Charles financially supported the Sussexes until summer 2020

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Prince Harry revealed in his Oprah interview that the Sussexes stopped receiving money from the royal family in the first quarter of 2020. However, newly published accounts reveal that Prince Charles continued to financially support the Sussexes until summer 2020.

I wonder if this is going to be a case of their truth or incorrect wording on Harry’s behalf. Interesting!

The charities said it was a personal donation. Not all of those - a majority did not come from Royal Foundation

@Mummy194. What do you mean?

Muumy. You said upthread

"Their own donations, their foundation does not take money from anyone."

from that list, I don't think any are their own personal donations - some are birthday donations, some are via Archewell, others are contributions from the Wedding or Royals Foundation etc.

Can you enlighten us as to exactly which donations you have referenced are direct personal donations and their values. Some donations don't have values on so its hard to assess what has been contributed.

If they are personal donations they aren’t as hard up as they make out, are they?

So they're criticised if they don't make personal donations and they are criticised if they do

Rightio...

They can't win which is what I've been saying for years.

Donations to charities are always to be welcomed, wherever they come from.

However, Mummy194 categorically implied that they had made considerable personal donations - implied as in hundreds of thousands - so she needs to either back that up by hard, real facts or really say how she knows or say whether these statements are just "mistruths"

If they make personal donations that’s brilliant. If they just quit the whining about not being paid for by Charles and realise how very lucky they are.
To make donations that aren’t their personal money but for tax avoidance purposes isn’t very laudable at all.

@SallyLockheart

However, Mummy194 categorically implied that they had made considerable personal donations - implied as in hundreds of thousands - so she needs to either back that up by hard, real facts or really say how she knows or say whether these statements are just "mistruths"

I took issue with a post by this member for the same reason. For me it was the post about Prince William telling people to come to his party in black face (third page of this thread). No evidence was provided when asked. I reported the comment but it's still there, despite other comments here deleted since.

This thread contains outlandish claims and a series of tedious arguments peppered with some interesting points. The moderation of it could improve massively.

If they just quit the whining about not being paid for by Charles and realise how very lucky they are

They said about it in the OW interview 3 months ago. When have they been 'whining' about it since?

Any donations to charity is a good thing in my book. You obviously don't agree.

Three months is nothing.

I dislike lies and hypocrisy and mistruths - if presenting a statement as fact - which some posters frequently do - back it up and be prepared to be challenged. If it’s a guess or speculation or personal opinion, then just say so.

Yes but you said they need to 'quit whining'. When have they been 'whining' since that one occasion they talked about security?

And as for the charity donations, charities rely on bequests which reduces IHTax by 4%. To say that isn't laudable is daft. Wealthy people leave 10% or more of their estate to charity and it means a lot to their favourite charities. We are talking £3billion a year here yet you don't think much of it.

Yes mummy did tell me to "get it straight" that she wasn't implying that given hundred of thousands was giving "better" - but that's exactly what she demanded to know from someone upthread: "was it hundreds of thousands?"

Then told me off to "get it straight" but has never explained what it is she actually meant.

The William blackface gets repeated over and over again too with no evidence - it is peculiar why those posts are allowed to stay. Isn't that personal - I thought someone said Meghan had something personal about her similar to calligraphy and that was deleted as was "personal". Saying William wore blackface etc seems rather more than personal to me, seems slanderous.

can't remember what the calligraphy comment was as was deleted and obviously wouldn't repeat it if I knew, as it was deleted - so no idea what it was, just the the idea that it was something personal.Surely slanderous is more serious than "personal"?

If Charles gave them money in 2020 they weren’t ‘cut off’ at all at that point were they?

He gave them a couple of million by the sounds of it, this was surely expected to last at least 6 months, maybe a year or more?

Harry’s claims to have been cut off in the first quarter of 2020 don’t seem to be true, regardless of whether he meant fiscal quarter or not.

They can't win which is what I've been saying for years

Things have been spun so much on both sides that no one, least of all those involved, knows what the truth is anymore. If H&M want to salvage any credibility they need to back off and stop trying to ‘win’ , there are no winners in these situations . Wipe the slate clean , forget trying to point score or convince the public of their ‘rightness’ and begin again .

And that goes for the other side if this argument too,

Yes, although 'win' was just my turn of phrase!

I agree no-one can 'win' - which is why it is such as shame that they have done so much to create a win/lose situation.

They can't win which is what I've been saying for years.

To me, this comment implies 9, 10, 11 years + - they didn't marry until 2018! So many comments about how hard they tried to make it work 'for years' etc. etc. They only hung around as a married couple for a very short time. Married 2018 and disappeared to Canada by the end of 2019.

Hope they're happy with the life they have now.

ChiefInspectorParker
“I have never seen any proof that William asked people to go to a party in blackface.”

Neither have I despite extensive internet searches ( retired , too much time on my hands) . I do remember photos from the party ( W’s 21st?) and I cannot remember seeing any such photos or even reading anything about it being an issue.

@ChiefInspectorParker

Meghan’s calligraphy isn’t calligraphy, it’s just writing with flourishes on it. If you google a picture of it you can see for yourself.

I have never seen any proof that William asked people to go to a party in blackface.

To be fair it's very elegant handwriting.

I'd like mine to be as nice 😊.

Meghan’s calligraphy isn’t calligraphy, it’s just writing with flourishes on it. If you google a picture of it you can see for yourself.

I thought calligraphy was essentially writing with flourishes. Comes from the Greek for beautiful writing or something, doesn’t it?

ajjajjmum I think you misunderstood my comment when I said they can't win and I've said this for years.
I'm referring to me and threads on here right from before they were married, it was in response to a comment about charity donations. I did not refer to their time in the RF.

As I say, they can't win, they've had criticism on here for years.

Now her calligraphy isn't calligraphy, just poncey handwriting with swirly bits lololol.
Funny how she had lessons in calligraphy and worked as a freelance calligrapher but lets not let facts get in the way of having a dig at her 🤣