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.

Thanks OP! This thread is nearly as funny as last week's meme one 🤣🤣

Just wanted to clarify he didn’t pay to run a car. His cars were paid for him and his driver.
He took her to the family in Botswana he tortured for years. They put them up. He might have paid Meghan’s flights but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that. In saying that she could well afford her own flight.

Sales of discount stores? Well TK Maxx has clearly stated they don’t do sales. Keep up.

Why shouldn't a member of the royal family shop there? You think that’s beneath them but fine the the rest of us peasants?

Interestly you haven’t refuted my assertion that you aren’t British, therefore don’t understand the publics lack of concern for a multi millionaire member of the upper classes.

You mean paid for it from the money he was given by the royal family? What a great guy

Who are Garry and Meghna? I can see why Charles wouldn’t be able to include them in the £5 mill each he was handing out to his two other sons and their wives.

You do understand rich people can be tight don’t you?

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.

That's just not true! It's keeping me amused-there's not much else to be amused by.

Who was paying for his food ?

He didn't need to pay for Notts Cottage it was rent free.

We’ll he certainly took and awful lot of drugs and took an awful lot of flights to Botswana for someone with no money….

im only half way through and just got to the bit about TK Maxx.

there’s lots of inconsistencies in the book - I do wonder how much he’s messed up his memory and personality after taking so many drugs over such an extended period of time.

Tight and a slob.

In a nutshell.

I think like quite a few men, he doesn't give a toss about clothes or interior design. Look at the state of him since leaving royal life. He's been photographed with scuffed shoes and with his knickers on show. So he was happy enough to just grab a few items in vaguely the right size on the cheap, knowing that Charles would pay for him to be fitted in Saville Row suits for official engagements. Nothing to do with being 'poor'. The OP has either talked herself into a corner or is taking the proverbial. I'm no longer sure which.

@Sugarfree23 I know, But the Cotswolds house and Frogmore had paid leases. Nottingham Cottage was the only Royal property he got free rent on.

It’s in his book. I don’t have the page number to hand. You could do with reading it I think. Your understand of his lifestyle and means is way off.

Isn’t he living within a palace that hosts state dinners and functions and presumably has a commercial laundry for table cloths/linens ? Quite sure I saw a laundry person advertised for one of the households.

I am not saying Harry is lying - sounds like he is being treated like Cinderella while the others live like royalty.

He’s not hard done by but they’re definitely giving him the Cinderella treatment and it seems like a power play.

They were swiftly given Frogmore though so not sure what all the fuss is about.

The Clarence House accounts also showed that Charles paid out 4.5 million in the 2 months before Harry went independent. That’s something that Harry has never publicly acknowledged or thanked him for.

"My family literally cut me off financially,” Harry said.

Aww diddums, Harry pal, just like other people, your either work or someone or make your own money.
You can't expect your Granny who's still working at 96 fund you while you sit on your arse getting fat!

I agree with those of you who are saying he has immense wealth which is alien to us!

But Harry was born in to a completely different cosseted world and has now, thanks to his wife, moved to an even flashier one of celebrity wealth!

Yes he inherited wealth from his mother. And perhaps the Queen has left him some.

Say for arguments sake he has £10 million invested for him in a trust, and the trust earns him 5 %, which gives him £500,000 a year. That is obviously a very good wage to us ordinary mortals. But if he is mixing with film stars and celebrities, who could be spending £500,000 a month on their outgoings!

I am not saying that his view is correct, I am just explaining his different perspective. A lot of the privilege that comes from being royal comes from
status rather than cold hard cash. Therefore, him moving away from UK, exposes him to, as he sees it, a cash deficit.

If Charles had treated him properly and brought him a beautiful stately home somewhere which brought him and Meghan some cachet and had conferred on him a couple of really decent appointments like Duke of Edinburgh, or Commonwealth Envoy or some serious honorary appointment in the military, then I reckon Harry would have opted to stay at home!

The timing was very difficult though because he married just a bit too soon before the death of the Queen.

I wonder when we’ll all get our turns in the only houses we get to live in rent free!

You don't seem to be British, so perhaps aren't aware that the Cotswolds is an extremely expensive area in which to rent. You'd have to be very wealthy to rent a place there, especially when it's not your main residence.

So again, could you explain how someone who could afford to rent in the Cotswolds was simultaneously unable to buy his keks anywhere other than TK Maxx? I can't be the only one interested to know how that is done.

He is as adult, hardly done by his family. I guarantee he never went without, not sure what you are hoping to achieve really?

Harry was so hard up that he, like William, donated his Army pay to charity. Which means Daddy was paying his mess bills for ten years - and I bet they were huge.

Thanks, that is a very sensible comment.

😂😄

But he could fly in & out of the US on a whim

If Charles had treated him properly and brought him a beautiful stately home somewhere which brought him and Meghan some cachet and had conferred on him a couple of really decent appointments like Duke of Edinburgh, or Commonwealth Envoy or some serious honorary appointment in the military, then I reckon Harry would have opted to stay at home!

How does that fit with his narrative that they fled in fear of their lives?