Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been living in this ultra-luxury Beverly Hills hideout that belongs to Hollywood tycoon Tyler Perry, DailyMailTV can exclusively revealThe Duke and Duchess of Sus𝑠e𝑥 and their one-year-old son Archie have called the $18 million mansion home since moving to LA at the end of March, sources saidFifty-year-old Perry’s eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom Tuscan-style villa sits on 22 acres on the top of a hill in the ultra-exclusive Beverly Ridge Estates guard-gated community, offering sweeping views of the city from the backyardA source told DailyMailTV: ‘Meghan and Harry have been extremely cautious to keep their base in LA under wraps. They have been at this property for a month without anyone finding out’The couple have been spotted only a handful of times since their move to Los Angeles, first volunteering for a local charity dropping off food to locals who are more at-risk of catching coronavirus (pictured), as well as taking their beloved dogs out for a walk

The couple have never been seen in public with Perry but are believed to have met him through their mutual close friend Oprah WinfreyPerry is best known for cross-dressing in the portrayal of the feisty character Madea (pictured) in a series of hit films. Perry made his fortune as a movie and TV actor, writer, director and producer and is thought to be worth $600 million, being named the richest man in entertainment by Forbes magazine in 2011It is not known whether Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, are renting Tyler’s property or staying there as guests, but there is no record of the mansion having been soldTop Hollywood real estate agent Rochelle Maize of the Nourmand & Associates agency told DailyMailTV: ‘Beverly Ridge Estates has just 14 homes but is very prestigious and chic. There are not many rentals on offer there because of the limited number of properties’Beverly Ridge Estates is close to the Van Nuys private airport and some of the most desirable private schools on the Westside of Los AngelesTop Hollywood real estate agent Rochelle Maize of the Nourmand & Associates agency told DailyMailTV: ‘Leases start at around $20,000 and can go up to $40,000 a month. It costs around $16 million to buy a property there’

Perry custom built the 24,000 square foot Beverly Hills mansion from scratch after buying the 22 acres of land it is on for $4.3 million in 2004. In June of 2015, he hosted a fundraiser for Barack Obama at the stunning property. He posted an image of himself with Obama inside his house last year (right)Both the Sus𝑠e𝑥es and Perry consider Oprah their Hollywood mentor. Oprah is even godson to Perry’s five-year-old son Aman, and was seen at the house Meghan and Harry are now staying at for his Christening party back in 2015 (pictured)Before the move to LA, the royals had been staying at a waterfront home in Vancouver Island since announcing they were stepping down from their royal duties in January, but made a beeline for LA after Canada announced it would be restricting its borders due to COVID-19Perry was even said to have showed the property to rapper Kanye West as a potential buyer while it was still being developed

Perry’s home is where Meghan and Harry celebrated Archie’s first birthday on Wednesday, having a ‘smash cake’ and Zoom chats with friends and family, a source told People magazine. The couple shared a video of Meghan reading to Archie in a sweet video filmed last week and shared to the Save the Children Instagram account. Oprah, 66, is believed to have gifted little Archie a huge collection of children’s books, including the Duck! Rabbit! story the Duchess read in the videoFinding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family is set to be released worldwide online on August 11, with the hard copy on sale from August 20 and was released to pre-order over the weekend