"Everyone's tired of them." Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's neighbors have stopped communicating with them.
Netflix isn't the only one distancing itself from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: Page Six reports, citing insiders, that neighbors of American actress Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in the upscale Californian neighborhood of Montecito have stopped communicating with them and are avoiding them at all costs.
"They avoid them," the source said. "No one wants to be seen with them." According to the insider, the cooling in relations with the neighbors had been brewing for years. "It's not hatred. It's just a growing realization that they're consumers with a complete lack of self-awareness. Everyone's tired of them."
Interestingly, the cold shoulder isn't related to recent critical articles about the couple, including a Variety piece claiming that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos refused to communicate with Meghan without a lawyer (Netflix representatives and Markle's lawyer called these claims "completely false" and "blatantly untrue"). Sources emphasize that the problem has been brewing for a long time.
A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, however, insists the opposite: "They have excellent relationships with their neighbours and love their community."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex purchased the $14.65 million mansion in 2020 after stepping down as royals and moving to California. The Montecito area is renowned for its celebrity residents: Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jennifer Aniston all live there. In 2020, Sharon Stone spoke warmly of the couple in an interview with Access Hollywood: "They didn't come here to live off our community, but to be part of it." However, it appears that all of that is now in the past.
Back in December 2024, neighbor Richard Maynards admitted in the documentary "Harry: The Lost Prince" that the Duchess of Sussex was completely out of step with their upscale neighborhood. "She doesn't go out and doesn't participate in the community at all," he said.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met in 2016 through mutual friends. Their relationship developed rapidly: just a year later, the couple announced their engagement and married six months later. The couple now have two children: six-year-old son Archie and four-year-old daughter Lilibet. In early 2020, the couple decided to step back from their royal duties and moved to California.
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