Harry and Meghan could be planning to build a £3 million UK ‘bolthole’ at their favourite private members’ club Soho Farmhouse, it has been reported.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are thought to have been inspired to build a three-bedroom home at the Cotswolds retreat by David and Victoria Beckham.
It has now been claimed the pair have chosen a plot at the opposite side of the farmhouse to the Beckhams, according to The Sun.
Pictures have emerged of a building site close to the farmhouse, where the couple could be constructing their new home.
Duke and Duchess of Sussex are thought to be building a three-bedroom home at the Cotswolds’ Soho Farm house (Meghan is pictured during a break there with Millie Mackintosh in 2016)
The area has special significance to the couple as they enjoyed romantic getaways to the £725-a-night club – often called ‘Butlins for toffs’ – at the beginning of their relationship.
The building site rumoured to be where Harry and Meghan want to construct a £3 million home near Soho House
Meghan held her two-night hen do there in 2018 where she enjoyed social media-free time with her closest friends.
A source told the paper: ‘This house will be their bolthole when they are in the UK.
‘It is costing around £3million and will be on the opposite side of the Farmhouse to the small house being built for the Beckhams.’
MailOnline have approached Buckingham Palace for comment.
Ahead of her wedding to Harry on May 19, 2018, Meghan spent a weekend at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.
It is thought the plot of land chosen is opposite where the David and Victoria Beckham are setting up home
The area has special significance to the couple (pictured earlier this month) as they enjoyed romantic getaways to the £725-a-night club – often called ‘Butlins for toffs’ – at the beginning of their relationship
Wooden cabins are on offer at the private members’ retreat for £725-a-month. It has now been claimed the pair have chosen a plot at the opposite side of the farmhouse to the Beckhams
The £6,000-a-night farmhouse boasts celebrity guests such as Eddie Redmayne, Mark Ronson, Poppy Delevingne and George and Amal Clooney.
It comes after the couple agreed to pay back the £2.4 million spent on renovating Frogmore Cottage, their Windsor home.
In January it was reported Harry and Meghan will pay commercial rent on the five-bed cottage to allow them to use it as their base when they are in Britain, and will pay its running costs, whether they are in residence or not.
The £6,000-a-night farmhouse boasts celebrity guests such as Eddie Redmayne, Mark Ronson, Poppy Delevingne and George and Amal Clooney
No price has been put on how much that might be. Experts said the house in Windsor’s Home Park could cost around £10,000 a month in rent on the open market.
The Grade II-listed property was converted from five separate apartments into their official residence, which required significant structural work paid through the Sovereign Grant, which funds senior members of the Royal Family.
Fixtures and fittings were paid for by Harry and Meghan, and Prince Charles also helped to finance the project.
It comes after the couple agreed to pay back the £2.4 million spent on renovating Frogmore Cottage (pictured), their Windsor home
A statement from Buckingham Palace said Harry and Meghan had ‘shared their wish to repay’ the public funds used in the refurbishment. It did not set out how or when the costs would be repaid.
The couple moved into Frogmore last year after it was offered to them by the Queen.
The two-storey, stucco-faced building is in the grounds of Frogmore House, a 17th century manor house that is part of the Crown Estate.
The couple previously lived in Nottingham Cottage, in the grounds of Kensington Palace, but said it ‘could not accommodate their growing family’.
Their decision to move out of Kensington Palace inevitably fuelled speculation over their rift with Prince William and wife Kate.