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Meghan's credit card

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notanotheroneagain · 13/01/2023 08:45

Are we all going to sidestep the fact that 'gold digger' Meghan was paying for everything.
'we don't have money for her'

She was paying for heaters, lights and sofas. You name it.
All the while we are being fed that she is a 'gold digger' who has come into a privileged family.

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Creditscoredrop · 13/01/2023 10:07

notanotheroneagain · 13/01/2023 09:27

Considering all the people that sit on it to 'test'. I would most certainly call that second hand.

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Is that you Megan? Poor thing, such a hard knock life isn’t it?

WinnieFosterReads · 13/01/2023 10:09

Harry did have access to his inheritance from Diana. According to Forbes, he received an annual stipend of over $400,000. It wasn't that he couldn't afford a sofa. It was that he didn't want to spend his money.

ghjklo · 13/01/2023 10:10

The questions that need answering here are:

  • did harry not have access to his own money? If not why not?
  • why did charles refuse to pay for M & H living costs, as he was legally obliged to do, as they were working as royals not being allowed to work outside of this. This is fishy and unfair.
Damnautocorrect · 13/01/2023 10:12

newsflash
30somethings expected to furnish home.

newsflash
man didn’t bother furnishing flat prior to partner moving in.

nothing news worthy here.

OvaHere · 13/01/2023 10:13

HarperHelper · 13/01/2023 09:47

My understanding was that some other minor royals had been turned out of their enormous apartment in Kensington palace and it was being renovated for Harry and Meghan. But that they changed their minds for various reasons and decided to move to Windsor. So Nott Cott was very much temporary. My understanding was William and Catherine lived in Nott Cott for a couple of years after they fist married or were there with George? have I got this all completely wrong?

Yes they did.

It seems obvious to me that if H&M had stayed as working royals and bided their time with less drama then they would have had the option of the large apartment at KP like W&K in addition to Frogmore Cottage.

Then sometime about now as Charles ascends the throne probably a very significant upgrade in the form of a main home as Harry is now the son of a monarch and not just a grandson.

Possibly The Queen would have upgraded them from Frogmore whilst she was alive but I do get the feeling she was likely pushing some decisions forward for Charles to take on knowing she was at the very end of her life.

None of this came to pass because it seems they didn't want KP for whatever reason and didn't want to be working royals but I am certain had they stayed in the fold Charles, as King, would have provided them with a grand main residence.

I think they were, in part, impatient to have it all immediately upon marriage. Perhaps driven by the fact they married later in life than most royal couples. Plus the feeling they should be equal to W&K in most ways but minus the acknowledgment that it was a while before the latter ended up with Amner Hall. They did the cottage in Anglesey then Nott Cott for a little while too.

These are probably mostly moot points because it's clear 'the job' wasn't what Meghan wanted or what she thought it would be in the end and there probably isn't a grand country pile anywhere in the UK that would make up for that.

00100001 · 13/01/2023 10:14

ghjklo · 13/01/2023 10:10

The questions that need answering here are:

  • did harry not have access to his own money? If not why not?
  • why did charles refuse to pay for M & H living costs, as he was legally obliged to do, as they were working as royals not being allowed to work outside of this. This is fishy and unfair.

Thy were provided with a free furnished house - how is that not covering costs?

TaRaDeBumDeAy · 13/01/2023 10:15

Henddraig · 13/01/2023 09:33

What I don’t get about this is he’s himself a multi, multi millionaire. Why is she putting anything on a credit card? Did he just not want to pay for himself? I do not get it.

I wonder if the “we can’t afford to support another person” was actually more of a conversation about the Crown not supporting Harry’s family as he slips down the order of succession? I thought I’d read that Charles did personally support them financially in the first few years out of his private money.

BUt why weren't they supporting themselves Confused

F4chrissakes · 13/01/2023 10:15

I can't think that Nottingham Cottage could have been too shabby after it was redecorated by Kelly Hoppen no less for W & K who lived there from 2011- 2013. Unless they all live like such slobs it was trashed by the time Harry got to live in it.

ghjklo · 13/01/2023 10:17

@00100001

also living costs encompasses many things - food, clothing, stuff for the home (furniture etc), day to day costs - not just an empty house. This was provided for K & W but as per Harry's description refused for M by Charles stating he "couldn't afford it" even though it was his duty to provide it!

plus - sounds as though it was unfurnished if they needed to buy furniture.

Happygone · 13/01/2023 10:17

I sold them a sofa on Facebook market place. He was a right pain, kept asking me if I can deliver it even though I clearly said pick up only on the advert.

F4chrissakes · 13/01/2023 10:17

Or was drug addled Harry the one who trashed it?

Theunamedcat · 13/01/2023 10:18

It wasn't unfurnished he was living in it

He is a millionaire adult

They said Charles was covering costs until they went to Canada have they backtracked on that now?

Youwhatnowbiggles · 13/01/2023 10:20

Oh give over. He inherited at least 20million from Diana. The cottage was already furnished, they just wanted something better (which given it was temporary seems a little silly but each to their own🤷🏼‍♀️). If you are buying a large value item you should always put it on a credit card as you’re then protected by its insurance if the item doesn’t turn up so I don’t see any weirdness there. But Harry prob wouldn’t know that because the real world has passed him by.

Damnautocorrect · 13/01/2023 10:21

ghjklo · 13/01/2023 10:17

@00100001

also living costs encompasses many things - food, clothing, stuff for the home (furniture etc), day to day costs - not just an empty house. This was provided for K & W but as per Harry's description refused for M by Charles stating he "couldn't afford it" even though it was his duty to provide it!

plus - sounds as though it was unfurnished if they needed to buy furniture.

Didn’t he state on Oprah his dad cut him off when they were in America?

there’s so many inconsistencies and holes.

LadyEloise1 · 13/01/2023 10:22

HoppingPavlova · 13/01/2023 09:35

It’s this stuff where they haven’t done themselves any favours.

Harry had received millions from his mums estate but couldn’t spring for some furniture to their taste. So instead, his wife who was supposedly self-made and must have had money from Suits etc, had to get budget furniture on a credit card no less as she had no money otherwise?

Absolutely none of this makes any sense and shows their narrative is far removed from reality.

I agree.

LadyEloise1 · 13/01/2023 10:23

MarshaMelrose · 13/01/2023 09:41

If you can travel first class back and forth between Canada and the UK, surely you can easily afford a settee?

And this. 💯

Theunamedcat · 13/01/2023 10:23

www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a23307050/who-pays-for-meghan-markle-kate-middleton-clothes/

And here ^^ American publication so not from the racist/rabid British press details about the allowance kates wedding dress her family paid for meghans wedding dress she paid for etc etc

Seems fairly balanced

justheretoread111 · 13/01/2023 10:23

Henddraig · 13/01/2023 09:33

What I don’t get about this is he’s himself a multi, multi millionaire. Why is she putting anything on a credit card? Did he just not want to pay for himself? I do not get it.

I wonder if the “we can’t afford to support another person” was actually more of a conversation about the Crown not supporting Harry’s family as he slips down the order of succession? I thought I’d read that Charles did personally support them financially in the first few years out of his private money.

He doesn’t have any ‘private money’. He doesn’t do shifts in asda at the weekend to built up a nest egg he’s earned himself 😂

simplefree · 13/01/2023 10:26

Who paid for their 1st date?
Did they split 50/50?

spuddel · 13/01/2023 10:28

Isn't the Duchy of Cornwall KC's private income among other ventures?

www.architecturaldigest.com/story/royal-family-duchy-of-cornwall-lancaster

1000yellowdaisies · 13/01/2023 10:30

So she paid for a few ikea bits when they first started dating, that doesn't mean she's not a gold digger. She is still much more wealthy now being married to prince harry than she was being a b list actress on suits.

justheretoread111 · 13/01/2023 10:30

spuddel · 13/01/2023 10:28

Isn't the Duchy of Cornwall KC's private income among other ventures?

www.architecturaldigest.com/story/royal-family-duchy-of-cornwall-lancaster

But where did that come from initially? Surely set up with public funds which nullifies the ‘private income’ argument?

Or on the flip side, begs the question why the public pays for anything at all when they have this ‘private income’?

Cuppasoupmonster · 13/01/2023 10:31

PinkTonic · 13/01/2023 09:08

Weird that as soon as she joined the RF she never saw her credit card, passport or keys again. She said it was all confiscated so she couldn’t go anywhere. We knew that was a lie anyway but now he’s confirmed it. And what millionaire lets his gf pay for everything. And goes on telly and tells everyone. The narrative he’s pushing is that she had to because he was so hard done by, but we know he had millions in his own right so he’s lying. Also sofa.com don’t do second hand.

This! Wake up people! Also she called them the ‘family she never had’ at the beginning, before it transpired she did indeed have a family and while they weren’t perfect, they did care about her particularly her dad who raised her and sent her to private school. The two of them just make shit up as they go along. And I’m not a fan of the RF either!

Nanny0gg · 13/01/2023 10:32

HarperHelper · 13/01/2023 09:47

My understanding was that some other minor royals had been turned out of their enormous apartment in Kensington palace and it was being renovated for Harry and Meghan. But that they changed their minds for various reasons and decided to move to Windsor. So Nott Cott was very much temporary. My understanding was William and Catherine lived in Nott Cott for a couple of years after they fist married or were there with George? have I got this all completely wrong?

No, they did live there with George till KP was ready

Ohgodthepain · 13/01/2023 10:33

Theunamedcat · 13/01/2023 10:18

It wasn't unfurnished he was living in it

He is a millionaire adult

They said Charles was covering costs until they went to Canada have they backtracked on that now?

Harry quite clearly said in the Oprah interview that Charles had cut him off and thank goodness he had his mother's inheritance to fall back on . So Charles was paying for them at some point.