Royals
Ellen DeGeneres Helped Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Find a ‘Normal House’ in the U.K.
Ellen DeGeneres reportedly provided some guidance to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle amid their house hunting in the U.K.
In the Saturday, August 22 edition of Rob Shuter‘s Naughty But Nice Substack, a source explained that “Harry knows Britain, but he doesn’t know British real estate.”
The Sussexes previously resided at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor until they stepped back as senior working royals in 2020 and moved to America. The pair will not be living in a royal residence when they move back, per the BBC.
“He’s never had to think about neighborhoods, privacy, security or whether a house actually works for his family. Those decisions were always made around him,” the source said. “Harry knows how to live in a palace, but finding a normal house is completely different. Ellen and Portia gave him the real-world education nobody in the royal family ever had to.”
The former talk show host, 75, and her wife, Portia de Rossi, moved from California to the U.K. in 2024, settling in the idyllic Cotswolds region. The couple also purchased a $27 million home in Montecito in 2025, according to Realtor.com.
“Ellen wasn’t playing real-estate agent — she was much more useful than that,” the insider noted. “She told them where to look, what to avoid and which areas offered genuine privacy without leaving them isolated from London.”
Star confirmed earlier this month that the Spare author, 41, and the As Ever founder, 45, were moving their home base from Montecito, California, back to the U.K. as they enrolled their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in British schools starting in September.
