THE DUKE and Duchess of Sussex’s reported request to live in Windsor Castle after their wedding may have been rejected by the Queen as it would have been "inappropriate", it has been claimed.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who now live in California, have had numerous homes since they first started dating in 2016.

After they got engaged, Meghan moved into Harry’s cottage at Kensington Palace. After their wedding, the couple wanted somewhere bigger to raise a family.

According to The Sunday Times, they went to the Queen for help.

The Duke and Duchess reportedly asked Her Majesty if they could live at Windsor Castle - something royal biographer Hugo Vickers said may not have been "entirely appropriate".

"There are empty bedrooms and suites in the private apartments within Windsor Castle which the Sussexes may have had their eye on, or perhaps some former living quarters in the castle grounds converted into other things,” he said.

"But I can see how it might not be entirely appropriate to have a young family living there."

Before Archie was born, Prince Harry and Meghan moved into Frogmore Cottage, gifted to them by the Queen shortly before their wedding.

But despite taking on huge renovations, they handed the keys to Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank in 2020.

They have since moved to California.

It recently emerged that Prince Harry has launched legal action against the government to allow him police protection when he comes to the UK - something he was stripped of after quitting royal life.

A legal representative for the Duke said of him leaving the UK: "While his role within the institution has changed, his profile as a member of the royal family has not. Nor has the threat to him and his family.

"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex personally fund a private security team for their family, yet that security cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed whilst in the UK.

"In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home.”