Is settling down and living in the United States a wise decision for royals seeking a “normal” life? Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia thinks so. The European prince, who has lived in New York since 1984 and has a self-named jewellery brand based there, says that the city is the best place to live because it allows anonymity. The prince grew up in Paris but prefers the US to Europe. He feels America is a much more free society, and since Europe is an older world, everything is more complicated, he said in an interview earlier this month. But aside from Prince Dimitri, which other royals moved to the US, and what are their reasons for doing so? How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will take 2022 by storm Prince Harry and Meghan Markle While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have never stated publicly their reasons for living in Montecito, a community in Santa Barbara, a new epilogue in royal biography Finding Freedom claims it was recommended by their A-list friends including US host Oprah Winfrey who described it as the “perfect place to raise a family”, according to Hello! . Winfrey also said that Montecito offers security and privacy yet is “close enough to the amenities of civilisation when needed”. Step inside Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's stunning Montecito home. The couple bought the sprawling nine-bedroom and 16-bathroom mansion in upscale Montecito for $14.6 million in June 2020. #luxuryhouses #mansions #realestatephotography #housedesign pic.twitter.com/v4v45XVHYL — Wigwam Property News (@WigwamProperty) August 5, 2021 Former Princess Mako of Japan Former Princess Mako of Japan and her commoner husband, Kei Komuro moved to the Big Apple last year to start a new life after she exited the imperial royal family. Before their relocation, the pair tied the knot in a low-key ceremony in Tokyo. The New York Post reported that the couple rented a flat in New York where Komuro works as a clerk at a New York Law firm. However, he has yet to pass the state’s bar exam to practice as a lawyer. What’s going on with Melania Trump? Her controversial 2022 so far Prince Joel of Ethiopia The great-grandson of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, Prince Joel was born in Rome while his parents, Prince David Makonnen and Princess Adey Imru Makonnen, were in exile. According to his biography, the 39-year-old was educated in Switzerland, France, and his native country. In 2003, he transferred to the American University in Washington DC where he took up business administration. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 2015 at Howard University School of Law to become a qualified lawyer. Finish being happy about Prince Harry, but OCTOBER OF 2017 an African American Woman, Ariana Austin became an African Princess by marrying Joel Makonnen, the grandson of the last Emperor of Ethiopia and a direct descendent of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. pic.twitter.com/EHeMUC0ca5 — ᴺ ✿ (@itsNouran) May 20, 2018 Aside from his educational merits, the Prince also found love in the US. The New York Times reported that he met his wife, Ariana Austin, at a nightclub in DC and got married in Maryland. The two settled down in the Washington area, as per Daily Mail but also have a house in Los Angeles, reported Insider . Who is Anna Delvey, the fake heiress in Netflix’s Inventing Anna? Princess Madeleine of Sweden In 2010, according to Swedish media outlet The Local, Princess Madeleine of Sweden moved to New York after a broken off-engagement. King Carl Gustaf Queen Silvia Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia are in Miami Florida with Princess Madeleine and Family pic.twitter.com/EgrxgKp91x — Queen Maxima and Royal Ladies (@vaninaswchindt) January 9, 2019 There, she worked for the World Childhood Foundation, an organisation co-founded by her mother, and met her husband, British-American financier Christopher O’Neill, Marie Claire reported. According to Town & Country , they moved to London but now live in Florida. Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark According to Hello magazine, Princess Maria-Olympia moved to New York at age 19, after a holiday in the Bahamas, to start her studies at New York University. Her family moved from London to New York in 2017, and she promptly enthused to the magazine how excited she was to spend time with her siblings. Meet Michael Jackson’s secret half-sister, Joh’Vonnie Princess Maria-Olympia still spends much of her time at her family’s home in the Upper East Side, according to Hola . Want more stories like this? Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter .