{"id":402405,"date":"2026-04-20T22:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402405\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:29:10","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-return-home-to-14-7-million-mansion-from-australia-and-are-met-with-a-surprise-welcome-from-their-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402405\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Return Home to $14.7 Million Mansion From Australia\u2014and Are Met With a Surprise Welcome From Their Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a> returned home from their multiday Australian tour this weekend and were welcomed back to their $14.65 million Montecito mansion<\/a> with a sweet surprise from their children, Archie and Lilibet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meghan, 44, shared several heartfelt videos from the couple’s arrival at their California<\/a> home on Sunday, where she revealed that her children had posted a large “welcome home” banner over the front door of their dwelling.<\/p>\n

In the first of two clips, the couple’s dog, Pula, could be seen running around outside of the entryway, clearly overjoyed at her owners’ return, while excited voices were heard happily chattering in the background.<\/p>\n

As Pula ran inside through the ornate double doors of the couple’s property, a large banner with a red heart in the middle could be seen hanging above the entrance to the opulent abode.<\/p>\n

Once inside, Meghan then shared a sweet glimpse at some of the gifts that she and Harry, 41, had been sent home with for their children, revealing a video of several books, cards, and candies, as well as a letter than was written to “Princess Lilibet,” the couple’s 4-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned home from their multiday Australian tour this weekend and were welcomed back to their $14.65 million Montecito mansion with a sweet surprise from their children, Archie and Lilibet. (Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Archie, 6, and Lilibet did not join their parents on their Australia tour, which kicked off on April 14 and saw the couple making a number of appearances in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan’s trip\u2014which drew many comparisons to a traditional royal tour\u2014included visits to a children’s hospital, a veterans’ museum, a women’s shelter, and a mental health organization.<\/p>\n

During the visit, the couple shared many personal stories and anecdotes, with Harry opening up at the InterEdge Summit about the grief he experienced after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.<\/p>\n

“In my experience, loss is disorienting at any age,” he said. “Grief does not disappear because we ignore it. Experiencing that as a kid while in a goldfish bowl under constant surveillance, yes, that will have its challenges. And without purpose, it can break you.<\/p>\n

“There have been many times when I\u2019ve felt overwhelmed. Times when I\u2019ve felt lost, betrayed, or completely powerless. Times when the pressure\u2014externally and internally\u2014felt constant. And times when, despite everything going on, I still had to show up pretending everything was OK, so as not to let anyone down.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor many years I was numb to it, and perhaps that was easier then, but I also didn\u2019t yet have the tools to deal with it.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Meghan shared her experiences with online bullying, describing herself at one point as the “most trolled person in the entire world,” noting that she had been subjected to endless scrutiny and criticism from social media users for the past decade since she and Harry began dating. <\/p>\n

“For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the\u00a0most trolled person in the entire world,” she shared. \u201cNow, I\u2019m still here.”<\/p>\n

Appearing at a youth mental health organization, Meghan added that she has learned that, because the nature of social media likely isn’t going to change, she needed to find her own inner strength to overcome the endless torment she was facing online.<\/p>\n

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Meghan, 44, shared several heartfelt videos from the couple’s arrival at their California home on Sunday, where she revealed that her children had posted a large “welcome home” banner over the front door of their dwelling. (Instagram\/Meghan Markle)<\/p>\n

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Once inside, Meghan then shared a sweet glimpse at some of the gifts that she and Harry, 41, had been sent home with for their children. (Instagram\/Meghan Markle)<\/p>\n

“And when I think of all of you and what you\u2019re experiencing, I think so much of that is having to realize that you know that industry, that billion-dollar industry, that is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks\u2014that\u2019s not going to change. So you have to be stronger than that,” she explained. <\/p>\n

Meghan and Harry have been outspoken in their calls for better social media regulations, repeatedly warning about the dangers of the online world, particularly when it comes to young people.<\/p>\n

In October, when they traveled to New York City to accept a humanitarian award at the third annual World Mental Health Day Gala, hosted by Project Healthy Minds, the couple revealed their fears about their own children starting to use social media\u2014and how they were going to help them to cultivate a healthy balance.<\/p>\n

“Our children, Archie and Lili, are just 6 and 4 years old. Luckily, still too young for social media, but we know that day is coming,” Meghan said at the time.<\/p>\n

“Like so many parents, we think constantly about how to embrace technology\u2019s benefits while safeguarding against its dangers. That hopeful intention of separation is rapidly becoming impossible.”<\/p>\n

Harry, meanwhile, shed some light on the thousands of families who have been devastated by the fallout from social media use among children, who have been driven to suicide or suffered severe mental health issues as a result of online bullying and toxicity.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, we are all here together to focus on what remains one of the most pressing issues of our time,” he said. “Let me share a number with you: 4,000. That\u2019s how many families the Social Media Victims Law Centre is currently representing\u2014families whose children have been harmed or lost forever to social media.<\/p>\n

“Four thousand cases at just one firm. And that number represents only those parents who have been able to link their child\u2019s circumstance to social media use.”<\/p>\n

Harry added that, while some parents have realized that they have legal power to “fight back against some of the wealthiest, most powerful corporations in the world,” doing so cannot help to provide “closure” for those who continue to grieve over the loss of their children.<\/p>\n

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The couple have been living at their opulent mansion in Montecito since 2020. (Google Maps)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pivotal moment in our collective mission to protect children and support families in the digital age,” he noted.<\/p>\n

Meghan also appears to have been grappling with how best to balance her own social media accounts\u2014and how much of her personal life she chooses to share.<\/p>\n

Having returned to Instagram for the first time in many years on Jan. 1, 2025, the mother of two has steadily been sharing more glimpses into the family’s life in Montecito, where the couple moved in 2020 after stepping down from their roles as working members of the royal family.<\/p>\n

In the months since she returned to social media, Meghan has revealed several videos and photos of her kids, including many clips of them enjoying the beautiful gardens that surround their home.<\/p>\n

Meghan previously revealed that the gardens of the seven-bedroom, 13.5-bathroom property were what really drew the couple to the dwelling in the first place, after they began seeking out a new abode online.<\/p>\n

“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she recalled in a 2022 interview with The Cut. “We did everything we could to get this house.”<\/p>\n

As for why they decided to view the property in the first place, Meghan revealed that it “kept popping up online in searches.”<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Meghan admitted that she and Harry were initially concerned that they wouldn’t be able to afford the home, noting that\u2014at the time\u2014they were both unemployed.<\/p>\n

“We didn\u2019t have jobs, so we were just not going to come and see this house. It wasn\u2019t possible,” she said. “It\u2019s like when I was younger and you\u2019re window shopping\u2014it\u2019s like,\u00a0‘I don\u2019t want to go and look at all the things that I can\u2019t afford\u2014that doesn\u2019t feel good.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned home from their multiday Australian tour this weekend and were welcomed back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,2051,91630,2050,2460],"class_list":{"0":"post-402405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-meghan-markle","13":"tag-online-bullying","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-social-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}