The waters are turquoise, the wild nature and the white sand beach stretches as far as the eye can see. In recent years, a number ofrich and famous’ have come from all over the world to settle down in this region located a little over an hour south of Lisbon. The decorator Jacques Grange, the gallery owner Pierre Passebon and the public relations priestess Françoise Dumas have notably contributed, via the Atlantic Club Comporta, to giving this heavenly land its credentials.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan discovered the surrounding area at the end of September 2023, during a visit to Princess Eugenie and her husband just after the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf. Since 2022, Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have been spending part of the year at the CostaTerra Golf & Ocean Club resort, for which the businessman works. A few kilometers from Comporta, near Melides, this other daily life proves for the couple a breath of warm and bohemian air which contrasts with the grayness of London. This is also where Christian Louboutin chose to open his first hotel, and where Diane de Cadaval likes to spend her summers with her family. So much so that this part of the west coast is now nicknamed “Portuguese California”.
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Keeping a foot in Europe
Is it through this little strip of fine sand that the Sussexes intend to reconquer Europe? Why not ! Since Charles III asked them to return the keys to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, the parents of Archie and Lilibet no longer have a fixed address on the continent. Rumor had it that Prince Harry was looking for an apartment in London or a house in the English countryside, where to settle down during his regular returns to the United Kingdom. Ultimately, it is via a warmer destination that the Sussexes could begin their return to this side of the Atlantic. As pointed out by Daily Mailwhich reveals the information, being the owner of a residence in Portugal will also prove to be a facilitator for Meghan, an American citizen, to then travel to Europe.
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Would the purchase of this second home also be a way for the Sussexes to give themselves new impetus as a couple, far from the rumors and their professional dissensions? In any case, Harry will have plenty of time, thanks to this new love nest nestled against the ocean, to indulge in his new passion for surfing, immortalized by a champion of the discipline in a video impressive tour on the artificial wave of… Kelly Slater himselfsorry.
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