Prince Harry and Meghan Markle repaid in full the money made use of to refurbish their Frogmore Cottage. Karwai Tang/WireImage
Just a single week immediately after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a significant multiyear deal with Netflix, the Sussexes introduced that they’ve paid back again the around $3.2 million in taxpayer cash that was utilised on the refurbishment of their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage.
A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claimed, “A contribution has been produced to the Sovereign Grant by The Duke of Sussex. This contribution as originally provided by Prince Harry has fully coated the needed renovation costs of Frogmore Cottage, a house of Her Majesty The Queen, and will continue to be the U.K. home of The Duke and his loved ones.”
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The Sovereign Grant is community dollars that the Queen receives each and every yr for certain royal costs, and that incorporates essential renovations to royal houses. Prince William and Kate Middleton also obtained a big sum of dollars from the Sovereign Grant when refurbishing their Kensington Palace home.
The Sussexes moved to Frogmore Cottage shortly ahead of their son, Archie, was born, but they ended up relocating to the United States much less than a yr afterwards. GOR/Getty Images
Prince Harry and Meghan’s use of Sovereign Grant cash to renovate Frogmore Cottage has been a supply of controversy from the beginning, however the few only employed the public funds on vital structural improvements to make the residence livable they utilised their personal income for the extras.
The criticism over their use of the general public resources grew significantly after the Sussexes announced their intention to phase down from their formal royal roles previously this calendar year. Prince Harry and Meghan pledged to pay back back the dollars as aspect of their exit deal, and 4 months in the past, they reportedly began investing $22,000-a-month in a “rental plus” agreement, in which the Sussexes the two paid out hire to continue to keep the home though simultaneously shelling out back again the Sovereign Grant for the refurbishment fees.
Prince Harry and Meghan had been underneath no obligation to repay the money. Chris Jackson/Getty Photos
The Sussexes’ new Netflix offer set them in a position the place they had been capable to shell out all the revenue back, so they voluntarily paid out back the renovation costs in complete. They’re “very relieved and pretty pleased” that they were equipped to spend off the financial debt so immediately, reports Self-importance Truthful, and it was “something they wished to do from the onset.”
Prince Harry and Meghan even now have the use of Frogmore Cottage for when they are able to vacation back throughout the pond, but for now, they’re focusing on their new dwelling on the West Coast. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex not too long ago paid $14.65 million for a 9-bed room mansion in Montecito, where they are now residing entire-time with their son, Archie.
