It has been exactly one year since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle completely vacated Frogmore Cottage, their former British residence on the Windsor Estate, and according to royal writer Tom Quinn, Harry is still looking for a "permanent" British home to stay in when he visits his home country, as he did last month. (He reportedly turned down an offer from his father, King Charles, to stay at the royal palace and ended up staying in a hotel).

Quinn told the Mirror that Harry, who now calls the United States, particularly Montecito, California, home, along with Princess Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, "misses certain aspects of his old life" back in London. Quinn said, "Inevitably, the all-new and exciting honeymoon period in the U.S. has come to an end, and Harry is looking back at the past through rose-colored glasses." (In particular, Harry misses his friends from Eton and his Army days. ) "Harry is determined to find his final home in England," Quinn said, "and that's part of the reason he's continuing to sue the British taxpayers to have them pay for his security.

Security is believed to be the reason Harry reportedly turned down Charles' offer to stay at the royal residence, rumored to be St. James' Palace. According to the Daily Mail, the Duke of Sussex "is said to have turned down his father's offer because he was not offered taxpayer-funded personal security. Instead, he chose to stay in a hotel," according to the Telegraph.

The Telegraph added that Harry "remains devastated" that his automatic right to police protection has been withdrawn and is still fighting the Home Office in the UK courts. Currently, Harry must give 28 days' notice to the Metropolitan Police before traveling to the UK if he wants protection, the Daily Mail reported.

Buying a permanent home in the UK would at least eliminate the guesswork as to where Harry (and hopefully one day, Meghan and the children) will stay when they return to the UK. The King began the process of evicting the Sussexes from Frogmore in January 2023, coincidentally (or not) the same month that Harry's memoir, Spare, was released. The Sussexes had moved out of Frogmore altogether by June a year earlier, about a month after Prince Charles' coronation on May 6.

"Meghan has said she is prepared to return to England only if there is a place for Harry and themselves and security that they both feel is essential," Quinn told the Mirror. He added that "if the couple manage to find a permanent home and solve the security problems, I am sure they would want to bring their children to England," but Quinn said that for Archie and Lili to have a "genuine and warm relationship" with the crown prince and princess's three children, "a lot of diplomacy will be required," he admitted.

Harry and Meghan already have a $14 million Montecito mansion with nine bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, a pool, tennis courts, and a two-bedroom guest house, "Page Six" reported.