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The Duchess of Sussex loves her $14.65 million (about R245m) California mansion as it feels like joy, calm, breathing and healing.<\/p>\n
She gave magazine The Cut a tour of the Montecito property during her sit-down with journalist Allison P Davis \u2013 who noted it features palm trees in the garden, a shared office for the Duchess and her husband and a grand piano in the sitting room from actor director Tyler Perry, with whom the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stayed when they first moved to America.<\/p>\n
The Duchess, 41, who shares son Archie, three, and daughter Lilibet, one, with her husband, the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, 37, said: \u201cWe did everything we could to get this house,\u2019 said Meghan. \u2018Because you walk in and go\u2026 joy. And exhale. And calm. It\u2019s healing. You feel free.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said she and Prince Harry initially avoided visiting their home as affording it wasn\u2019t possible since they didn\u2019t have work.<\/p>\n
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The Duchess, known as Meghan Markle before she married Prince Harry, added that they resisted going on a \u201cwindow shop\u201d of property, but when they visited, fell in love with its grounds.<\/p>\n
The Cut said they had toured only the outside \u2013 which includes a chicken coop, pool and pool house \u2013 when they told the estate agent that they wanted to buy the home.<\/p>\n
It was also noted the house features scented candles from one of the Duchess\u2019s favourite members\u2019 clubs, Soho House, where the Duke and Duchess had their first date in London.<\/p>\n
Interviewer Davis compared it to a classic Tuscan villa, a Napa vineyard and a Beverly Hills country club.<\/p>\n
!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPrince Harry, who briefly joined his wife for her interview with The Cut, said the two connecting palm trees in the garden represented he and his wife\u2019s love.<\/p>\n
The Duchess said about their children being happy on the property: \u201cAnd now every day when Archie goes by us, he says: \u2018Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prince Harry added that he was in the middle of renovations for the home, which included pipes being fixed.<\/p>\n