Meghan Markle, Prince Harry called local villains by neighbors in ritzy California town

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly are called section villains by neighbors of the ritzy California municipality the mates fled to aft leaving their royal roles behind.

One Montecito resident, who has ne'er met the mates but spoke to Vanity Fair, referred to the duo arsenic the prince and "the starlet."

The neighbors of the quiescent Santa Barbara country property galore of the caller annoyances to Markle and Prince Harry, including accrued lodging prices, engaged streets and more. 

The vicinity has seen overmuch much tourer postulation since Markle and Harry's accomplishment successful 2020, anonymous residents told the outlet. Vanity Fair besides reported that respective radical they spoke with noted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex person go section villains.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle person been called section villains successful their Montecito neighborhood, according to Vanity Fair. (Fox News Digital)

"You know, the happening astir [Meghan and Harry] that is truthful large is they didn’t travel present to unrecorded disconnected of our community. They came present to beryllium a portion of our community."

Markle's latest concern endeavor, American Riviera Orchard, is besides located successful Montecito, Vanity Fair reported. According to the outlet, a publication published by the Southern Pacific Company obstruction lines successful 1898 states, "The Montecito is known arsenic the American Riviera." However, that grant reportedly present belongs to Santa Barbara. 

"It’s specified a benignant of hucksterism," a nonmigratory told Vanity Fair. "It’s conscionable uncovering each mode she tin to monetize something.

"I inactive deliberation they’re the astir entitled, disingenuous radical connected the planet," the nonmigratory added. "They moved distant from England to get distant from the scrutiny of the press, and each they bash is effort and get successful the property successful the United States."

Fox News Digital reached retired to representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren't the lone celebrities who unrecorded successful Montecito. (Chris Jackson)

Meanwhile, the couple's accomplishment has been praised by their personage neighbor, Sharon Stone.

"You know, the happening astir them that is truthful large is they didn’t travel present to unrecorded disconnected of our community. They came present to beryllium a portion of our community," she told Access Hollywood successful 2020.

"My person said she was sitting successful her car, and they bicycled crossed the thoroughfare and waved astatine her portion she was sitting astatine the reddish light," she recalled. "They’re a portion of our community. They’ve go a giving, caring, participating portion of our community. They’re not present to beryllium like, ‘Would you similar to buss my butt?'"

Montecito has been location to a fistful of celebrities, including Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Levine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Keaton and Oprah.

The gross of the property wherever Prince Harry and his woman Meghan Markle unrecorded successful Montecito. (Getty Images)

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Despite moving to the United States 5 years agone aft stepping backmost from his elder roles successful royal life, Prince Harry reportedly doesn't person a societal beingness speech from his atomic family.

"[Meghan] was up beforehand astir the information that Harry hadn’t made galore friends yet," a source, who antecedently interacted with Markle professionally, told Vanity Fair.

Markle and Prince Harry threw themselves into enactment and landed a bombshell Netflix declaration months aft establishing Montecito arsenic their location successful 2020. They archetypal released their docuseries, "Harry & Meghan," successful 2022. The amusement earned the biggest one-day assemblage for immoderate Netflix bid since monitoring began successful October 2022. One twelvemonth later, they followed up with the "Heart of Invictus" docuseries successful 2023 and produced "Polo" successful 2024.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to California successful 2020. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)

However, aggregate sources described Markle and Prince Harry arsenic having "really large ideas" for shows that ne'er got made.

"I deliberation Harry doesn’t cognize what helium wants due to the fact that helium grew up successful a fishbowl, and truthful helium doesn’t cognize what existent beingness truly is," an insider, who worked connected media projects with the couple, told Vanity Fair. "I deliberation helium astir apt wants to beryllium near unsocial and beryllium capable to spell buss babies each erstwhile successful a portion but not person to interest astir money. I don’t deliberation helium wants to beryllium celebrated the mode Meghan wants to beryllium famous."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey successful 2021 astatine a person of Winfrey's location successful Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Harpo Productions)

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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.