Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly are known as native villains by neighbors of the ritzy California city the couple fled to after leaving their royal roles behind.
One Montecito resident, who has by no means met the couple however spoke to Self-importance Truthful, referred to the duo because the prince and “the starlet.”
The neighbors of the quiet Santa Barbara space attribute lots of the new annoyances to Markle and Prince Harry, together with elevated housing costs, busy streets and extra.
The neighborhood has seen rather more vacationer site visitors since Markle and Harry’s arrival in 2020, nameless residents instructed the outlet. Self-importance Truthful additionally reported that a number of folks they spoke with famous the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have turn into native villains.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been known as native villains of their Montecito neighborhood, in line with Self-importance Truthful. (Fox Information Digital)
“You know, the thing about [Meghan and Harry] that is so great is they didn’t come here to live off of our community. They came here to be a part of our community.”
Markle’s newest enterprise endeavor, American Riviera Orchard, can also be situated in Montecito, Self-importance Truthful reported. Based on the outlet, a e-book revealed by the Southern Pacific Firm rail strains in 1898 states, “The Montecito is known as the American Riviera.” Nonetheless, that honor reportedly now belongs to Santa Barbara.
“It’s such a kind of hucksterism,” a resident instructed Self-importance Truthful. “It’s just finding every way she can to monetize something.
“I nonetheless suppose they’re essentially the most entitled, disingenuous folks on the planet,” the resident added. “They moved away from England to get away from the scrutiny of the press, and all they do is attempt to get within the press in the US.”
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren’t the only celebrities who live in Montecito. (Chris Jackson)
Meanwhile, the couple’s arrival has been praised by their celebrity neighbor, Sharon Stone.
“You realize, the factor about them that’s so nice is they didn’t come right here to stay off of our neighborhood. They got here right here to be part of our neighborhood,” she instructed Entry Hollywood in 2020.
“My pal mentioned she was sitting in her automotive, they usually bicycled throughout the road and waved at her whereas she was sitting on the pink gentle,” she recalled. “They’re part of our neighborhood. They’ve turn into a giving, caring, collaborating a part of our neighborhood. They’re not right here to be like, ‘Would you like to kiss my butt?'”
Montecito has been home to a handful of celebrities, including Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Levine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Keaton and Oprah.
The gate of the estate where Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle live in Montecito. (Getty Images)
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Despite moving to the United States five years ago after stepping back from his senior roles in royal life, Prince Harry reportedly doesn’t have a social life aside from his nuclear family.
“[Meghan] was up front about the fact that Harry hadn’t made many associates but,” a source, who previously interacted with Markle professionally, told Vanity Fair.
Markle and Prince Harry threw themselves into work and landed a bombshell Netflix contract months after establishing Montecito as their home in 2020. They first released their docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” in 2022. The show earned the biggest one-day audience for any Netflix series since monitoring began in October 2022. One year later, they followed up with the “Coronary heart of Invictus” docuseries in 2023 and produced “Polo” in 2024.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to California in 2020. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)
However, multiple sources described Markle and Prince Harry as having “actually nice concepts” for shows that never got made.
“I feel Harry doesn’t know what he needs as a result of he grew up in a fishbowl, and so he doesn’t know what actual life actually is,” an insider, who worked on media projects with the couple, told Vanity Fair. “I feel he in all probability needs to be left alone and be capable to go kiss infants each infrequently however not have to fret about cash. I don’t suppose he needs to be well-known the best way Meghan needs to be well-known.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2021 at a friend of Winfrey’s home in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Harpo Productions)
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Fox Information Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
