Earthquakes, mudslides and wildfires can plague the upscale oceanside community of Montecito, California, but the announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that they are leaving the celebrity-studded enclave and heading back to Britain this month barely raised an eyebrow among locals.
Just a 90-minute drive up the coastal highway from Los Angeles, the picturesque hillside community awash with mega-mansions and sprawling estates counts Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi among its most rarefied residents.
Yet the imminent departure of two very famous faces was not greeted with sounds of mourning. When the Daily Mail visited Montecito
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