Could a cannabis farm be an expensive whiff of trouble at the Sussex family’s $14.5 million Montecito estate?



He’s blessed with a $14.5 million Tuscan-style mansion with seven bedrooms, thirteen and a half bathrooms, a library, movie theater, gym, pool, and chicken coop—not to mention two adorable kids and a bewitching wife who’s dying to try hers. sweet.

But Prince Harry, and indeed his entire neighborhood, may now be in dire need of a “cleaning” machine — or several of them — as I’ll explain.

This is the verdict of those who struggle with the smell of “skunk-like”, “jaw-tightening” and “ungodly stench”.

This is caused by cannabis, which is now legally grown in California – including on the farm where Meghan and a 50-strong crew will film much of her upcoming Netflix home cooking series.

Located just ten minutes from Sussex’s Montecito residence, the farm is one of several where traditional crops – such as grapes and avocados – have given way to “industrial-scale” cannabis.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (pictured in Nigeria as part of the Invictus Games anniversary celebrations) have a cannabis farm just ten minutes from their Sussex Montecito residence
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle splashed $14.7 million on a Tuscan-style mansion in Montecito, California

The aromatic effects, alas, are overwhelming to unsuspecting residents, prompting one to remark that he thought “something [had] died in the cellar’—until, that is, he remembered that there was no cellar.

Convinced that the foul odor was caused by rodents, he called pest control. — The master came and set a trap. We waited… and waited.

Nothing was stuck. Realizing that the air itself is polluted, the homeowner helped file a lawsuit against two farms — not the one Meghan will be filming at — whose produce is said to be particularly bad.

This is where scrubbers can obviously come to the rescue. Scrubber is the name of a filtering machine that is claimed to be able to clear the air of 84 percent of the disgusting smell of cannabis. But it comes at a price – $22,000 or £17,000 a piece. That’s not all: it takes ten per acre to be effective.

It is enough to get the farmers to use some of their own produce – one that Harry, in his memoirs, Spare said “helped[ed]’ him, bringing him ‘a sense of relaxation, relief, comfort…’

I hear it’s greener pastures for Idris Elba, who has just returned from a jaunt in Ibiza where he DJed for stars including models Amy Jackson and Leomie Anderson, pictured together right, at the Gray Goose launch party of their new vodka, Altius.

Now I can reveal that the Luther star, whose net worth is estimated at £40million, is turning his attention to the quirky endeavor of gardening.

The newly filed documents reveal that Elba, 51, is launching his own range of fertilizers and will trade under the name Growing Media – with products in the range including peat moss, bark, rice hulls and wood fibre. Alan Titchmarsh, take care.

Idris Elba (pictured in April 2024) is launching his own range of fertilizers and will trade under the name Growing Media

It certainly wasn’t hard to spot dancing queen Rosamund Pike at Abba Voyage’s second anniversary bash this week.

The 45-year-old Saltburn star was spotted in a ’70s-style sequin jumpsuit at East London’s Abba Arena, which features avatars of the legendary Swedish pop group. But Abba star Björn Ulvaeus was fascinated by something else.

“It’s very hard to understand emotionally that we wrote these little songs and it led to this,” he said. “I have no idea what actually makes people want to listen to music that’s been made [over] 30 years ago.

While Princess Beatrice has been a frequent visitor to the Monaco Grand Prix, Dara Huang – the mother of her stepson ‘Wolfie’ – has just made her racing debut.

“My first Monaco Grand Prix and it was as exciting as I expected it to be,” the architect wrote alongside this selfie he shared online.

“I have met inspiring people around this amazing sport.”

Ms. Huang, 41, who was previously engaged to Beatrice’s husband, entrepreneur Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, was born and raised in America.

She recently opened up about co-parenting with the King’s niece, saying: ‘Wolfie has had two sets of parents trying to help him on both sides and I just think the more the merrier. I feel lucky to have such positive people around him who really embrace him. It wasn’t supposed to be this easy.

With security at the Cannes Film Festival under scrutiny after appearing to run into famous stars, fashionista Victoria Magrath relived her own ‘brutal’ nightmares on the famous French steps.

“Many times they shouted at me, pushed me, pushed me, pushed me and pushed me until I had to give up smiling for a photo,” she wrote of the staircase of the city’s Palais des Festivals.

“Hopefully the backlash they got this year might make them a little more lenient.”

Victoria Magrath (pictured) experienced her own ‘brutal’ nightmares from the famous French Steps at the Cannes Film Festival

Former Bond girl Marilyn Galsworthy – who was dunked in a shark tank in The Spy Who Loved Me – is on the road to recovery after falling into a coma earlier this month.

Galsworthy’s daughter model Jasmine Leonard said she was “completely traumatised” and “exhausted” by the experience. Although the cause of the actress’ coma has not been revealed, it is understood that she has woken up and is recovering with her daughter by her side.

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