A look at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children, Archie and Lilibet

Privacy is coveted amongst the Royal Family, and new reports out of California reveal Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are angling for a more secluded and private property to live with their two children. According to the Santa Barbara News-Press, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are shopping around in the exclusive Hope Ranch area of Santa Barbara.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were "engaged in secret" and were "actually dating for less than a year before the proposal", it has been claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they had got engaged in late November 2017. At the time, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 41, posed outside Kensington Palace alongside a royal statement which claimed she had said yes "earlier this month".

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are reported to have been protected during their visit to the UK by a bodyguard who has previously been convicted of domestic abuse. The Sussexes hired their own security for their unofficial European tour, which they had embarked on just days before the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II. During their time in the UK, the couple were photographed alongside bodyguard and former police officer Pere Daobry.

It’s been a tough few weeks for the royal family, since losing their much-loved Queen and matriarch. And it’s clear Harry has felt the loss keenly, with the prince looking extremely emotional as he attended the funeral with wife Meghan Markle last week, amid a still-troubling feud with his father and brother.

A bittersweet goodbye. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back home in California with their children following Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, Us Weekly can confirm.

Following protocol? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s children are now eligible to receive royal titles — but no official decisions have been made about the potential new prince and princess.

Making progress? Following Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral, Gayle King shared her perspective on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s future relationship with the rest of the royal family.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to return to Los Angeles, without any peace deal being struck between them and King Charles or Prince William, according to Gayle King. The CBS Mornings host, and friend of the Duchess of Sussex, has been in the UK to cover the Queen’s funeral.

touching state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II was missing two important guests. Though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were both in attendance, with the Duke of Sussex participating in several processionals surrounding the historic day, neither their 3-year-old son, Archie, nor their 1-year-old daughter, Lilibet, joined their parents for any of the events surrounding the death of their great-grandmother.The two youngsters, who are sixth and seventh in line to the British royal throne behind their father, were home in Montecito, California, while their parents were in the United Kingdom. ET has learned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to return to California imminently to be reunited with their children. On Monday, royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET's Kevin Frazier in London, «I think we'll probably see the Sussexes on their way back to America very soon.

are ready to get back home as soon as possible, apparently. Queen Elizabeth has been laid to rest at last, which means the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are officially free to leave the UK and return to California, which they plan to do “almost immediately,” according to unnamed source.“Meghan and Harry are preparing to return to Montecito almost immediately after the funeral, where they’ll be reunited with Archie and Lilibet after being separated for over two weeks,” the source said, which is “the longest amount of time they’ve been apart from their children.”I don't doubt that the Sussexes really are eager to get back home because they , who are still just toddlers after all.

Resting place. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to their wedding venue – St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — to give their final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sat behind the King and Queen Consort during the funeral service of the late Queen Elizabeth II, putting them front and centre for the Royal event. This seating arrangement is being said to reflect that the couple may be back in the heart of the Royal family.

Meghan Markle has joined the royal family at Westminster Abbey for a final farewell to the Queen.

Prince Harry, son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, is married to Meghan Markle, a former American actress.The pair started dating in 2016 before marrying in 2019.The couple have made headlines for distancing themselves greatly from the royal family and in 2020, they stepped away from their senior royal duties. While the two don't have a traditional day-to-day life, they did meet in a pretty conventional way – getting set up by a mutual friend.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to the United Kingdom after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, to pay tribute to the longest reign in the British Monarchy.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reunited with Prince William and Kate Middleton since the Queen's death, and Harry has been seen with his father, King Charles III as well. British citizens got candid about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship with the royal family.

King Charles III gave a moving speech Friday as the new monarch in which he expressed «sorrow» over the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as well as «love» for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.While speaking about «a time of change» for his family, Charles, 73, carved out space in his speech to send his love to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who infamously stepped away from the royal life in 2020. Nevertheless, Charles acknowledged them after praising his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, and his heir, Prince William, and William's wife, Kate Middleton.«I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla. In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort,» Charles said near the end of his speech.

was the issue of as-yet-unborn Archie's official title (and possible skin tone). It was ultimately decided that would not be granted HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) titles, or the security those titles would have included. And then Queen Elizabeth II , and now it looks like Archie and Lilibet will automatically be upgraded to Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet anyway. According to , the title change is an automatic right for royals who move up the chain of succession from great-grandchild to grandchild of the current sovereign.

when news that his grandmother, on September 8. After her death, he and have made the decision to postpone their trip home to Montecito, California. The couple had been scheduled to attend the WellChild Awards in London, so they were already in Europe when the queen died, and reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to remain on the other side of the pond for the time being. There have been no official reports on what Harry and Meghan will be doing in the UK, but it's fair to assume it has something to do with Operation London Bridge—the carefully organized plan of action for what happens after the queen's death that has been in place for years, according to the .

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are remembering the late Queen Elizabeth II with a sweet tribute. The couple took to the website for their Archewell Foundation to mark the Queen's passing.Setting the site to all-black, the website, whose front page usually contains information about the foundation and its upcoming events, was devoted completely to the Queen with a message in white that reads, «In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.» Underneath were the Queen's birth and death year, marking her 96 years of life, from 1926 until her passing in 2022.On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II — the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch -- had passed at the age of 96.«The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,» the palace's statement read.

WATCH: The royal family join the Queen on the balconyTaking to their Archewell website, the couple cleared it of all content, leaving only a black home screen with a single message written in white.“In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022,” it read.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex currently have no public social media accounts and were unable to share an Instagram or Twitter tribute like other members of the royal family.Harry and Meghan were in the UK just days before the Queen’s death and it’s been reported that the prince has returned there in the wake of her passing.“In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022,” it read.Photos showed him looking sombre as he rode in a black car to the Queen’s Balmoral home, where she died peacefully on September 8.There have been mixed reports on how the couple will mourn, with sources claiming Meghan has chosen to remain in London while Harry joined his family at Balmoral.Prince Charles is now king and it will fall to him to decide what role the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will play in the coming days.King Charles led the tributes for his late mother with a statement which read: “"The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.It’s unclear if they visited the Queen during their brief visit to the UK."We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother.