Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have temporarily settled in the Los Angeles area as they look for a permanent home for themselves and their son Archie in California. The couple are believed to have settled into a $20million (£16million) mansion in Malibu, a move which is expected to have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoy some calm while still being able to foster key business connections. Royal expert Charlie Lankston pointed out Meghan and Harry picked an area with a close connection to the Duke’s late mother, Princess Diana, to begin their new life away from the Royal Family.

Ms Lankston told Access: “Sources have told us that Meghan and Harry are staying in a $20million mansion in Malibu.

“Now, this is interesting for a number of reasons. Malibu is nicely out of the way, it’s not right in the middle of LA, they’re not going to get that Hollywood, over the top lifestyle which I’m sure the two of them are not looking forward to getting involved into whatsoever.

“But it’s also in an area where it was rumoured that Princess Diana was planning to live with Dodi al-Fayed shortly before they died.”

Al-Fayed bought a house in the Malibu area in June 1997, two months before he died in a car crash alongside the Princess of Wales.

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The royal expert continued: “We know that Dodi had purchased property in the very same area and sources told us Princess Diana was very much planning to move in with him had their life not ended so tragically and so early.

“Harry and Meghan were very much testing the waters with their stay in Canada, I don’t believe they ever planned to make the place their residence but it was the place that the two of them knew they could be really isolated from the rest of the world.

“They could really hunker down with Archie, away from the publicity that they experienced in London. It always made sense for the two of them to be in Los Angeles at least part of the time.”

Ms Lankston suggested the move away from Canada could have been prompted by the desire of Meghan Markle to settle down closer to her mother Doria Ragland in her hometown.

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She added: “Meghan’s family is from LA, her mother, who she is very close to, lives just outside the main Los Angeles City area.

“And it’s also somewhere where the two of them will be able to get a lot of work done.

“The lifestyle in LA is very much something Meghan buys into – she loves yoga, she loves pilates, she eats very healthily.

“And it would be a really great place where to raise a child – you get that wonderful LA sunshine, you get beaches, there’s a lot of outdoor activities.”

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex put their royal careers on hold for a year after agreeing with the Queen to a 12-month trial for a new system allowing them to have more independence from the Royal Family.

Staff from the couple’s media office at Buckingham Palace has been steadily “let go” as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry transitioned out of their roles.

A Palace aide last week told ITV: ”Given their decision to step back, an office at Buckingham Palace is no longer needed.

“While the details are still being finalized and efforts are being made to redeploy people within the royal household, unfortunately, there will be some redundancies.”

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