Meghan Markle\u00a0wanted to be seen as a princess, which is likely why she and Prince Harry requested to reside at Windsor Castle after marrying.<\/p>\n Prince Harry and\u00a0Markle married in 2018\u00a0and moved into Frogmore Cottage. The home is located on the grounds of Windsor Castle and is property belonging to the Crown Estate.<\/p>\n However, Markle seemingly didn\u2019t want to live there.<\/p>\n \u201cFrogmore Cottage is a stunning estate on the Windsor Castle grounds. I can confirm that Prince Harry and Meghan had requested a space within Windsor Castle but were offered Frogmore Cottage instead,\u201d Kinsey Schofield, royal expert and host of the \u201cTo Di For Daily\u201d podcast, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n Before Prince Harry and Markle got married, Prince William and Princess Catherine were living in renovated apartments inside Kensington Palace. At the time, Prince Harry lived alone in Nottingham Cottage, a small home detached from the palace where William and Catherine were.<\/p>\n \u201cPart of me wonders if Meghan constantly evaluating what Prince William and Catherine had versus what she was offered is what initially instigated the Windsor Castle pursuits,\u201d Schofield said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is clear that Meghan wants to be seen as a princess, and a princess needs a castle.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Frogmore Cottage gave Markle and Prince Harry \u201cmore room and more privacy,\u201d Schofield said.<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s decision to give Frogmore Cottage to Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Markle, Duchess of Sussex, might have stemmed from the couple\u2019s propensity for drama, according to the royal expert.<\/p>\n \u201cWindsor Castle had always been a sacred escape for Queen Elizabeth, and based on the amount of drama that the Sussexes had caused in such a short amount of time, I don\u2019t think the queen wanted them right under her nose,\u201d Schofield said.<\/p>\n \u201cAdditionally, Prince Harry and Meghan seemed resentful of royal responsibilities and the attention that comes with it,\u201d she added, reiterating that the Sussexes clearly prioritized privacy. \u201cWould they have been able to tolerate the amount of tourists that come through the Windsor Castle grounds regularly or would that kind of attention have proven to be a burden?\u201d<\/p>\n After Harry and Markle stepped back from their royal roles in 2020, the couple moved to the U.S. They now live in California with their two children, Archie and Lilibet, although\u00a0Frogmore Cottage\u00a0is still technically their residence when visiting the U.K.<\/p>\n Markle even noted in an interview with The Cut that the couple still has items at Frogmore Cottage \u2014 including a diary she kept while living there. The former actress uncovered the journal while visiting the U.K. for the queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in June.<\/p>\n \u201cYou go back and you open drawers and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my gosh. This is what I was writing in my journal there? And here\u2019s all my socks from this time?\u2019\u201d Markle told the outlet.<\/p>\n The couple most recently stayed at Frogmore Cottage during the 10-day royal mourning period after the death of\u00a0Harry\u2019s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n
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