Published 17:54 IST, September 25th 2020
Meghan, Harry fulfilled 'debt obligations' for UK's Frogmore Cottage: Report
Meghan and Harry hit the spotlight after reports of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s gigantic home expenditures amounting to 2.4 million pounds emerged.
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Former royal couple Prince Harry and spouse Meghan Markle fulfilled ir financial “debt obligations” and extra monetary funding was demanded by couple in interim, local outlet British herald confirmed, citing Buckingham Palace sources. statement comes as recently, Meghan and Harry hit spotlight after reports of Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s gigantic home expenditures amounting to 2.4 million pounds emerged. y earned backlash for refurbishing Frogmore Cott, set within grounds of Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle, west of London. This comes in wake of royal household’s Sovereign Grant report 2020, which revealed financial “challenges” for Queen Elizabeth due to coronavirus pandemic.
Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, moved out of Kensington Palace last year and w stay at ir house in California with son Archie. couple h kept ir Windsor home in Britain as base. Sussexes refurbished ir cott on Frogmore Estate recently, which remains under official ownership of Her Majesty Queen.
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Amid rising speculation that royals used public funding for home maintenance, Duke and Duchess of Sussex updated ir official website, saying, that only “Five percent of funding for ir official office was provided through Sovereign Grant starting in 2019.” Furr, website mentioned, "Public funding has never been used, r would it ever be used for private expenditure by Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who also do t receive any tax privileges.” couple also clarified that 95 percent of funding received for ir Office expenditure was in fact derived from income allocated by HRH Prince of Wales, generated through Duchy of Cornwall.
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Me payment towards revation costs
Furr, a spokesperson from Windsor castle speaking on condition of anymity, told local UK brocasters that Harry and Meghan me a payment towards revation costs and all debt obligations in relation to Frogmore Cott. He said that couple me donations that will recognize that y have paid for rental of that property for a number of years. However, y’re expected to make furr payments. This relegation comes as Crown Estate’s revenues have been hit by COVID pandemic, leing to Sovereign Grant figure of 86.3 million to freeze until 2021. Queen’s treasurer, kwn as Keeper of Privy Purse, Michael Stevens predicted at least a 20 million pound shortfall in 369 million pound budget in times ahe and five million pounds per year loss for next three years from mainly Royal Collection Trust.
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17:54 IST, September 25th 2020