Time is running out to buy the Toronto house where Prince Harry and Suits actress Meghan Markle spent time before announcing their engagement last month â as the sellers are expected to choose a buyer as soon as tonight.Real estate agent Alex Beauregard says the two-storey, three-bedroom house â which the future princess rented for two years â has drawn a lot of interest since it was listed last week, at $1.395 million.The sellers were to begin taking offers at 4 p.m. Wednesday.Read more: Gone, but not forgotten? Meghan Markleâs Toronto house is on the marketMeghan Markle will join the Royal Family for ChristmasPrince William, Prince Harry join Star Wars cast at Last Jedi European premiereMarkle, who is from Los Angeles but lived part-time in Toronto since 2011, and the British royal announced their engagement on Nov. 27 after a courtship that involved visits on both side of the pond.Markle is best known for her role as paralegal Rachel Zane on the NBC hit Suits, which is filmed in Toronto.The actress and Prince Harry plan to tour Britain over the next six months to give Markle an opportunity to learn about the country before their May wedding in the chapel at Windsor Castle, and as she prepares to move into Kensington Palace.Beauregard, an agent with Freeman Real Estate Ltd. said the added curiosity surrounding the engagement drew 150 people to its open house last weekend, with some waiting as much as 20 minutes to get access. Thatâs roughly 50 per cent more visitors than at a similar showing in the neighbourhood, he said.However, Beauregard said many of those were âlooky-looâ viewers with a royal fascination and roughly 20 appeared to be actual prospective buyers.âWe had a person walking through asking too many questions about, âDid Prince Harry use this table and this chair?â ... You can figure out fairly quickly who is serious,â he said.The sellers, former Flare magazine fashion editor Elizab ...
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