The Duke of Sussex has used the date he and Meghan Markle left Frogmore Cottage as the date his US residency began, in a move designed to show his ‘irritation’ towards the royal family, claims a royal expert
Prince Harry has shown his ‘irritation’ at the royal family including his father King Charles in one key way, claims a royal expert.
The Duke of Sussex is using the date that he and wife Meghan Markle were ‘evicted’ from their former royal residence of Frogmore Cottage as the date he claims his US residency began. He’s also updated all of his business and personal affairs to make it clear he no longer lives in the UK, making his US status fully official according to Companies House.
Filings published by Companies House yesterday for ‘Prince Henry Charles Albert David Duke of Sussex’ now state his residence as the US. Harry and Meghan left the UK in 2020 when they stepped down as working royals.
Tom Bower wrote for MailOnline : “King Charles was quite right to evict Harry from Frogmore, and not surprisingly Harry was irritated.” He added: “Unfortunately, the King did not go further and strip the Sussexes of their titles. That might have stopped their recent promotional splurge, exploiting their royal titles to earn money.”
Earlier this year, he Duke of Sussex revealed he had “considered” applying for US citizenship, which would see him potentially have to forfeit his royal titles. In order for Harry to secure a US passport, he would have to take the Oath of Allegiance, which requires him to “renounce all allegiance to any foreign prince, state or sovereign.”
Next month Harry is due to visit the UK to celebrate 10 years of the Invictus Games. The Duke will speak at 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games special service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8. It’s not been confirmed whether Meghan will join Harry or whether he will make the trip alone, leaving Meghan in California with their two children Archie and Lilibet. Meghan is thought to be less than keen to visit the UK, whilst her husband Harry has only made a handful of trips since they stepped back from royal duties four years ago.
The Duke of Sussex’s upcoming visit comes with the recent loss Harry had in a legal bid to appeal against High Court’s UK security ruling in February. In 2020, the British government told him, he would no same kind of publicly funded police protection when is in the UK after giving up his status as a working member of the royal family.
Harry now faces a bill of £1million after being told to reimburse taxpayers having lost a battle with the Home Office for downgrading his security. Harry has been ordered by the High Court to pay 90% of the Home Office’s legal costs of defending his challenge over changing his level of police protection when he visits the UK.
