Harry and Meghan will leave their 2.5 million pound hole in the Cotswolds in a few weeks

The Duke and Duchess of Susbad are expected to come out of their bowl hole in the Cotswolds within a few weeks.

The couple took a two-year lease for the old 2.5 million-pound farm in a picturesque hamlet on the eve of their wedding last year and spent most weekends there.

Some friends say it gives Harry and Meghan the chance to escape the 'goldfish' of royal life at Kensington Palace, where they live in the two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage.

The couple, expecting their first child in April, was expected to guard the house after moving from London to Frogmore Cottage in the Queen's Windsor area this spring.

But the Daily Mail has learned that the couple will cancel the lease sooner and move in March.

Bolthole: The secret mansion of Harry and Meghan in Oxfordshire, worth £ 2.5 million, where they receive friends. It has four bedrooms and an outhouse with two other rooms for guests

A source hinted yesterday that the move is due to the fact that they are struggling to pay for the maintenance of two properties, especially since Frogmore Cottage's construction work is expected to cost up to $ 500,000. To £ 3 million.

Although taxpayers badume the bulk of the bill, Harry, 34, and Meghan, 37, have to pay for all the accessories themselves.

However, another source insisted that the funding was not a problem and suggested that the real reason for the move was security.

The isolated luxury house, which the Mail has chosen not to identify, is close to the fashionable retreat reserved for private Soho Farmhouse members, where many friends from Meghan in the UK frequent.

The estate, owned by former multi-millionaire Etonian Nicholas Johnston, is located 13 km northeast of Chipping Norton and is in the heart of an area called "Poshfordshire", thanks to its usual celebrities and weekend.

Friends say that Harry and Meghan love the bolthole because it gives them the opportunity to escape the "goldfish bowl" of royal life at Kensington Palace.

However, they will now be leaving the Cotswolds retreat, and one source has suggested that this sudden change is due to the finances, as much as the construction work on Frogmore Cottage (photo) is expected to cost up to 3 million £

A little over a decade ago, the 18th century listed farmhouse included two ruined livestock buildings, as well as unusable stables and barns next door, next to a burning farmhouse . Since then, it has been transformed into a magnificent country house nestled in a hidden valley.

But the house is not in a very guarded area, like Windsor or Sandringham. And while security measures have been put in place, the house is not a permanent royal residence and so is not as heavily protected as it could be.

It is understood that residents are not happy with the attention of the couple's presence and are worried about the additional pressure on local police resources. The costs of guarding the property would be shared between the Metropolitan Police Force and the Thames Valley Police Force.

As the couple's baby is expected in April, it seems that they have decided to stick to Windsor. Frogmore Cottage is undergoing renovations.

A spokesman declined to discuss plans for Cotswold ownership.