Harry And Meghan’s ‘Eggs-Travagant’ Lifestyle Raises Eyebrows — Their UK Move Could Leave Staff Caring For 10 Rescue Chickens At Their Montecito Mansion For Years

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s reported return to Britain has already raised questions about their homes, security and transatlantic lifestyle. Now, another surprisingly complicated detail has emerged: what happens to the Sussexes’ chickens?

The Duke and Duchess are reportedly preparing to spend an extended period in the UK with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, while retaining their sprawling Montecito property in California.

And while the family and their dogs are expected to make the journey to Britain, their flock of rescue chickens apparently will not.

Archie’s Chick Inn will remain in Montecito

Harry and Meghan keep around 10 chickens at their California estate, many of which were rescued from a commercial farm.

The birds live in a specially constructed coop famously named “Archie’s Chick Inn,” which viewers saw when Oprah Winfrey visited the Sussexes’ property.

The flock reportedly also has two silkie chickens named Phil and Jill.

Rather than rehoming the birds during the Sussexes’ stay in Britain, the chickens are expected to remain at the Montecito estate, where staff would continue looking after them.

That becomes particularly interesting given speculation about just how long Harry and Meghan intend to remain in the UK.

Their British stay could be much more than temporary

Reports have suggested the Sussexes could remain in Britain for anything from several months to potentially years.

Archie and Lilibet are reportedly already enrolled at a British primary school, another indication that the family’s plans may extend beyond a short visit.

Harry and Meghan have also been linked to the Cotswolds, where they could establish a private base close to friends and members of Harry’s extended family.

However, the couple are reportedly not planning to sell their Montecito mansion.

Keeping the California property — complete with animals requiring daily care — would mean maintaining two substantial homes thousands of miles apart.

A genuinely transatlantic Sussex lifestyle?

That arrangement could provide another glimpse of how Harry and Meghan intend to structure their post-Montecito chapter.

Rather than abandoning California and permanently relocating to Britain, the Sussexes appear poised to maintain significant ties to both countries.

Their Montecito property would remain available whenever they return to California, while staff would presumably continue maintaining the estate and caring for the animals in their absence.

For a couple whose reported UK return is already shaping up to be anything but conventional, even their chickens underline the unusual scale of the logistics involved.

Harry and Meghan may be moving their family thousands of miles back to Britain — but Archie’s Chick Inn isn’t going anywhere. And if their UK chapter lasts for years, keeping life running back in Montecito could become one surprisingly expensive part of their new two-country lifestyle.