React Browser Browser return <Navigate to={path}/> is ignored

I'm having trouble forcing a redirect in React Router v6. I have a PrivateRoute and PublicRoute wrapper components that store a url path in local storage if the user is not authenticated Like so:

const PrivateRoutePropTypes = {
  children: PropTypes.element.isRequired,
};
function PrivateRoute({
  children,  // Element to render
}) {
  const authenticated = useSelector((state) => state.user.authenticated);
  const location = useLocation();

  if (!authenticated) {
    localStorage.setItem(C.REDIRECT_KEY, location.pathname);
    console.log('redirect path set:', localStorage.getItem(C.REDIRECT_KEY));
  }
  if (authenticated && (localStorage.getItem(C.REDIRECT_KEY) !== null) && !(window.opener)) {
    console.log('Authenticated and redirect detected');
    const redirectPath = localStorage.getItem(C.REDIRECT_KEY);
    localStorage.removeItem(C.REDIRECT_KEY);
    console.log('redirectPath: ', redirectPath);
    return <Navigate to={redirectPath} />;
    console.log('This should not trigger');
  }
  console.log('redirect not triggered');
  return authenticated ? children : <Navigate to="/signin" />;
}
PrivateRoute.propTypes = PrivateRoutePropTypes;

// =================================================================================================

const PublicRoutePropTypes = {
  children: PropTypes.element.isRequired,
};

function PublicRoute({
  children,  // Element to Render
}) {
  const authenticated = useSelector((state) => state.user.authenticated);

  return !authenticated ? children : <Navigate to="/" />;
}
PublicRoute.propTypes = PublicRoutePropTypes;

If I try to visit a page that is wrapped in <PrivateRoute /> without being signed in, it redirects me to the Sign in page aka "localhost:3000/signin" and saves a redirect path to local storage. However, once I sign in the <PublicRoute /> wrapper redirects me to my root page aka "localhost:3000/". This is however wrapped in the <PublicRoute /> component which I was hoping would detect that I am authenticated and have a redirect saved in local storage and then redirect me to the original page I was trying to access.

The issue is it seems return <Navigate to={redirectPath} /> is ignored as seen by this this log.