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Meghan Markle has given a glimpse into the $14.65 million Montecito mansion she shares with Prince Harry and their two children, Archie and Lilibet.

In a new interview published today with The Cut, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, shared how her home in Southern California makes her ‘feel free’ and is ‘calm and healing’.

The magazine revealed various features of the property – including the two connected palm trees in the garden, which the Duke of Sussex, 37, refers to as himself and Meghan – with even their son, three, calling ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa’ whenever he passes them.

Elsewhere, it detailed Harry and Meghan’s shared office and the ‘two plush club chairs placed side by side behind a single desk, facing into the room like thrones.’

The couple’s sitting room is home to a grand piano from actor-director Tyler Perry – whose Beverly Hills mansion they first stayed in following their move from Canada – as well as a Soho House rose-water candle and cosy chairs. 

The Montecito house is the kind of big that startles you into remembering that unimaginable wealth is actually someone’s daily reality,’ wrote Allison P. Davis. 

The author compared it to a classic Tuscan villa, a Napa vineyard and a Beverly Hills country club.

Meghan revealed that both she and Prince Harry avoided visiting their current home at first – because affording it wasn’t possible since they didn’t have any jobs.

She explained that the couple didn’t want to ‘window shop’ the property – however, they eventually visited the home and fell in love with the grounds. 

They had only toured the outside – which includes a chicken coop, pool and pool house – when they told the real estate agent that they wanted the home, purchasing it for $14.65 million.

‘We did everything we could to get this house,’ said Meghan. ‘Because you walk in and go… Joy. And exhale. And calm. It’s healing. You feel free.’ 

Mariah Carey calls out ‘diva’ Meghan Markle: ‘Don’t act like you aren’t.” Your VISUALS are SO DIVA!

It takes one to know one.

Meghan Markle — and her “Archetypes” podcast listeners — “started to sweat” after Mariah Carey accused the Duchess of Sussex of “diva moments” in Tuesday’s episode.

When Markle, 41, told her guest that she does not personally “connect to” the “diva … persona,” Carey, 53, interrupted.

“You give us diva moments sometimes, Meghan,” the singer said. “Don’t act like [you don’t].”

The “Suits” alum appeared flustered, asking, “What kind of diva moments did I give you?”

Carey then clarified that she meant Markle’s “visual[s]” and not her personality, saying she “didn’t mean” anything by the comment and was “playing” with the former actress.

Markle expressed her relief after the interview ended.

“She must have felt my nervous laughter, and … she jumped right in to make sure I was crystal clear that when she said diva, she was talking about the way I dress, the posture, the clothing,” she explained.

“She meant diva as a compliment, but I heard it as a dig,” the duchess continued. “That moment, as she explained to me, she meant it as chic, as inspirational.”

Before Carey set the record straight, Markle admittedly was “squirming in [her] chair in [a] quiet revolt” against the accusation.

“[The conversation] was all going swimmingly, really well, until that moment happened,” she recalled. “It stopped me in my tracks. … My mind was just genuinely spinning on what nonsense she might have read or clicked on to make her say that.”

Markle explained, “I just kept thinking at that moment: Is my girl crush coming to a quick demise? Does she actually not see me?”

Earlier in the episode, the “Bench” author told Carey how important the Grammy winner’s career was to her while growing up biracial.

“You were so formative for me,” gushed Markle, who launched her podcast earlier this month with guest Serena Williams.

“Representation matters so much,” she added. “When you came onto the scene, [I was like], ‘Oh, my gosh, someone looks like me.’”