The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made the US their home, settling in sunny Montecito with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Although the family seem happy there, did you know that they almost ended up living somewhere else entirely? Prince Harry has written about his behind-the-scenes plans to move to South Africa in his memoir, Spare – and even Queen Elizabeth II was behind him with the decision! But why did it not go ahead?

In the Duke's very personal biography, he opened up about the time that he and Meghan were trying to figure out how to remain working royals but live somewhere else for part of the year, in a bid to lead a more "normal" life. Harry thought back to their proposed plans. "Brief as it was, that taste of freedom had got us thinking. What

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