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Since The Duke and Duchess of Sussex back announced their intention to step in as a "senior" royals-and live part-time in North America , Canada aflutter was.

The Royal couple are great the North their homeland? Where will you live? What will you do?

While we don't know where you intend to settle, it was confirmed to the BBC royal correspondent, that Meghan was to Canada .

she and The Prince had to make in the UK with the announcement, after a six-week Christmas vacation in greater Victoria, on Vancouver Island .

Our correspondent said Buckingham Palace was "blindsided" by the pair of the instruction.

Here is why we should not be surprised by your interest in Canada .

A Victorian Christmas

The pair discovered that Hiking in the forests outside of Victoria over The Holidays , according to Canadian media.

musician David Foster , originally from the area, told the Daily Mail that he helped to organize, to stay for you, His wife, Katherine McPhee went to high school with Meghan in Los Angeles .

Since then, the international media flocked to The City in the midst of speculation that the couple may choose to settle there semi-permanently.

"There are media from all over the country and around The World , and from your country from across The Pond , which is already on the search for a shop Here ," Scott Fee, the news director at a local CHEK-TV, told Bbc Breakfast .

"the tabloids are on the track, if not already Here . "

A flood of press is probably not exactly what had hoped The Royal couple, for. In October last year, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly shown their struggles in the media spotlight, and you alluded to it in your recent announcement about your decision for working part-time in North America .

"The geographical balance will allow us to raise our son with an appreciation of The Royal tradition, in which he was born, while also providing Our Family with the space to focus on the next Chapter," read their statement, which was posted on the couple's official Instagram on 8. January.

What is Toronto?

Meghan has close relations with Canada for many years, although she lives an American citizen by birth, and her mother in California .

Meghan Markle, and Prince Harry share a joke

she lived in Toronto for Six Years during the filming of the TV series Suits. During their courtship, Prince Harry visited you in your Seaton Village home, and you kicked him to the 2017 Invictus Games , which were held in The City .

do not separate their relationships to Toronto when she moved across The Pond .

One of your closest friends, Jessica Mulroney, lives in Toronto with her husband, Ben Mulroney , The Son of a former Prime Minister . Their three small children were even a part of Prince Harry and Megan ' s wedding party.

It was speculated, but not confirmed, that baby Archie stayed with the Mulroney clan This Week , while Meghan and The Prince flew to the United Kingdom. to offer

What is Canada ?

all in all, what Canada has to offer The Royal couple a degree of privacy and freedom that you will not be granted in the UK.

Although the Canadian media has certainly a great interest in your exploits Here in Canada just the same tabloid culture, or paparazzi as the UK or the USA. The country also has lamps, a lot of secluded places where you could, if you wanted to, hide away from the lightning.

don't think so, creepy cabin in The Woods - think luxury properties to pristine lakes, surrounded by pine trees, is located on unpaved roads, which would make it difficult for the caravans to follow the photographers in your Way .

It is to say that there is not a single paparazzi photos of the couple during the Six Weeks you were on Vancouver Island .

you certainly would be The First royal to Canada to your home.

Prince Andrew, Prince Harry 's uncle on the paternal side, of the has on the test bench since the arrest and the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein , spent six months on exchange in Lakefield College School, and a close relationship with The School community after leaving.

Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria , lived in Canada with her parents when her father, Prince Arthur, was the appointment of the general-Governor. There, she was very popular, and her portrait was even on the one-dollar banknote, issued in 1917.

in fact, prior to 1952, all in Canada , governors-general, a part of The British aristocracy, which has led to some speculate that Prince could carry Harry to the tradition.

In the year 2018, writing for the National Post 's Tristan Hopper proposed that The Duke of Sussex should consider on The Role . It is appointed by The Queen on proposal of the Prime Minister , to be their representative in Canada .

"One of the most important case, The Job of the general-Governor, California is to do it smart, ambitious Canadians, and essentially locks you into a Palace with strict instructions on what is said to them," he wrote.

"Prince Harry had Mail lived his whole life in an unreal bubble of safety and privilege, where even the slightest partisan strong is worth The Daily E-could yield a week of headlines. If someone knows How To dressed in huge power that you never use, never, it is The House of Windsor. "

This Week , a survey carried out for the Postmedia newspaper chain Dart, and Maru/Blue Voice Canada also suggested that 60% of Canadians would agree, if he is to general-Governor.

One thing the king must observe the couple may be, is, immigration laws. Canada is part of the Commonwealth, and Prince Harry , his grandmother, The Queen is The Head of state, although he could see her face on the currency, he is not a citizen.

As a Briton, The Prince is entitled to spend up to six months in the year as a visitor in Canada - a little more than that, and he would have to apply for a visa. As an American citizen, the same rules apply also for his wife.

What to think of the Canadians?

The couple Under Fire in the UK after the BBC revealed The Palace was not informed of your decision most of your Royal duties, and to try to be financially independent.

Writing in the Daily Mail , Piers Morgan , said the couple wants to "keep all of the trappings of Royal life without any of the hard, boring, and The Right , in a Bar, on your status, but you choose".

But the Canadian media has a very friendly tone.

In the Globe and Mail, Anne Donahue, expressed joy that the couple might be moving to Canada , and called her decision to step away from The Royal circus.

"Meghan and Harry's choice to step back, triggered the kind of change in which everyone wins. They have begun to dismantle an institution that often seems to be a historical relic. And they are very public, to stop the choice, put up with the nonsense on their own dime and in their own Way - a power movement. "

Not everyone is thrilled.

On Friday, the Monarchist League of Canada , warned Prince Harry and Meghan, that "any public support for their desire to occupy a new, hybrid role could disappear, the combination of your Royal status with more personal freedom, were quick to develop it, a feeling that, even unintentionally, she had in some Way respect showed a lack of The lady whose style is more reserved, and whose watchword is duty. "

But, by and large, Canadians are pretty chuffed at the idea - and they are willing to sweeten the pot, if it will help to stay to convince you.

coffee-and-Donuts, Tim Hortons franchise offered them free coffee For Life .

this action led to a strong reaction on its own.

Some of The Company franchises come Under Fire over salaries, and how you treat homeless patrons, and many took to Twitter to say, Tim Hortons will go your money to the community, not the Sussexes.

"Wow, talk about tone-deaf. Sort, pay their workers a living wage before you start giving freebies to the rich," tweeted Erin Carson DeWolfe.

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