MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry held talks over Mel Gibson’s Malibu mansion but walked away without buying it, The Sun can reveal.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been linked to the Lethal Weapon star’s £12million home overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
The couple were said to be interested in the snapping up the stunning five-bedroom home, which came with five acres of grounds and a private beach club membership.
But a Hollywood source told The Sun: “There were conversations between brokers for Mel and brokers for Meghan and Harry.
“The talks were preliminary and they never got close to finalising a deal.
“I’m not sure who ended the talks – Mel’s house has been on and off the market for some time.”
Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, have relocated to California from their £11million bolthole on remote Vancouver Island, in Canada.
Following the ‘Megxit’ drama, they were reportedly focusing their house search on the Malibu neighbourhood – 30 miles from Los Angeles.
Andrea Pilot, who works for real estate firm Compass in LA, posted on Instagram last week claiming that Meg and Harry had bought the Malibu mansion of 64-year-old Gibson.
She wrote: “Big news…Prince Harry & Meghan Markle buy Mel Gibson’s house in Malibu.”
Ms Pilot took her post down when contacted by The Sun On Sunday and declined to comment further.
The 6,758 sq ft home, in Malibu’s Carbon Mesa area, overlooks both the Pacific Ocean in front of it and a green canyon behind it.
It has five bedrooms, five acres of grounds, walk-in closets, “an exceptional chef’s kitchen”, a gym and two ocean-view swimming pools.
The mansion, which used to be owned by The X-Files star David Duchovny, also comes with a membership to a beach club.
Branden Williams, who had listed Gibson’s home on the website of his firm Williams & Williams Estates Group,
declined to comment last night.
A representative for Mad Max star Gibson was unreachable.
