After stepping down as senior working members of the British royal family in 2020 and forging a life in California, US, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially returned to the UK. the biggest question on everyone’s mind remains: where are they actually staying While their return has sent the internet into a tailspin. Also read | Are Prince Harry and Meghan becoming working royals again? King Charles gives blunt reality check
The design balances raw elements with contemporary luxury. The ‘main barn’ acts as the central architectural anchor, leading to an array of dining spaces that pair pastoral charm with global culinary influences: from Blake’s Kitchen Bakery, a local stop for freshly baked bread, sausage rolls, and cinnamon buns to Pen Yen, a lakeside destination specialising in Japanese izakaya-style dishes. Nestled across 100 acres of rolling Oxfordshire countryside, Soho Farmhouse — neighbouring the villages of Chipping Norton and Great Tew — is less of a hotel and more of a cosy estate with elevated rustic design. Free from standard vehicles, guests navigate the vast, car-free estate using provided vintage bicycles and wellies, past 114 bedrooms, timber huts, and reclaimed wood cabins, alongside a grand seven-bedroom farmhouse complete with its own private garden.
Arriving at the retreat’s elevated Comfy Farm lounge, she was reportedly seen taking in the quiet before the grounds filled up, fueling speculation that she and her family may have selected the surrounding Cotswolds as their new temporary base — or perhaps even their permanent home.
