See inside Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first home, a 'leaning' 1,324-square-foot cottage on Kensington Palace grounds
Talia Lakritz
- The Netflix docuseries "Meghan and Harry" provides a glimpse into Nottingham Cottage.
- The cottage on Kensington Palace grounds was Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first home together.
Nottingham Cottage is located on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London.
King William III bought Kensington Palace in 1689 from the Earl of Nottingham, who was also his secretary of state.
Kensington Palace is now the official London residence of Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their children.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved into Nottingham Cottage after their wedding in 2018.
Harry moved into Nottingham Cottage in 2013, and Meghan joined him there after they announced their engagement in 2017. They moved into Frogmore Cottage in Windsor in early 2019 before they welcomed their first child, Archie.
William and Kate also initially lived in Nottingham Cottage after they married. They moved to the palace when Prince George was a few months old.
The 1,324-square-foot cottage contains two bedrooms and one bathroom.
The cottage also features a reception room and a small garden, according to The Times.
In the "Harry & Meghan" Netflix docuseries, Meghan described the cottage as "so small."
"Kensington Palace sounds very regal. Of course it does. It says 'palace' in the name, but Nottingham Cottage was so small," she said.
Meghan also said Harry would "constantly" hit his head on the cottage's low ceilings.
"The whole thing's on a slight lean," Harry said. "Really low ceilings. I don't know who it was for. They must have been short."
The Netflix docuseries provided a never-before-seen glimpse into the cottage and the royal couple's life there.
Meghan took a selfie with Harry as he varnished the cottage's windows.
The kitchen of Nottingham Cottage had a black-and-white checkered floor.
Their black Labrador Pula was photographed resting on the floor of the modest kitchen. The dishwasher featured a sticker that read "Nott Cott," short for Nottingham Cottage.
The documentary also included video of Harry lighting a Christmas tree.
Harry and Meghan spent Christmas with the royal family in 2017 and 2018.
"It was just a chapter of our lives where I don't think anyone could believe what it was actually like behind the scenes," Meghan said of their time in the cottage.
Meghan posed with a hoe in the yard of Nottingham Cottage in a photo shared in the docuseries.
Harry and Meghan recalled that Oprah Winfrey couldn't believe their living situation when she came over to visit them for tea.
"Well, Oprah came over for tea, didn't she?" Harry said. "And when she came in, she sat down, she goes, 'No one would ever believe it!'"
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