PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle both want “money for little consideration,” claimed a royal expert.
Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, claimed they did not mislead the public when they “cut off” Charles during their explosive conversation with Oprah Winfrey earlier this year.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle both want “money for little consideration,” claimed a royal expertCredit: Splash
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Harry and Meghan had claimed they had been cut off by CharlesImage credit: AFP
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The Sussexes made the claims during their explosive interview with Oprah WinfreyPhoto credit: Getty
However, Prince Charles’ annual report showed that his youngest son had received a “substantial” sum from him after the Megxit.
Figures show he gave both the Sussexes and Cambridges a £ 4.45 million stake, despite Harry claiming he was hung up to dry by the company.
Royal biographer Angela Levin said Harry and Meghan must have felt they needed “a lot more” money.
She told talkRADIO, “My only way to get through this is that he and Meghan thought the £ 3-4 million his father gave them to help them build was absolutely nothing and they needed a lot more .
“That’s the only excuse I can make for an otherwise blatant lie.”
She said Harry and Meghan looked “always badass” when the royal family pointed out the couple’s contradictions.
Ms. Levin added, “They don’t want to pay anything, they want to get the money rolling without doing very little.
“It showed up on Spotify … they did an extremely boring podcast for half an hour.”
Harry famously told Oprah that he was “cut off in the first quarter of 2020” – which led the public to believe he meant January through March.
The annual Sovereign Report shows that Charles funded him and Meghan through “the end of the first financial quarter,” which means they received dosh through the end of June.
The Sussexes have been accused of misleading the public about the claims – and royal experts said this now raises further doubts about their other bombing allegations on Oprah chat.
HARRY AND MEG STRIKE BACK
In a sensational setback, Harry and Meghan tried to deny any contradiction.
A Sussexes spokesman said, “It is incorrect to propose a contradiction,” and insisted that Harry speak about the first quarter of the fiscal year beginning April 2020.
They said: “The Duke’s comments during the Oprah interview were about the first quarter of the UK’s fiscal year, which starts in April each year.
“This is the same date that the ‘transition year’ of the Sandringham Accords began and corresponds to the timetable to which Clarence House was referring.”
Pal Omid Scobie added: “Despite some confusing reports, Prince Charles and Prince Harry’s schedules are identical for the period in which the Sussexes’ financial aid ended.
“Clarence House says the funding lasted until last summer (the first quarter of the UK fiscal year is April through June) and Harry told Oprah the same thing.”
It comes after Harry told Oprah in March that he was forced to do business with Netflix and Spotify after saying he was cut off from the royal family after the Megxit.
“We didn’t have a plan,” he told the US chat show legend.
“That (the streaming deal) was suggested by someone else when my family literally cut me off financially and I had to provide security for us.”
He told Oprah that he no longer received any financial support from his family in the “first quarter of 2020” and was dependent on the money his mother, Princess Diana, left him.
But he did not mention the large sum from his father.
Harry is now largely funded by a £ 112 million Netflix deal. He has a mortgage on his £ 11 million mansion in Montecito, California.
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The Duke of Sussex is believed to have left £ 7.5 million after the death of Mother Diana in 1997.
He is believed to have shared a £ 70 million inheritance from the Queen Mum in 2002.
He also pocketed an army wage of £ 35,000 a year for ten years and was funded by Charles with at least £ 2.3 million each year.
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Royal biographer Angela Levin said Harry and Meghan must have felt they needed “a lot more” moneyCredit: MAX CISOTTIRoyal expert Dickie Arbiter says Prince Harry was “thrifty with the truth” when he said he was “financially cut off”.
