Harry had little access to money

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Harry was given Nottingham Cottage a 2 bedroom cottage presumably rent free. He was given security paid by the taxpayers. He was also given a clothing allowance from Charles to pay for clothes for formal public occasions.

But he obviously had little access to money. He bought his casual clothes cheap from TK Maxx and talks about drying shirts on radiators.

When he told Charles he was going to marry Meghan Charles said he could not afford to pay for Meghan and Harry as he was already paying for William and Catherine. Charles suggested Meghan continued working to pay for Garry and Meghan. Meghan paid for furniture from Ikea and sofa.com to improve the furnishings in Nottingham Cottage.

Charles paid for Harry and Meghan's wedding. Although Meghan paid for her own wedding dress. The taxpayers paid for the security.

Remember Harry and Meghan were working Royals.

The taxpayers paid for the renovation of Frogmore Cottage. A cost that Harry and Meghna paid back when they left the Royal Family.

The Civil List used to give a defined amount to each working Royal. But that was changed and all the money went to the heir to dole out.

The Queen and Charles appear to be remarkably stingy towards their own child and grandchild.

The Queen and Charles appear to be remarkably stingy towards their own child and grandchild.

I'm not sure about stingy but I had picked up there seemed to be tight control of money and possibly a bit of an attitude to handing it out which as an adult would have rankled with me.

However Harry is selling a narrative of woe is me here and he has admitted to drug taking - and I know friend of IL have had to limit access their adult son had to money due to a toxic mix of mental health requiring sectioning problems and drug taking.

So who knows what the truth is here.

Charles suggested Meghan continued working to pay for Garry and Meghan.

To be fair why should Charles pay for Garry?

@WednesdaysPlaits Harry was a working Royal. The taxpayers gave the Queen money to distribute to working Royals.
And most well off families would rather give money to adult children than see them going without.

@GloomyDarkness Come on that is not what was happening here. Harry was a working royal at public events.

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being a working royal doesnt mean he gets unlimited cash, if he gets an allowance and free housing then why cant he pay for stuff himself

Is the OP suggesting there were 3 people in that marriage?

Well I'm not surprised he had no cash given how much he was snorting and popping it whilst talking to bins. You can only get a limited amount out at a time using the ATM. Can't pay for that online.

The idea he had no money though is a fucking joke.

And most well off families would rather give money to adult children than see them going without.

And what exactly is Harry doing without?

It's a shame he didn't inherit any money from his mother, he could have used that to buy a tumble dryer. Presumably she left it all to William, no wonder he's bitter.

Oh give over, even if he was never given a penny from Charles he still had his multi million pound inheritances from Diana and the Queen Mother, stop trying to paint him as Oliver Twist it’s ridiculous.

He had large legacies from the queen mother and his mum. Both were in the millions. What did he do with it all?

He should have had enough money to but clothes without personally going to TK Maxx and buying cheap clothes. And to be able to buy nice furniture without Meghan having to pay for it.
This isn't unreasonable.

Ah now I see you are on a wind up OP.

@Stepuptowardsinfinity I assume he did not have access or had to ask for access for every purchase. He clearly did not have much money.

I don’t understand why he says he’d no access to money. He was worth over 30 million personally when he met Meghan and clearly had enough cash to buy drugs on the regular

@LadyVictoriaSponge On the wind up?? WTF.
What a strange accusation.

What I want to know is when are we going to hear Garry's side?

Bullshit.
One in three children in the UK living in poverty - or one in two from single parent households - the working poor in professional jobs that still need to rely on food banks, the disabled, those on an unlivable NMW or Zero Hours Contract, the homeless - they’re the ones in this country that have little access to money.
This over privileged twat might not be able to spend his millions exactly as he wants when he wants (maybe King Charles has at least some regard for the optics) but that is not the same as having no access to money. The insufferable prick.

He could always get a job if he wasn’t happy…TK Max probably taking on staff & he could then get staff discount.
So so so so sick of hearing about this totally dysfunctional family that no one voted for & who don’t do one single thing to help this country.
And please don’t regurgitate the lies of how much money they bring into the country…
I await the royalists’ venom!

@Coffeetableposhbooks Where did Harry say he regularly bought drugs?
He said he had taken cocaine. Now you have him pegged as a heavy drug user?

Garry is surely about to bring out a book!

given the restaurants / bars he was spotted at and where their dates were , I wouldn’t peg him as someone with no money , maybe no money, compared to an oil sheik .. 🙄

How can you be so sure what was going on - all I have is this book and newspapers articles - none of which could be considered reliable sources.

Harry written a book admitting to drug taking and clearly wants to sell idea he was hard done to.

He says they bought a second hand sofa - from a firm that doesn't sell second hand- he went to sales once a year to T K Maxx a shop that come out and said they don't do sales - his wife bought a first class plane ticket form an airplane that's come out and said they don't that route.

I have no idea how much money he had or hadn't got access to.

I'm frankly astounded how bad the drug taking seems to have been at times and that's from what he has said. I haven't mixed in drug taking circles it's never been my normal.

I do detect some meanness around money in- but this is someone who inherited more money than I'll see in a lifetime - so what I consider a lot of money and what someone from that background does is clearly going to be a gapping void of experience.

He admitted in his book how many drugs he took and it was plenty! Not to mention the fact when meg was in labour he emptied a cannister of gas and air then there was none left for her!

He has took that many substances it has pickled his brain,Im pretty sure that is why he is acting as he is now.

I am surprised if there was no temporary furniture budget for Notts Cott. I am assuming that H is saying that M wasn't reimbursed? Sofa.com and IKEA furniture in a temporary home is not unreasonable either. Wasn't it revealed that the Cambridge kids slept in beds custom designed by ikea?

I think it's fine to suggest that M continues to work. Considering that they later wanted half in half out, M working back then would not have been wildly different to that.

I think it's understandable not to give a drug addict free access to money. I assume that when he went out the bill was paid by a bodyguard or over the phone by a courtier ?