Queen ‘had plan to kick Harry and Meghan out of house’ and transfer in royal relative
Queen Elizabeth II had plans to kick Prince Harry and Meghan Markle out of Frogmore Cottage in order to free up the house for Prince Andrew, new reports claim.
The claims come in a new book by royal writer Robert Hardman, which has been serialised by the Daily Mail. Hardman said the decision came as a result of the monarch wanting to move the Duke of York away from the 30-room Royal Lodge, where he was living at the time.
Hardman, citing a former advisor to the late monarch, said Her Majesty would have removed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “had she lived another year.” “It was her plan to move him out, to end the lease for the Sussexes at Frogmore Cottage and to move Andrew in there,” the source claimed.
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“It was mainly a money thing, as she could see it was becoming unsustainable.” Hardman also wrote the Queen’s staff were “more than happy to make it happen.”
The news comes following reports that King Charles has financially ‘cut off’ Prince Andrew. The monarch is said to have slashed his brother’s purse strings Prince Andrew after months of pressure from advisors, with the brothers’ relationship now reportedly at rock bottom.
Tension between the pair had been brewing since Charles suggested the Duke of York move from Royal Lodge to the now-vacant Frogmore Cottage, with Meghan and Harry having been evicted from the property in early 2023 before leaving in June of that year. Despite this, Andrew is understood to have refused the suggestion.
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A source previously told The Times of the dispute: “The King’s kindness is not without limit and there is a very good option for Andrew to move into Frogmore Cottage, recently vacated by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which also has the benefit of being within the Windsor Castle security cordon hence reducing the need for alternative round-the-clock security for Royal Lodge.”
Andrew is thought to have received a staggering £1million-a-year allowance and security costs, but this has now stopped, according to Hardman. “The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King,” he wrote in the fresh biography.”
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