According to ABC News, years after Princess Diana’s passing, her butler revealed in 2006 that the princess had planned to move to Malibu, California. The coincidence seems poignant, as Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their son Archie moved to Montecito, California after Megxit, and had their baby daughter Lilibet in the sunshine state. According to the former butler, Paul Burrell, Princess Diana already had the house in Malibu picked out just before she passed away.
According to the butler, Diana had extensive and detailed plans for the house. He said:
“[The house] was going to be in Malibu…I saw the plans. We sat on the floor, spread out all the maps and the layout of the house. Why couldn’t [the boys] come and spend a portion of their time in America? That would be very stiff and staunchy if the queen would say, ‘No, they can’t go to America.'”
The move was also timed with the fact that her boyfriend at the time, businessman Dodi Fayed, had just bought his own property in the Malibu area. Burrell told ABC News of Diana: