adding three clapping emojis just to hammer the point home.
We get it VB, you are very pleased with yourself. Someone pass me another rosé, quick.