Prince Harry and 7 more royals who no longer live in their native countries

The US was once home to Princess Madeleine of Sweden, her husband Chris O’Neill and their three children. The Swedish royals relocated to Miami, Florida, in 2018. 

The couple made the move because it was an ideal time for her young children while they were still very young, and to spend more time closer to her husband Christopher O’Neill’s family ties. In 2024, the five of them moved back to Sweden. 

Princess Leonor, the future Queen of Spain, moved to the UK in August 2021 in order to study for her International Baccalaureate. The teenager studied at the UWC Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, Wales. Her studies ended in 2023, and she moved back to Zarzuela Palace near Madrid. 

Joining Princess Leonor at the UWC Atlantic College was Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, the daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. Like Leonor, Princess Alexia relocated to Wales in summer 2021, following in the footsteps of her father, who also studied there. She too graduated in May 2023 – receiving her official diploma on July 6, 2023.

Many of the senior members of the Greek royal family don’t actually live in the country. Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece divide their time between lavish properties around the world with their five children, including a New York residence, London townhouse, Cotswolds estate, and a property in Harbour Island in the Bahamas.

Princess Charlene may now live in the Prince’s Palace of Monaco with her husband Prince Albert and their twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, but she was actually born in Zimbabwe, before moving to South Africa with her family at the age of 11.

Like Princess Charlene, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark relocated from her home country after finding love with a royal. Mary met Prince Frederik at a pub in Sydney when he was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics, and moved to Europe in 2001 after a long-distance relationship, first moving to Paris, and then Copenhagen. They married in May 2004 and have four children together.

Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and had no idea that King Willem-Alexander was royalty when they met in Seville, Spain in 1999. The couple married in 2002 and have three children.