Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly are referred to 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 Vanity Fair, 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 way more vacationer visitors since Markle and Harry’s arrival in 2020, nameless residents advised the outlet. Vanity Fair additionally reported that a number of folks they spoke with famous the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have grow to be native villains.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been referred to as native villains of their Montecito neighborhood, based on Vanity Fair. (Fox News Digital)
“You know, the factor about [Meghan and Harry] 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.”
Markle’s newest enterprise endeavor, American Riviera Orchard, can also be positioned in Montecito, Vanity Fair reported. According to the outlet, a guide printed by the Southern Pacific Company rail strains in 1898 states, “The Montecito is called the American Riviera.” However, that honor reportedly now belongs to Santa Barbara.
“It’s such a sort of hucksterism,” a resident advised Vanity Fair. “It’s simply discovering each manner she will be able to to monetize one thing.
“I nonetheless suppose they’re probably 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 within the United States.”
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for remark.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren’t the one celebrities who stay in Montecito. (Chris Jackson)
Meanwhile, the couple’s arrival has been praised by their celeb neighbor, Sharon Stone.
“You know, 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 advised Access Hollywood in 2020.
“My good friend mentioned she was sitting in her automobile, 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 grow to be a giving, caring, taking part a part of our neighborhood. They’re not right here to be like, ‘Would you wish to kiss my butt?'”
Montecito has been dwelling to a handful of celebrities, together with Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Levine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Keaton and Oprah.
The gate of the property the place Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan Markle stay in Montecito. (Getty Images)
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Despite shifting to the United States 5 years in the past after stepping again from his senior roles in royal life, Prince Harry reportedly would not have a social life apart from his nuclear household.
“[Meghan] was up entrance about the truth that Harry hadn’t made many mates but,” a supply, who beforehand interacted with Markle professionally, advised Vanity Fair.
Markle and Prince Harry threw themselves into work and landed a bombshell Netflix contract months after establishing Montecito as their dwelling in 2020. They first launched their docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” in 2022. The present earned the largest one-day viewers for any Netflix collection since monitoring started in October 2022. One 12 months later, they adopted up with the “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, a number of sources described Markle and Prince Harry as having “actually nice concepts” for reveals that by no means obtained made.
“I believe Harry doesn’t know what he desires as a result of he grew up in a fishbowl, and so he doesn’t know what actual life actually is,” an insider, who labored on media tasks with the couple, advised Vanity Fair. “I believe he in all probability desires to be left alone and be capable to go kiss infants each now and again however not have to fret about cash. I don’t suppose he desires to be well-known the best way Meghan desires to be well-known.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2021 at a good friend of Winfrey’s dwelling in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Harpo Productions)
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Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
