Meghan Markle's return to UK could become a reality after close pal's decision

A adjacent A-list pal of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is swapping the sunshine of Montecito for the Cotswolds successful the UK, successful a shocking reversal of Harry and Meghan's large determination successful 2020

A adjacent A-list pal of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex could beryllium saying saying goodbye to the US for bully aft the results of the caller statesmanlike election.

Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly readying to swap the sunshine of her Montecito mansion for the picturesque Cotswolds, which has galore celebrated residents, successful a shocking reversal of Meghan and Harry's royal exit astir 5 years ago.

Ellen, 66, and her woman histrion Portia De Rossi, 51, are reported to person already purchased a luxurious mansion successful the Cotswolds - an country which is adjacent to Harry and Meghan's erstwhile home, and a spot galore of the Royal Family support residences, including King Charles's Gloucestershire residence of Highgrove House.

Back erstwhile Meghan and Harry lived successful Frogmore Cottage, Ellen is said to person visited the mates and adjacent helped spot successful with 1 of Prince Archie's feeds erstwhile helium was lone a babe - and seems to person spent a important magnitude of clip successful agrarian parts of the UK much recently. She and Portia were spotted lone past week astatine Jeremy Clarkson's pub The Farmer's Dog wherever they spent clip successful the institution of instrumentalist James Blunt - and past twelvemonth Ellen was reported to person attended a lavish enactment successful a stately Oxfordshire home.

The erstwhile chat amusement big and her woman are said to beryllium poised to merchantability their ain Montecito mansion aft buying a UK property, and portion the Sussexes amusement nary signs of leaving the sunshine of California down conscionable yet - Harry and Meghan are reported to person precocious bought a location successful Portugal, the archetypal location they volition person had this broadside of the Atlantic since they were "evicted" from Frogmore Cottage successful 2023 and handed backmost the keys.

The Cotswolds are deemed by galore to beryllium 1 of the astir picturesque parts of the UK, and the rolling hillside that makes up the country spans respective counties including Wiltshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire, amongst others. It is besides location to a agrarian mentation of the members nine Soho House that some Meghan and Harry are members of, and stayed astatine during their aboriginal courtship.

Ellen and her woman Portia are said to beryllium "very disillusioned" by Trump's caller triumph and the mates mean to "get the hellhole out" of the United States, the Daily Mail reports.

According to People magazine, Meghan became accelerated friends with Ellen aft they happened to bump into each different astatine a canine structure erstwhile the chat amusement big and comedian encouraged Meghan to follow a canine there.

"Ellen goes 'Is that your dog?' And I said, 'No,' and she's like, 'You person to take that dog.' And I said, 'Well, I'm deciding.' And she's like, 'Rescue the dog!' " Meghan has explained. "It's benignant of similar if Oprah tells you to bash something. I'm sitting determination holding him and she's similar 'Have you thought of a sanction for him yet?' And I said, 'Well, I deliberation I'd sanction him Bogart,' and she's similar 'You're taking the canine home.'" Meghan jokingly added, "So I brought him home. Because Ellen told maine to."

The 2 women person been neighbours arsenic good arsenic pals for respective years now, and Meghan appeared connected Ellen's chat amusement backmost successful 2021 earlier it went disconnected the air.

Amid contention astir unit treatment, The Ellen DeGeneres Show ended aft 19 years successful 2022 aft 36 unit members complained astir incidents that created a "toxic workplace" the twelvemonth before.

Ellen joked that she had been "kicked retired of amusement business", but the contention somewhat echoed the allegations of bullying made against Meghan with her ain members of unit portion a moving royal - thing she has denied and a connection made connected her behalf, branding it a "calculated smear campaign."

Whether Ellen's caller basal successful the Cotswolds volition beryllium capable to transportation Meghan and Harry to discontinue Montecito excessively seems unlikely, but the beingness of her adjacent pal successful her erstwhile location mightiness beryllium an enticement for the Duchess to instrumentality much regularly to the UK for visits.

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