JuliannaVictoria
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AFAIK, if you are american citizen, you have to have a known address in the country so official documents can be delivered to you. That could be a lawyer's office as well. It doesn't matter where you actually live, it is for official business and has to be in the US. Of course HM could have chose to give the papers to Meghan and Harry over tea, but if the story is true at all, I guess it was because of that.
I have US friends and while they worked at the US Army in Germany, so the US authorities knew exactly where they were, they still had to give authority to her parents along with their address to receive certain documents.
I agree with you here. While living in Germany for two years doing a Master's degree, my official residence was in Berlin, however, I had to maintain a U.S. address, or have a U.S. address contact info. It would be the same for Meghan, even if she was moving overseas indefinitely. She is not a British citizen yet, and would need to maintain a U.S. address, if only for that reason, and her mother's address would have been more than suitable.
I'm also not stating what Tom Sr. said is true or not, BUT only that Meghan still has financial and legal responsibilities in the U.S. which would mean she has to maintain a legal U.S. mailing address. Her mother seems the likely choice.