I know why Meghan & Harry snapped up European bolthole… they’re set on following in royal pal’s footsteps, says expert

AN adept has revealed wherefore Meghan and Harry person snapped up a European bolthole - pursuing successful a royal's pal's footsteps.

The mates have reportedly bought a location successful Portugal aft they were evicted from Frogmore Cottage successful Windsor 2 years ago.

They person reportedly been staying with Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank astatine their vacation location successful Melides connected Portugal's Atlantic coast.

It is understood Harry and Meghan besides went location hunting during the three-night break.

Royal adept Hugo Vickers told The Sun: "There are 2 reasons wherefore Harry and Meghan mightiness spell to Portugal.

"One of them is the 1 that you mentioned that due to the fact that he's precise adjacent to Princess Eugenie, his cousin.

"They get connected precise good together. They look to beryllium the main members of the household who are inactive precise overmuch successful interaction with Prince Harry.

"The different crushed is that determination is ever this fearfulness that if Donald Trump gets re-elected arsenic President, helium volition determination Prince Harry from America.

"It's precisely the benignant of happening that helium would do, due to the fact that archetypal of all, it would amusement his spot and his power. To amusement that helium tin bash it.

"He has been irritated, I think, successful the past by things that Meghan Markle has said astir him, and astir apt Prince Harry arsenic well.

"He would beryllium wholly successful his rights to bash that, and truthful they mightiness beryllium looking for an alternate residence."

The acquisition whitethorn let the Sussexes to get a “Golden Visa”, wherever they would person entree to the EU’s Schengen area.

It would springiness them a basal to halt disconnected astatine whenever they marque transatlantic flights to spot friends and household oregon look astatine events.

Hugo added: "Portugal's precise accessible to each parts of Europe, whereas California is simply a agelong mode away.

"Maybe helium doesn't similar the Californian mode of life, I would ideate that would beryllium rather alien to him.

"So I deliberation determination are galore different reasons wherefore helium mightiness privation to settee there.

"It whitethorn conscionable beryllium that they privation an alternative, an other home, to spell to successful the summer.

"If they're making tons of money, possibly they tin spend to person 2 bases.

"He whitethorn good person tremendous advantages, astir apt from the taxation constituent of view, and besides from outgo of living.

"Food successful Portugal is very, precise reasonably priced, and I tin spot galore reasons wherefore helium would find that advantageous.

"Obviously, Portugal is truly close successful the halfway of things. You tin get anyplace precise rapidly from Portugal. It's precise accessible."

ROYAL PALS

The adept added that Princess Eugenie could beryllium cardinal to Harry's plans to re-enter the royal fold.

Hugo said: "It's precise striking that Eugenie and Prince Harry person this large enslaved of friendship.

"Certainly she's been implicit to California. We've seen pictures of her with him.

"Obviously she is close successful there, and that has to beryllium a truly bully thing, due to the fact that she's a precise bully girl, and they get connected good together.

"We don't cognize to what grade determination is immoderate benignant of narration betwixt Harry and the King astatine the moment.

"I mean, the King's got a batch of things to get connected with. Apart from getting well, he's got his large circuit to Australia.

"He's got each the things that kings person to do, and I fishy the connection we're getting is that Harry conscionable needs to benignant himself out.

"I mean, the King's not going to discarded overmuch clip concerning himself with his issues.

"But he's near the doorway wide unfastened for him should Harry ever privation to return."

HARRY'S TRIPS

The couple's Portugal interruption comes aft they attended the Invictus Games successful Germany earlier heading backmost to the US to spot their children Archie, five, and three-year-old Lilibet.

They are understood to person flown from Dusseldorf to Lisbon earlier driving an hr southbound to the coastal municipality of Melides, successful the Alentejo region.

Earlier this year, they undertook 2 "faux royal" trips to Africa and Colombia.

Since past Harry has been connected his ain solo satellite tour, including halt offs successful New York, the UK and a instrumentality to Africa.

It comes arsenic the King and Queen Camilla are heading to Australia and Samoa time for an action-packed 9 days.

Their travel comes six years aft Meghan and Harry’s precocious illustration travel Down Under which is said to person “broken” the couple.

According to a royal adept the Sussexes’ travel became a “catalyst” for leaving their roles arsenic elder moving roles and relocating to America.

They stepped down arsenic moving royals successful March 2020 and person since fuelled a large rift with galore members of the Firm acknowledgment to arguable tell-all interviews and Harry's memoir Spare.

FROGMORE COTTAGE

The late Queen Elizabeth II gave Frogmore Cottage in Windsor to the Sussexes successful 2018 arsenic a wedding present.

It was leased to Eugenie and her hubby successful 2020 aft the Sussexes moved to the US.

The Duke and Duchess purchased their archetypal location together, a sprawling, nine-bedroomed spot successful Montecito, California, successful June 2020 for $14.6 cardinal (£11.2 million).

The 16-bath location is located successful a star-studded enclave successful California and sits connected 5.4 acres of land.

Fit for royalty, it features a library, office, spa, gym, crippled room, wine cellar and five-car garage, it's believed.

The property besides boasts sweeping lawns, tiered roseate gardens, gangly Italian cypress trees, blooming lavender, olive trees, a tennis court, beverage house, children's cottage and a pool. 

There is adjacent a chickenhearted coop with “Archie’s Chick Inn”, which has rescue hens.

Despite the location sounding similar a imagination pad, it does travel with a batch of work, according to Eric Bramlett, realtor and proprietor of Bramlett Residential in Austin, Texas.

Speaking to Fabulous, Eric shared: “Managing a $14million mansion similar Harry and Meghan's successful Montecito takes a batch of work. 

“Even for modern luxury homes that big, you request a good-sized unit and precocious operating costs.

“A location with 9 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, a pool, tennis court, and guesthouse astir apt needs astir 10-15 full-time staff. 

“That could see housekeepers, a location manager, backstage chef, and apt immoderate information due to the fact that they are famous.

“Just paying the unit salaries, utilities, landscaping, maintenance, security, and much could easy outgo hundreds of thousands per year. 

“Big renovations and repairs similar roofing, HVAC, appliances would outgo adjacent much sometimes.”

He added that the grounds - including the pool, trees and tennis tribunal - volition necessitate groundsmen and nonrecreational help.

Eric continued: “It's similar moving a tiny boutique edifice with residential service." 

The Sun has contacted the Sussexes' representatives for comment.