Harry and Meghan left their neighbours ‘livid’ over incident with a bottle of wine
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to already be thinking of going back to the US next months, just weeks after returning to the UK for a fresh start.
Harry and Meghan are going back to the US(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Reports have been made that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to head back to America and some neighbours are said to be quite unhappy about it.
The pair are said to already be thinking of going back to the US next months, just weeks after returning to the UK for a fresh start.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will go back to Los Angeles for the Daytime Emmy Awards on October 30, where Meghan is nominated in the Outstanding Lifestyle Series category for her Netflix show With Love, Meghan – and now some locals are said to not be overly thrilled that they are going back so quick.
The couple are going for an awards do in Hollywood(Image: ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Former neighbours in Montecito are not looking forward to having the couple back. Ciara Curtis, 52, who has lived in the affluent California town for four decades, say the pair made no effort to know those living nearby.
She said: “I don’t mean to be unkind. But, from the moment they moved in here, they have made it very clear they really can’t be bothered with regular folk and they’ve only ever been interested in mixing with anyone as rich and famous as they are.”
And she spoke of one specific incident which happened shortly after the Sussexes arrived in 2020. A neighbour, identified as Susan, reportedly left a bottle of local wine and a handwritten welcome note with a member of the couple’s security team, who said he would pass them on.
Prince Harry and Meghan officially relocated back to the UK with their children, Archie and Lilibet(Image: Pool, Getty Images)
But the following morning, both the unopened letter and bottle were allegedly found back on Susan’s doorstep. Ciara said: “They could have easily given away the bottle of wine to a member of their staff and written a two-paragraph ‘thank you’ note back to Susan. But the thoughtless act of brushing aside a small act of kindness set the tone for how they behaved and how they were perceived after that.”
Other neighbours said the couple largely kept to themselves. Advertising executive Marc Atwell, 42, said local stars had also sought privacy but usually found ways to engage with the community.
He said: “Almost all of them, except the British royals, have at some stage or other joined in community events, either by hosting fund-raisers for local charities or giving cosy little interviews to local weekly papers that cover this area.
Harry and Meghan made it clear right from the get-go that they didn’t want to do anything like that.” His wife Laura, 42, added: “I’m surprised they’re going to be heading back so soon to Montecito.”
