In 1997, Princess Diana was killed in horrific road crash in Paris, nearly three decades later Prince Harry and Meghan find new home in U.K. close to family residence of late mother, far away from Britain Royal family estate

On August 31, 1997, Princess of Wales Diana was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul also died. Princess Diana's shocking 1997 death in a Paris tunnel in a car speeding away from paparazzi sparked a public backlash in Britain that rocked the monarchy and the media.

After Diana was killed in a Paris car crash in August 1997, her brother Charles Spencer gave an emotional eulogy at her funeral in Westminster Abbey, London, vowing to always look out for her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. Thirty years on, Diana remains an iconic figure, but Harry and William, now heir to the UK throne, are no longer speaking amid a major rift in the royal family. And the husband Diana divorced is now the UK's King Charles III and married to his former mistress, Queen Camilla since 2005.

Prince Harry and Meghan left for California in 2020 amid acrimony over their bitter criticisms of the royal family, and gave up for good their home in Windsor, west of London, gifted to them by the late Queen Elizabeth II. But after six years in Montecito they have now returned to the U.K along with their children Archie and Lilibet. The couple's new home is not on a royal estate -- but may be nestled in a quaint rural corner of England, now a playground for A-list celebrities.


Prince Harry, Meghan New Home

Prince Harry and Meghan have reportedly found a new home in the Cotswolds. In the picturesque town of Burford, near the university city of Oxford. Famed for its honey-coloured stone villages spread across the counties of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, the Cotswolds is currently undergoing something of a transformation.

The area has traditionally been dominated by affluent local residents and wealthy second-home owners from London. But in recent years it has been reinvented as one of the world's most fashionable rural enclaves.

Long associated with landed wealth, Harry's father King Charles III still has a grand home there -- Highgrove House -- where Harry spent much of his childhood. And it is not far from Althorp, the family home of Harry's late mother Princess Diana, with the 29th anniversary of her untimely death falling on Monday.

All About Cotswolds

But the Cotswolds has increasingly attracted a new generation of residents: technology entrepreneurs, international financiers, media executives and celebrities, drawn by the picture-postcard scenery within easy reach of London.

In recent years, celebrities linked to the area have included footballer David Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria, US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, while reports have linked singer Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z to a potential home purchase.

The A-list couple were reportedly sighted in a garden centre in Burford this month ahead of two performances by Jay-Z in London on September 4 and 5.

Location of Prince Harry, Meghan New Home in UK

The exact location of their new home remains shrouded in mystery, but they will reportedly retain their California mansion in Montecito as well as a home in Portugal. Their children have reportedly been enrolled in local schools.

Former gardener of the king's Highgrove House Charles Davis said he believed Harry had wanted to return because he was 'homesick'. Davis, who attended the 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana, said he had fond memories of the princes growing up and recalled a two-year-old William sitting on his lap as he operated a sit-down lawnmower.

"Harry will want to come back. It's his home," he said, adding he expected Harry missed one of his favourite pubs -– the Rattlebone Inn –- in nearby Sherston.