Although they're currently bunking up in a $US14 million ($A21 million) Vancouver mansion, it's being speculated that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are planning to move to Los Angeles.
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According to the Daily Mail, Meghan and Harry are thinking about buying a Malibu mansion near Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland.
It was Caitlyn Jenner who first leaked the news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were secretly house-hunting in LA's poshest seaside community.
The reality star couldn't resist sharing neighbourhood gossip with the hosts of TV's Loose Women program, telling that the hosts that she'd heard "[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle] were looking for a house in Malibu."
Reports have now emerged that Harry and Markle are keen on one particular Malibu house: a hulking, European-style $US7 million mansion known as Petra Manor, tucked away within an exclusive guard-gated community.
Petra Manor was once briefly home to the biggest influencer of them all - 22-year-old lip kit tycoon Kylie Jenner, who rented the house for about two weeks in 2018.
Petra Manor was custom-built in 2015 by David Charvet and Brooke Burke, on land that they originally purchased for Mel Gibson. The giant house still appears to be jointly owned by the now-divorced couple, though they do not reside there, and the property has long serviced as a high-priced rental home for visiting billionaires and foreign dignitaries.
The house is located within Serra Retreat, one of Malibu's few guard-gated communities and arguably the city's most private enclave.
Although it's hidden away within that securely guard-gated community, the property itself is also walled and gated for ultimate peace of mind. Surrounded by mature oak and sycamore trees, the stone manor has eight bedrooms and a whopping 10 bathrooms - ample space for a young family and plenty of attitude.
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