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Meghan wants nine bedrooms and a film studio as Harry and Meghan hunt for a Cotswolds home with billionaire Ian Wace's backing

Meghan and Harry, whose children Archie and Lilibet are expected to start at a nearby prep school early next week, arrived in Britain by private jet on Wednesday, landing at Birmingham airport.
Meghan and Harry, whose children Archie and Lilibet are expected to start at a nearby prep school early next week, arrived in Britain by private jet on Wednesday, landing at Birmingham airport.
Ian Wace — founding partner of Marshall Wace LLP and worth an estimated $1.2 billion — is bankrolling a house hunt said to involve a budget large enough to astonish the couple's California friends.
Ian Wace — founding partner of Marshall Wace LLP and worth an estimated $1.2 billion — is bankrolling a house hunt said to involve a budget large enough to astonish the couple's California friends.

Harry and Meghan flew into Britain by private jet on Wednesday, landing at Birmingham airport before being driven away in blacked-out vehicles to stay 'indefinitely' at a property owned by hedge fund billionaire Ian Wace on the edge of the Cotswolds. Their children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, are expected to start at a nearby prep school early next week, as the family pursue a serious house hunt supported by a budget said to be large enough to leave their California friends astonished.

Meghan's reported wish list includes nine bedrooms and a film studio, while Harry is said to be demanding a substantial plot of land with no public footpaths running through it.

Ian Wace — founding partner of hedge fund Marshall Wace LLP and worth an estimated $1.2 billion — shares a deep bond with Harry, the two men having each suffered devastating losses in car crashes.

A Cotswolds property thought to be worth £12 million is understood to be under consideration, though no deal has reportedly been concluded; the family say they are holding on to their £11.1 million Montecito mansion.

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