Giggling Meghan & Harry spotted leaving star-studded bash on duke’s birthday weekend at £23m mansion with Oprah Winfrey
A GIGGLING Harry and Meghan were spotted leaving a star-studded bash on the duke’s birthday weekend.
The couple headed home from the £23million Montecito mansion on Saturday in a chauffeur-driven all-black Range Rover after partying with actor Tyler Perry and talk-show host Oprah Winfrey.
Meghan, 43, was snapped giggling in the backseat next to hubby Harry just hours before the prince turned 40 years old and he set off on a “getaway with closest pals“.
The former actress’ outfit could not be seen through the car window but Meg had her hair scraped back in a ponytail while her diamond engagement ring and wedding banned were on show.
Harry donned a grey suit as he was seen leaving around 11pm.
A man hired to work the event told MailOnline: “There was a lot of music, dancing, and singing. Lots of speeches and food too.
“Everyone was having a lot of fun. It was a good party. There were a lot of famous people but I cannot say any more.”
The Sussexes were out celebrating Tyler Perry’s 55th birthday, who let them stay in his Santa Barbara home when they first moved stateside.
Paramount CEO Brian Robbins and his wife, Tracy, who are neighbours of Meghan and Harry’s, were also at the celebrations.
As Harry and Meg headed back to their own Montecito mansion, they were accompanied by an unknown pal, security detail and a driver.
Hours before the star-studded event, the duke and duchess attended the George Zajfen Tennis Tournament in Los Angeles.
It was in honour of Kelly McKee and Julian Zaifen’s late son George who tragically passed away a couple of years ago.
Meghan wore a mini dress and heels from Giuliva Heritage.
Harry sported a white t-shirt, jacket and casual trousers for the tournament as he was filmed beaming chatting to Netflix’s Buying Beverley Hills star Zach Goldsmith.
It came just hours before wife Meg was set to stay behind in California with kids Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, while Harry celebrated his birthday with friends.
Harry and Meghan's relationship with Tyler Perry
During Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s self-titled Netflix docuseries, the latter recalls how she and the Duke of Sussex became friends with Tyler Perry.
The Suits actress and the Emmy Award winner first came into contact when Tyler reached out to Meghan in regards to her much-talked-about estrangement from her father Thomas Markle.
Fast forward to March 2020, Tyler offered the couple sanctionary at his Beverly Hills estate while they faced controversy for their choice to walk away from their positions as the Royal Family’s senior members.
Tyler made the offer to the pair after paparazzi discovered their Vancouver Island hideout.
And in Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, they discussed how Perry came to their rescue when they relocated to California.
Meghan told Oprah: “We didn’t have a plan, and we needed a house, and he offered security as well, so it gave us breathing room to try to figure out what we were going to do.”
The couple stayed in Perry’s house for three months before relocating to a home in Santa Barbara.
Shortly after Harry and Meghan welcomed their second child and first daughter Lilibet Diana on June 4, 2021, they asked Tyler to become the princess’ godfather.
In the last episode of their Netflix docuseries, the screenwriter recounted the moment the two asked him for the honor.
“We’ll call, and we’ll chat, and we’ll talk about silly things, and they were pretty serious over the phone,” Tyler recalled.
“I ask them, ‘Okay, what’s going on?’ They said, ‘Well, we’d like for you to be Lili’s godfather.’
“I go, ‘Whoa,’ I had to take a minute to take that in. And I thought, ‘I’d be honoured, I’d absolutely be honoured.'”