The $30 million California mansion where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle filmed part of their 2022 Netflix documentary, “Harry & Meghan,” has found a buyer after being on the market for more than four years.
“Property records show that the extraordinary residence … in Montecito is under contingent offer, a status typically applied to homes whose sellers have accepted an offer—but certain conditions need to be met before the deal can close,” according to Realtor.com.
The Montecito Mansion Is Massive
The Montecito mansion is not too far from Harry and Meghan’s home, so the new owners will be neighbors with the royal family which also includes Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
A two-story Spanish-style abode that was built in 2006 and is approximately 13,600 square feet, it includes six bedrooms and eight bathrooms, according to Town & Country.
The property — which SFGATE notes sits “on a secluded 2 acres” — also features a pool and guesthouse, per Realtor.com, while T&C notes that the residence boasts “a home theater, a game room, a gym, a bar, and both indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces that can accommodate more than 200 guests.”
Things ‘Went Ballistic’ After the Public Found Out About the Home
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix documentary “debuted with a total of 81.55 million hours watched in its first week, the company said in a press release,” according to CNN. “That’s the highest viewing time of any documentary to debut on the streaming service in its premiere week.”
In turn, “[j]ust days after that show debuted around the world, sparking a wave of intense media scrutiny, the home found itself thrust into the spotlight after it was identified as the location where Harry, 40, and Meghan, 44, had filmed their candid sit-down interviews for the six-part series,” per Realtor.com.
“Harry and Meghan did [the documentary] there, and I got bombarded by every newspaper in the world,” Ryan Malmsten, the co-listing agent, told SFGATE. “It was supposed to be hush hush, and then the Daily Mail got wind of it, and it went ballistic.”
Prior to the documentary-related fame, the home was bought by the current owners in April 2013 for $14.6 million, according to SFGATE.
They then went on to list the mansion in August 2021 for $33.5 million, per Realtor.com, before “[i]t was then taken off the market in November of that same year,” and “appear[ed] again in March 2022—nine months before the premiere of the couple’s headline-making Netflix series.”
