Meghan Markle has shared a very rare glimpse inside the $14.65 million Montecito, CA, mansion she shares with Prince Harry and their two children, as she posted an emotional tribute to her late rescue dog, Guy.
The 43-year-old Duchess of Sussex revealed Jan. 7 that her beloved beagle had passed away, nine years after she adopted him from a shelter in Canada, where she was filming hit legal drama “Suits,” while sharing a series of images and videos of her pup—including several clips taken inside her California home.
“I have cried too many tears to count – the type of tears that make you get in the shower with the absurd hope that the running water on your face will somehow make you not feel them, or pretend they’re not there. But they are. And that’s okay too,” she wrote in her caption.
“Thank you for so many years of unconditional love, my sweet Guy. You filled my life in ways you’ll never know.”
She noted that Guy had been by her side during many different stages of her life—beginning in 2015, when she was living in Canada, to her move to the U.K., where she and Harry got engaged and married, and then in California, where the Sussexes moved in 2020 after stepping down as senior working royals.
Meghan Markle shared a rare glimpse inside the home she shares with Prince Harry and their kids, while paying tribute to her late rescue dog, Guy.
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Other footage shows Guy spending time with the couple’s other dogs, including rescue pup Puka.
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The devoted pooch can also be seen following after Meghan as she strolls around the grounds of their nine-bedroom dwelling.
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In California, Guy lived with the couple and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, at their sprawling nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom Montecito home, with one clip showing Meghan embracing the pup in their sprawling wood-filled kitchen.
The Duchess of Sussex is barefoot and clad in an apron in the footage, in which she is seen cooking up a big pot of tomato sauce on the kitchen’s large Viking range, pausing to bend down and scratch her beloved pooch.
Guy is also seen enjoying the grounds of the property with the family, as well as their other dogs, Puka and Momma Mia, both of whom were also rescued by Harry and Meghan.
Other video footage shows Guy being walked by Harry and Archie near a local horse farm, which looks very similar to a property that was purchased by the Sussexes’ close friend and fellow Montecito resident, Oprah Winfrey, in 2016.
Meghan also noted that Guy will play a prominent role in her new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,” which she filmed inside an $8 million home that is located just a few miles from her own Montecito abode.
Although the mother of two has not revealed why she chose to film the show at another location, she and Harry have been fiercely protective of their privacy since moving to their California home, sharing just a handful of images of the property in recent years.
In December, when the couple released their public Christmas card, they shared a sneak peek inside the grounds of the property in an image featuring themselves with Archie and Lilibet, who could be seen running along a path toward their parents in the expansive garden.
In the background of the image, the lush gardens of Harry and Meghan’s sprawling property provide the perfect setting for the sweet family moment.
Meghan and her daughter, Lilibet, were also pictured enjoying an outing with their three dogs.
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Another clip showed Harry and his son, Archie, taking their pups for a stroll at a local horse farm.
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Guy, who was adopted in Canada, lived with Meghan in Toronto, London, and California.
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The photo’s location is all the more meaningful given the significance of the property’s gardens in the couple’s lives. In 2022, Meghan revealed in an interview with The Cut that the grounds were actually the reason she and Harry decided to buy the nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom estate in the first place.
“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she shared. “We did everything we could to get this house.”
Harry and Meghan bought the home in 2020, having relocated from the U.K. back to the former “Suits” star’s home country in March 2020, two months after announcing their decision to “step back as senior members” of the royal family.
Although Harry and Meghan have gone to great lengths to keep the interiors of their home private, they have shared a few small glimpses inside the property over the years—including images and clips that were aired as part of “Harry & Meghan.”
At one point, Meghan could be seen posing for a photo in the nursery, while another shot showed Harry in an office, taking calls on his laptop.
That desire for privacy has proven something of a sticking point with at least one of their Montecito neighbors; however, who spoke out recently to criticize the duo for failing to get actively involved in the community.
Speaking in a German documentary entitled “Harry: The Lost Prince,” Richard Mineards, one of the couple’s neighbor