JOHNNY DEPP is moving homes again - this time to a private desert island where he'll raise his family.

THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star is relocating from France to an island in the Bahamas, purchased in 2004. Depp wants his French partner VANESSA PARADIS and children LILY-ROSE MELODY, 7 and JACK, 4, to be able to enjoy a peaceful way of life and feels the remote home will be the ideal spot.

He says, "It's so beautiful there, so peaceful, free and relaxed. "We want to spend a lot more time there in the future because it's a completely different way of life. "It'll be our home base, but we'll still spend time in France and in the Sates, so our children will grow up in both cultures."

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