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The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about 260 square miles across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east.

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... The duke also spends a lot of time on the South Downs, where he funds a conservation project...

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... Born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17 July 1947 to an upper-class family, she grew up on the edge of the South Downs in East Sussex...

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Harry and Meghan: How the people of the between time between the two countries

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... UK/USADuring the summer months, Beki Adam is an ecological campsite in the South Downs, tent sites and cabins offers stay...

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... Robert Wheal was due to stand as a candidate in the Arundel and South Downs constituency, but as a part of the movement...

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... elsewhere, ex-minister Nick Herbert has horse riding to the growing list of Tory MPs of the One Nation wing of the party, the decision to best that the next elections, said he would Alliance to step down as MP for Arundel and South Downs, the focus on his new role as Chairman of the landscape...

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Harry and Meghan: How the people of the between time between the two countries

Feb 16,2020 2:38 am

Prince Harry and Meghan spend a few years in Windsor, and some in Canada

The Queen is a "trial period" for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to split your time between the UK and Canada.

For senior royals like Harry and Megan, there is an unprecedented movement. But for some people, apart, divides her Life between two homes, the thousands of miles that is normal.

Some do it for the love or spirituality. Others describe their living conditions as "modest", to look after parents in old age. Here is how You make it work.

United Kingdom/Australia

Every six months, Johanna Craven and her partner Davis to pack and travel on The Other side of The World .

"This is going to do our third year, it is," she says, as she prepares to leave London and head to Melbourne , Australia, where she will remain until mid-2020.

"It's funny, whenever I says to the New Place it feels like I never left", the Australian-British dual-national.

"It feels like I'm at home or Away , it is like I Am to any other part of My Life . "

"I have a lot of winter in this year is a pleasure for me to warmer weather," she says,

You are living originally from Australia, in the UK for seven years>When they chose the new scheme in 2017.

"he decided He wanted to go back to Australia, I wanted to stay. We thought, let's try both.

"It felt right, it felt to try like the obvious thing to do. "

The two have A House in Melbourne - You can, while You are Away and rent another place in London -Each Time .

"this is probably the biggest challenge; finding a suitable and affordable place To Live every year," says Ms Craven, 38, works as a composer and Author .

Ms Craven was hesitant at first, But says they "enjoy the moment"

You also had to "start again" with your career before The Move they had a piano-teaching business in London - focused But now on other work, such as writing Historical Fiction .

"I'll do my best to travel light. I'm getting used to Life with less stuff, it makes me realize that I really don't need very much. "

UK/USA

For Bruce chin, 47, who has split time between the United Kingdom and California for 25 years, he says, the Reasons are more "modest" than the stereotypes of the exotic "dual-national lifestyle".

"It is very much an evolutionary process," he says. "I never expected My Life .

"Really, the circumstances behind that are anchored in the a caretaker for my aging parents, and with my partner. "

Mr. Chin from San Francisco , first came to England on a student visa at the University of Oxford in 1995 and says he "fell in love with the UK".

"I literally land [in the USA] and I'm moved to start doing errands with My Father ," says Mr Chin

Several years and many trips back and Forth later, Mr. chin to be the UK final with his partner.

He now lives in Surrey But regularly travels back to San Francisco , his father care for his mother who a chronic illness.

"For The Last 17 years, I go back every four months for one or Two Weeks .

"I have two cars, Bank accounts, addresses, and friends and family and Life in both places. "

Mr. chin, is a British-American dual national, said: "I have to say, even if there is some modest beginnings of the perks behind it is pretty incredible. "

He gets to travel and with a passion for maritime history, says he can indulge his hobby more in the UK.

Mr chin, consulting director, says about his loyalty points to help with airfare

But adds: "It Comes at a price. The compromises will not be able to help my aging parents as much as I would like.

"But I bring The World to You . I'm like an Ambassador of The World and I can travel to the UK now really like a water Lily, to all kinds of destinations that I never would have ever had the privilege of.

"I love My Life , so much as it is now. It will not last forever, it is temporary, But I plan to enjoy it. "

UK/USA

During the summer months, Beki Adam is an ecological campsite in the South Downs , tent sites and cabins offers stay.

But for The Last couple of years, while the campsite is quiet, they spent from October to March in Woodstock, New York , where she bought A House close to a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery .

Ms Adam practiced Buddhism during her time in the United States and is working on your house, there are

"I'm a Buddhist, and there is a network of people in a community here," she says. The UK is their home, But "it is a spiritual home is here".

"It sounded beautiful, But It Comes with challenges," says Ms. Adam, 53. "I did not understand the amount of work. It is not done lightly. If I could have anything prefer that in a place that I would that for sure. "

she says she had no experience with The American legal system to buy A House , was difficult.

"When I left England in October, I was, 'Right, to sell it this year, definitely The House ," " she says, her US home

"On the positive side, a famous Buddhist Saying -" do You see the mountain more clearly, if You 're on the level'. So I find myself thinking, I love the English legal system. "

"And the practical", she says. "If You are fixing up A House , or clothes, You can think:" I have x, y or z in a closet Somewhere . oh, no, it is In America ." "

she adds: "I'm happy because My Sister works for an airline so I can travel cheap. "

And as for the protection of the environment, she says its camp is "super-organic," and "I Am , let me for a couple of transatlantic flights".

USA/Canada

"To be honest, I would not share, my time," says a canadian citizen North Munro, from his apartment in Palm Springs , California, where he spends Nine Months of the year (formerly six months, But he was gradually changed). The Other three months in Williams Lake , British Columbia .

"I don't for my parents", he says, would cease to do so When it is added that You are in your 90s.

"I want to spend the summer Away from The Heat , But with two houses, two sets of doctors, two sets of dentists, it's just a hassle. I don't recommend it. "

"When I got back to Canada, it feels like it's good to be back. And in California, it is great to be back," says Mr Munro

"I'm sure that the Sussexes will get everything You want, But for average people like us, it is a challenge," he says.

doctors in the two countries is difficult, because You can not share records simply by virtue of the statutory provisions on data protection, he adds, and doctors "fear of liability", so that You will want to run the tests again.

And Mr. Munro, 67, who operates a cruise, booking, business, says, in spite of all his income is generated in Canada, to explain that he and his husband have been together in the USA - where The System is complicated "crazy" for health Reasons .

Mr Munro, pictured here in Canada, with partners Sean says, Coming Back to his homeland does not bring, "a sense of peace"

"It is not as easy as with a summer place in a country and a winter place in The Other . It is the bureaucracy," he says.

tips for The Royal couple? "I think Canada is a wise choice," says Mr Munro. "I would tell You to be You . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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