Relations are not going well within the British royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are even now homeless in the UK. King Charles III has withdrawn the use of their residence in Windsor from the couple who left for the United States, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan confirmed on Wednesday evening.
“We can confirm that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked to leave their residence at Frogmore Cottage,” according to this spokesperson, without further details on this information. According to the daily The Sun And The TelegraphBuckingham Palace has sent “an eviction notice” to the couple, who have multiplied their attacks on royalty since their withdrawal and their sensational departure from the United Kingdom in 2020.
More than 2 million euros of work
Frogmore Cottage, a 5-bedroom residence in the royal estate of Windsor Castle in west London, was given to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by Elizabeth II in 2018 as a wedding gift. The renovation work carried out by the couple for more than 2 million euros at the expense of the taxpayer had shocked, and Prince Harry had to reimburse them once his departure was recorded.
According The Sun, Charles III would not have offered a new residence to the Sussexes, thus depriving them of any royal address during their rare trips to the United Kingdom. While the couple are already challenging in court the withdrawal of their special police protection, this decision sounds like a sanction after the publication by Harry in early January of his memoirs entitled The Alternatein which he settles accounts with his family.
The Sussexes would have “until the beginning of the summer”, that is after the coronation of the king, scheduled for May 6, to move their belongings remaining in the residence, according to a source close to the couple quoted by their biographer Omid Scobie, in a article for Yahoo! news. Two months before this event, the question of the presence of Harry and Meghan at the ceremony is still not officially decided, even if some media report that they will be invited.
A decision experienced as “a cruel punishment”
According to the sources cited by this reputable journalist close to the couple, Harry and Meghan were “stunned” by this decision which looks like “a cruel punishment”. According The Sunthe king would also have asked prince Andrew to live in Frogmore Cottage to reduce the lifestyle of his younger brother, who currently lives in the luxurious property of Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Andrew fell out of favor after accusations of sexual assault and his friendship with the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sexually abusing minors. The king, who according to the British media wants to reduce the lifestyle of the British monarchy, would thus consider withdrawing his annual allowance of 250,000 pounds (about 282,000 euros), making it difficult to finance the maintenance of the Royal Lodge.