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.

i can understand why my parents always said its best to earn your own money, I have no sympathy for Prince Harry pleading poverty but I can't imagine leading such a life. I mean, my dad offered to buy me a house in London in cash but not in the area I would have wanted to live in and in his name (so DH and I would be living there rent free). I was aware of the problems this could pose and I am certain that I would have been more unhappy than grateful in such a situation. Hence why I bought a flat in London with DH (with a big mortgage) because I value my autonomy more than having a 'free house' (which I would eventually have inherited). So i can kinda understand Harry's feeling of helplessness at a life where he gets everything but with no autonomy.

Harry and Meghan did the same but on a way bigger scale but thankfully I don't need to diss my family in front of the world to maintain my lifestyle.

The whole thing is so messed up.

If he's poor how did he manage to rent a house in the Cotswolds?

www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a25831922/prince-harry-meghan-markles-cotswold-home/

It was gifted to the right wife. Thats evident

So i can kinda understand Harry's feeling of helplessness at a life where he gets everything but with no autonomy.

Why does he have 'no autonomy'? Nobody stopped him from running off to California, did they?

He chose to leave the army and become a working royal. Andrew stayed until his 40s. As a member of the royal family, Harry would have vastly more options than someone of his abilities, or lack thereof, born to an 'ordinary' family.

Ah the Reddit sub makes sense. Nothing says you're not obsessed with MN like starting an entire Reddit sub and then posting about MN even when you're not on MN 😂

So did Harry, when he talked about shopping at the "big sale" at TK Maxx. He went into a lot of detail describing something that didn't happen, per TK Maxx.

I feel the urge to start a just giving page for the poor loves. I mean, I know he has tens of millions from book sales, Netflix, inheritances etc (net worth of about £50 million) but really, he has a leccy bill just like the rest of us.

The Range debate has prompted me to do a diagram of my local Range layout. I've superimposed Kate into it (she's the one at the tills wearing a crown). Lots of space behind the tills in our local for a photo to be taken but to be fair to the OP there probably is enough space for a dedicated press pack area too so I've marked that on

I ❤️ you 😂 this is genius!

Harry had the benefit of the finest fee paying education in England. According to him he is a highly trained helicopter pilot - cost 3 million to train. He could easily segue in to some kind of aviation business and fund his lifestyle very comfortably on top of all the passive income he already has. He knows plenty of wealthy investors who would shoulder the risk of, as is true to form, he doesn’t want to dip his hand in to his own pockets. He cries about not being prepared for life when he has had one hundred times the opportunities to develop his skills compared to almost anyone else. There was absolutely nothing stopping him saying I want to work hard and stand on my own two feet. People would have respected him for that. Instead he has cried for three years now about how he still didn’t get what he wanted, that’s it all someone else’s fault and the only way he can make money is to sell the family secrets. He is pathetic.

He only recently became the son of the monarch. Why would he get a stately home provided for him when he fucked off to Montecito to earn his own money? Seeing as he has little to offer in the way of talent or skills, he's sold out his own family for his own financial gain. Despicable!

He was not short of ski, beach holidays, other perks or anything really haha.

And that 100k engagement dress spooked Charles who made a salvo warning. Not payin' for the lady's just acquired expensive tastes Harry. Meghan was getting ready to raid the coffers but they never let her take control of the numbers 😅😅💵💵💵

Off to America to sell trade secret to Netflix then

JonahCL9, I would love Kate to wear a crown in the Range. Preferably one made by Louis with fruit gums for jewels.

Wrong again. He said in the book that he had never had the ring, William always had it.

Poor Garry, bet he had to spend the last of his money on the bus fare to his local food bank.

Ah that’s interesting. Someone (on another thread) was insistent that Harry claimed he was bullied by William into giving up the ring in exchange for their mothers watch.

Not with this American, No!

Many of us can't stand his whining and just want him to realize his immense privilege and just hope that he'd use it for good.

Not according to the book. But I mean, it’s not a reliable account so who knows!

Maybe he needs to understand his subconscious bias in regards to wealth and what real work actually means.

Not all of us have therapists on speed dial, most of us are reliant on the NHS

Who is going to invest in his business? Wealthy investors have better options than prince harry. He isn't very smart and so he can't do what former politicians do- take on advisory roles at big companies..that's why he has to sell the family secrets.

Why should he? I'm a teacher and myself and most other public servents work very hard and buy 'cheap clothes' from the high street and furniture from IKEA.

No way could he have his own car with all the drugs he was on!!

I mean if you’d read my post you’d see I did say that if he wasn’t willing to stump up his own cash - which he has plenty of- there would be many people willing bung him what is to them a small amount of money (few million) to get the business off the ground. In many cases it would be in their interest to do so as it could mean a significant tax saving. I’ve also just come up with this scheme in literally ten seconds when considering his background as I was typing the post. Just imagine what Harry and a business advisor could come up with if they gave it even one minute’s thought! That’s the thing you see, Harry has not even considered making money through any other means but selling his story. The Oprah interview was arranged well before they left the royal family for example. This has been his one and only plan.

He was reported leaving RAF Wittisham in his Audi A3 prior to base drug testing........

So he did have his own car then ??