Since the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle until 31 March this year, British taxpayers contributed more than £44 million sterling for their content. And this is only according to official estimates! It was assumed that spouses to Finance the state stops just at the end of March, the end of the transition period after their rejection of Royal titles. However, all is not so simple. Despite the fact that the couple left the shores of England, the country still has to pay her huge bills. Here on the left and continue to leave millions of pounds of UK residents.
to Live like royalty!
the Couple began married life at Nottingham cottage, a cozy Victorian house on the site of Kensington Palace. Later, the couple planned to move to another, much more spacious apartment nearby after it is repaired. According to the British publication Daily Mail, the annual renovations at the 21-room apartment will cost the British taxpayers £ 1.4 million.
However, when everything was ready, the couple decided not to move. The question is – why? It was too close to William and Kate, which supposedly doesn’t get along Megan: in the apartment there was even a connecting door to the luxury apartment of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
that is why the Queen allowed the couple to use Frogmore-house – country residence in the estate of Windsor castle. As reported by the Daily Mail newspaper in June last year, the repairs necessary for its transformation into a family house cost is 2.4 million pounds.
the couple moved into Frogmore in the early summer of 2019, but stayed there less than six months. Instead, they went to Canada, where he holed up in a mansion worth £10.4 million on Vancouver island owned by billionaire, whose identity is still not installed.
currently, the Harry and Megan live in a house worth 14 million pounds in an exclusive gated community in Beverly ridge Los Angeles. Its owner is a well-known music Mogul Tyler Perry, with whom Megan is reportedly met through the American TV host Oprah Winfrey.
the couple have stated that they intend to pay for the cost of repair of the cottage Frogmoor. They offered 18 000 pounds a month, which also was intended to cover the rent. If you consider the cost of renting a house, which is 10 000 pounds per month, the pair will need 25 years to repay the cost of repairs (and this is without interest or any permanent service).
However, to spare the spouses is not necessary, because they are the owners of multimillion-dollar state.
Harry received half of the inheritance in the amount of 21 million pounds from his mother (approximately 6 million pounds after tax). It is also known that the Duke inherited 7 million pounds from Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. Don’t forget that Harry receives annually £2.3 million from his father, Prince Charles. The acting career of Megan Markle, meanwhile, brought her estimated income of £2-5 million.
the couple could pay the whole amount at once, if, of course, wanted to. In the meantime, they simply enjoy their luxurious life.
In August last year to celebrate the birthday of Megan, the couple spent a week at a luxurious Villa in Ibiza, the weekly rental of which amounted to 100 thousand pounds.
Without a retinue anywhere
Harry and Megan did not detail the choice of staff. Indeed, why waste time on trifles, if you need to pay not them. Until March 31, a team of 15 people consisted of a private Secretary (who earn up to 146 000 pounds per year), Director of public relations, as well as the housekeeper and nanny.
According to conservative estimates, the London “super-nanny” working for the richest and most influential family in the British capital, earn an average of 104,000 pounds. Services office workers is covered by the so-called “Sovereign grant” and pay for a babysitter little Archie is deducted from private foundations.
Most of the staff were no longer required, when the couple moved to Canada. So some of those employees that were not transferred to other positions in the Royal house, had to pay compensation.
of Course, moving to Canada has created the need for an entirely new team, including the new PR-Manager, domestic staff and lawyers, while the British taxpayer is supposed to be not responsible.
In any case, personnel costs Harry and Megan from the state Treasury during the two years amounted to about 592 000 pounds.
Safety first
the Cost for the security of Casekow increased dramatically after their marriage, partly because of their love for travel. In February of 2019 Megan flew to new York for a “baby shower” (a party for the expectant mother), which, according to many experts, has cost several hundred thousand pounds. Markle herself has repeatedly disputed this figure.
In August last year, the pair spent the weekend with George and Amal Clooney at their luxury Villa on lake Como. The couple also vacationing at the Villa of sir Elton John in the South of France.
while many flights carried out Harry and Megan in private, paid for their friends, celebrities, spouse is always accompanied by the security officers, funded by the taxpayers. Therefore, travel in business class for officers (as confirmed later, the former��II the Royal protection officer Ken wharfe), as well as any overtime and allowances for travel from home, too, fell to the lot of the British public.
it is believed that the security staff still continue to work in Frogmore house, despite the fact that it’s currently empty. The thing is that after moving to the United States, the pair secured the house for himself. Residence has become for them a kind of “home base” where they plan to stay when they come to the UK.
According to the Daily Mail, provision of security in Frogmore house could be around £ 5 million a year
most Expensive cost protection abroad. When Sesexy moved to Canada, the protection officers from the Metropolitan police went with them. Their work is also paid from the state Treasury.
Despite the fact that the couple lost their Royal title, they still have a right to protection.
So if all three of their families (Harry, Megan and their son Archie) are in three different places, as was sometimes the case prior to their moving to Los Angeles, then to protect them required three separate police security detachment. In Canada the team, ensuring their safety, lived in a rented house cost 1100 pounds per week.
Previously, the canadian government has made it clear he was not going to pay the employees of the security service after March 31. When Harry and Megan arrived in the United States, Donald trump also wrote in his Twitter: “I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen and the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Megan, who left the Kingdom, will reside permanently in Canada. Now they left from Canada to USA, but USA will not pay for their safety. They have to pay.”
In a deal reached with Buckingham Palace, Harry and Megan were allowed to keep their Royal titles (Their Royal Highnesses), provided that the couple will not use them. This is important because this status provides a mechanism for support, particularly financial, to ensure the safety of the spouses on the part of taxpayers.
Harry and Megan appears to have finally resigned to the fact that they have to pay for their own security, at least for private and commercial travel that is not associated with Royal Affairs.
Notably walked
the Total bill for the wedding couples is estimated at a staggering 33.5 million pounds, which is 1.5 million more than the previously stated cost, calculated by the company Bridebook.
the Average price for a wedding in the UK is about 18,000 pounds, that is, the British were able to organize around 1860 such events with a budget Harry and Megan.
Of 33.5 million pounds the Royal family are reported to have made tonly about 2 million Most of this money went to buy clothes. Wedding dress Markle (second) from Givenchy, and later went on sale for 390 000 pounds.
Asked who paid the remaining amount? That’s right, all the same taxpayers. 94% of the costs (£31.5 million) they suffered. Most of them went to ensure security at the Bridebook is £ 30 million.
currently, the Harry and Megan freed from the constraints of royalty, easily earn a lot more millions to add to those they already have.
the Pair first after the decision to lay down the Royal credentials made in public — at a conference of the American financial holding JPMorgan organised in the framework of the investment summit. It is still unknown whether the pair rewarded for it. However, experts estimate that the emergence of the spouses at this event could bring them $500 000 to $1 million Hungry will not stay!
