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Harry and Meghan have let viewers peek inside Frogmore Cottage, as they reminisce about their final days in the UK during the latest episodes of their Netflix docuseries.
Fine art black-and-white photos show the couple tidying up their Windsor residence as they prepare to move to California in 2020.
“We were going through so many boxes like, ‘You bought this blanket I missed, that hat was so fun,’ says the Duchess of Sussex wistfully.
“It gave us a chance to look back on our whole love story,” he adds, before reflecting on their early days as a couple with a series of romantic photos.
Fine art photos show the couple tidying up their Windsor residence as they prepare to move to California in 2019.
Reminiscing about a time before they left the residence, Harry says in the documentary: “We always saw Archie running around the garden at Frogmore’s cottage and maybe jumping in the Queen’s pond.
“That was all part of our future, and it all changed, very, very quickly,” he said ruefully.
Reflecting on leaving home and moving to the US, Harry said: “We knew we were going to get a respite from this very painful experience we’d been caught up in.”
“But also at the same time it was very sad.”
Moving home: Meghan and Harry stand on stacks of books as they pack up Frogmore’s cabin
Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor royal estate received a £2.4m renovation in 2019, just months before the couple announced they were stepping down as royals and moving to Montecito, California.
In the pictures of the moving process, Meghan and Harry stand on stacks of books and the belongings they have found while rummaging through their things.
One of the most notable items the couple comes across while putting their things in order is a document signed by the late Queen consenting to the couple’s marriage.
Meghan smiles as she points to the box containing the Instrument of Consent, a document the monarch signs to give her seal of approval to heirs’ marriages.
A trip down memory lane: The couple smile as they flip through a photo album as they put their things in order before leaving Frogmore’s cabin.
Packing up Frogmore “gave us a chance to look back on our entire love story,” Meghan says as footage showing the couple in the early days of their romance flashes across the screen.
Among the personal items the couple find while going through their belongings is what appears to have been an art book with images of birds. Prince Harry holds it open while his wife admires the drawings.
Perhaps even more personal are the items they discover, including a “funny hat” and what appears to be some jewelry.
The couple can also be seen smiling as they flip through a photo album, which appears to show a young Prince Harry.
Snapshots from their early days of dating, which the couple also seem to have found during their move, also appear on screen, allowing them to take a trip down memory lane.
One photo shows the couple kissing while crouching under a stone arch at the top of a picturesque cliff overlooking the sea.
The couple gaze out across the Queen’s Pond in the cottage gardens at Windsor, with a small rowing boat with ‘Sussex’ on a nearby viewing platform.
“We were going through so many boxes like if you bought this blanket I missed, that hat was so funny,” says the Duchess of Sussex.
Harry and Meghan have not lived at Frogmore Cottage on the late Queen’s former Windsor estate since they left to live a new life in the US in 2020.
But her historic first home is featured frequently in her new Netflix blockbuster series, Harry & Meghan, which is part of the Sussexes’ multi-million dollar deal with Netflix.
The first three episodes aired last week, and the last three one-hour episodes air as of today.
The six-part show has become the streaming giant’s most watched documentary in a week of release, debuting with 81.55 million hours watched.
Meghan smiles as she goes through the couple’s things, including the late Queen’s Instrument of Consent, a document the monarch signs to give a stamp of approval to her heirs’ marriages.
Frogmore Cottage underwent £2.4 million renovations in 2019, which Prince Harry has since repaid to the government. The couple still use the Grade II listed Windsor property as their UK base.
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