Prince Harry and Meghan Markle famously decided to flee royal life in January 2020, initially settling on Vancouver Island in Canada. Unfortunately, their timing wasn’t ideal. As the pandemic hit, the couple decided to quickly move again, fearing a US-Canada border closure. This time, they landed in Los Angeles in March 2020. The only problem? They didn’t have a home. Things really worked out when Tyler Perry (whom they’d never met) offered them the keys to his $18 million mansion in Beverly Hills. As Page Six discovered, the swanky villa had eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms and was spread out across 22 acres.
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It wasn’t a permanent solution, though, and the couple eventually dropped a reported $14.65 million on their own home in Montecito. According to The Times, which dug into legal docs, the sale was privately closed in June 2020 and the 14,500-square-foot mansion never hit the market. Seated on a seven-acre property, the house has nine bedrooms, as well as a games room, home theater, spa, gym, and even an elevator. Not to mention there’s also a guest house, tea house, tennis court, and swimming pool. As Forbes later learned, the lovebirds got a serious deal on the place, as Russian investor Sergey Grishin originally purchased it for $25.3 million in 2009. “We did everything we could to get this house,” Markle told The Cut. “It’s healing. You feel free.” Jump to 2023 and Mirror reported they were shopping for a bonus private island retreat.
