Sussexes pull 'oldest trick in book' in 'genius' move to rival Charles

and have bought a home in Portugal to , said a royal commentator who called the move the "oldest trick in the book".

Lady Colin Campbell also called the timing of the purchase "convenient", with the news revealed during the King and Queen's royal tour. She explained: "Charles and Camilla are in Australia and Samoa and we are speaking about Harry and Meghan, and Portugal. They are geniuses."

Speaking on Dan Wootton's , she said: "It's the oldest trick in the book. Colin Tenant very successfully gave Princess Margaret land on Mustique and then actually built her a house, and that helped to make Mustique into what it became.

"This is a version of this. To help out Jack and Eugenie and get them some publicity."

, an avid socialite and friend of Princess Margaret, eventually made the island of Mustique in the Caribbean a byword for high society.

Harry and Meghan's home is reportedly just an hour's drive south of Lisbon on Portugal's west coast, between Comporta and Melides. The area has become a popular holiday destination for the rich, thanks to it being relatively untouched by .

and her husband , just south of Lisbon.

The is owned by multimillionaire property tycoon Mike Meldman. Mr Brooksbank works in marketing, sales, and promotion for Mike's Discovery Land Company, which specialises in building luxurious private golf and residential holiday communities across the globe.

The Duke of Sussex has always been close to his cousins, Eugenie and her sister , remaining in contact with them since he moved to the US and stepped down as a working royal in 2020.

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