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Ellen DeGeneres is sharing a glimpse into wife Portia de Rossi’s new life in the English countryside.
In an Instagram post on Aug. 20, the former talk show host, 67, shared a video compilation of de Rossi riding her horse.
“Portia’s living her dream riding her horse through the English countryside and into the village,” she wrote, before joking, “Gosh I hope she comes home soon”
The post included a look inside the couple’s life in the English countryside after they relocated to England from California in November.
In the clip, the comedian asked her wife, “Are you going to a photo shoot?” to which de Rossi, 52, responded, “No” with a laugh as she continued to guide her horse down a path.
As Taylor Swift’s “August” plays in the background, the video cuts to the actress smiling while riding the horse down a dirt trail before passing by cottages in the English countryside.
She can also be seen riding the horse through a field and on another trail surrounded by trees.
The post comes one month after the pair decided to list their Cotswolds estate for $30 million.
DeGeneres revealed to The Wall Street Journal last month that they’re selling the property not because they’re leaving England, but because they need more space for their animals.
“When we decided to live here full time, we knew that Portia couldn’t live without her horses,” she told the outlet in a statement. “We needed a home that had a horse facility and pastures for them.”
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Listing agent Andrew Barnes of Sotheby’s International Realty confirmed to the outlet that the couple had moved into a bigger, more modern home in the area to accommodate de Rossi’s animals.
Eight months prior to listing the property, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that DeGeneres had moved abroad after finding a house she fell in love with in the U.K.
“Ellen was in England house hunting in the beginning of October. She ended up finding a house that she loved and purchased it shortly after,” the insider said at the time.
Last month, DeGeneres revealed the reason for the couple’s move was due to the 2024 presidential election results.
On July 20, English broadcaster Richard Bacon asked her whether Donald Trump’s victory played a role in their relocation, to which she replied, “Yes,” per the BBC.
She also noted how life in the U.K. has been better for them.
The pair “got here the day before the election,” she recalled, “and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in.’ … And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
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“We moved here in November, which was not the ideal time, but I saw snow for the first time in my life,” the California native continued. “We love it here. Portia flew her horses here, and I have chickens, and we had sheep for about two weeks.”
She also noted that the English countryside is “absolutely beautiful,” and that she and de Rossi are enjoying “just a simpler way of life.”