Prince Harry has solidified his commitment to life in sunny Los Angeles by throwing his support behind one of the city’s most successful sports teams, proudly cheering on the L.A. Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series.
Harry, 41, wore his fandom with pride, sporting a Dodgers baseball cap as he and his wife, Meghan Markle, watched the team lose to the Toronto Blue Jays, a defeat that tied the series 2-2.
The Sussexes were given the full VIP treatment at the sporting event, where they sat in the front row just behind the pitch clock—while sporting legends like Magic Johnson and Sandy Koufax were resigned to the second set of seats.
Images showed Harry and Meghan, 44, cheering and clapping on the Los Angeles team, which was led by star pitcher Shohei Ohtani, while the MLB’s official X account proudly noted that there was “royalty in the front row” at the major event.
The World Series game marks the latest in a line of major pop culture events that the couple have attended in recent months—with Meghan revealing in May that the duo had secured VIP seats at music icon Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter tour in L.A.
However, their surprise appearance at Game 4 was also met with some backlash, particularly from critics in Canada, who slammed the couple for showing support for the Dodgers rather than the Toronto team.
Harry and Meghan both boast strong ties to the Canadian city—which some have accused them of neglecting by rooting for the California team.
When she met Harry, Meghan was living in Toronto, where she was busy filming the legal drama “Suits,” in which she played Rachel Zane, a role she held for six years before quitting the show to marry into the British royal family.
During that time, Meghan lived in the upscale Seaton Village neighborhood in a charming rental house that sold for $1.4 million in September 2024, seven years after she had vacated it.
Meanwhile, Harry’s ties to Canada run even deeper. The country is part of the Commonwealth, meaning that it recognizes the British monarch—currently Harry’s father, King Charles, is its head of state—despite remaining fully independent as a country.
Over the years, the father of two has maintained strong ties to Canada, even hosting two of his Invictus Games in the country, first in Toronto in 2017, then in Vancouver and Whistler in February of this year.
The couple also briefly resided in Canada together after they quit their roles as senior working royals in early 2020, when they temporarily moved into a historic mansion on Vancouver Island.
However, when it came to establishing a permanent home base for their family, the Sussexes returned to Meghan’s home state of California, where she was born and raised—although they opted out of living in Los Angeles in favor of taking up residence in the tony Santa Barbara community of Montecito.
The duo purchased an enormous Mediterranean-style mansion there for $14.65 million in 2020, having found the property online.
“We were looking in this area and this house kept popping up online in searches,” Meghan told The Cut, of their house-hunting process during a 2022 interview.
Interestingly, Meghan admitted that she and Harry were initially concerned that they wouldn’t be able to afford the home, noting that—at the time—they were both unemployed.
“We didn’t have jobs, so we were just not going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible,” she said. “It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping—it’s like, ‘I don’t want to go and look at all the things that I can’t afford—that doesn’t feel good.'”
However, her fascination with the nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom estate won out and they went to view the home in person—with Meghan revealing that they fell in love with it before even setting foot inside.
“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she recalled. “We did everything we could to get this house.”
The couple have fully embraced the California lifestyle in recent years, while turning their mansion into a sanctuary for themselves and their two children, Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4.
Meghan has previously opened up about the importance of her home serving as a “safe haven” for her children while revealing why she declined to film her Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” at the property.
“I wanted to protect that safe haven,” she told People. “We’re a close-knit family, and I love those moments—putting Lili down for a nap, having lunch together, having sacred time together at the end of the day.
“Our kitchen is where Mama just cooks for the family, and with a crew of 80-plus people, that’s a lot of people to have in your house!”
The mother of two shed further light on the family’s at-home routine earlier this month during an intimate conversation with former sorority sister Courtney Adamo.
Meghan and Courtney—who met during their freshman year at Northwestern University—sat down together at an event entitled “Compare Notes on Creating a Home That’s Filled With Joy,” which was held at the Godmothers bookstore in Summerland, CA, on Oct. 23.
During the event, which was organized to celebrate the release of Courtney’s book, “The Family Home: Inspiring Ideas for a Home Filled With Joy,” Meghan opened up about the rituals that she and Harry have implemented in their home, starting with filling the property with music first thing in the morning.
“The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is turn the music on in the house,” she noted.
Meghan revealed that the family also shares a daily “rose and thorn,” detailing one positive and one negative experience from throughout their day, admitting that her daughter, Lilibet, is particularly fond of this routine.
“Our daughter she’s 4, and she’s a very strong personality and she’s incredible,” Meghan shared. “And now she’s in this moment where I say, ‘What’s your rose and your thorn?’ And she goes, ‘My day was just a blast.'”
When the children aren’t feeling their best, however, the Sussexes have a specific home item on hand to cheer them up: a “healing blanket” that was gifted to the family by Godmothers bookstore founder Victoria Jackson.
As for welcoming guests into her home, Meghan has several hosting traditions that she picked up in a bid to make people feel as comfortable as possible—noting that she regularly goes barefoot inside her house, even when she has people over.
“It demystifies,” she said, adding that she will also usually open the door with an apron on. “People walk in and go, ‘Oh, she’s in this with me.’ And what are they drawn to? Your kitchen. They come right in, and suddenly everyone’s a little bit softened.”
Rather than offering to brew guests a cup of tea or coffee, Meghan noted that she usually has a hot cider or a hot toddy warming on the stove, which she invites people to serve themselves.
“I love people being able to serve themselves, and having things on the stove that everyone can help themselves to,” she explained.
The final feature of Meghan’s at-home hosting lineup is, of course, music, which she says she “always has on in the background.”
All of these rituals have made the family so comfortable at home that the As Ever founder admitted she rarely leaves the house without taking a small piece of it with her.
“I always travel with a candle,” she explained. “I am so conscious and sensitive to fragrance, and I associate that with home.”
