Frogmore Cottage, located in the Royal Estate of Windsor Castle, was given to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as a wedding gift by Elizabeth II in 2018.
Harry and Meghan have been “asked to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage”. King Charles III has withdrawn from the couple who left for the United States the use of their British residence, in Windsor, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced on Wednesday March 1, without further details.
According to the daily The Sun And The TelegraphBuckingham Palace sent “an eviction notice” to the couple, who have multiplied the attacks on royalty since their withdrawal and their sensational departure from the United Kingdom in 2020. Charles III would not have offered a new residence to the “Sussex”, thus depriving them of any royal address during their rare trips to the UK.
Frogmore Cottage, a five-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.
A “punishment” after Harry’s memoir?
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 Alternate, in which he settles accounts with his family. He recounts in particular a violent argument with his older brother William, the heir to the throne, about his wife Meghan and accuses Queen Consort Camilla of having revealed private conversations in the press.
The “Sussex” would have “until early summer”, or 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 an article for Yahoo! news. According to the sources cited by this reputable journalist close to the couple, Harry and Meghan were “stunned” by this decision which resembles “a cruel punishment”.
According The Sun, the king would have asked Prince Andrew to live in Frogmore Cottage to reduce his current lifestyle in the luxurious property of Royal Lodge in Windsor. The king would thus consider withdrawing his annual allowance of 250,000 pounds (about 283,000 euros), making it difficult to finance the maintenance of the Royal Lodge.