jimf

Well, Greer said that The Duchess would bolt, possibly with The Duke. That is what seems to have happened.

Of course we have no way of knowing what the Duke and Duchess think. As Greer says, what interest could Meghan have in a Prince worth 53m.

scilly

The statement they first issued last week contained a sentence that said they were classified as very important people who required security at all times. I can't remember the exact phrasing, but it certainly implied that they expected the same sort of round-the-clock security they currently have.

That sentence was removed after the Monday meeting with the Queen et al.

BristolUK

Apparently her net worth before him was around $5m and she was raking in $450,000 a year so I reckon she was worth a bob or two.

Shock News - marriage on the rocks.
They've just been photographed with her not gazing at him so clearly Divorce is just a matter of when.

Teaandtoday5

I have given up reading. This is worse than the Brexit threads. Surprised by the vitriol.

dbd33

Perhaps he is hung like a horse and able to breathe through his ears..

confused_uk

Looks like the Queen has put her foot down and told them how it’s going to be.

Nand

Long Live the Queen!

dbd33

“I want to thank them for all their dedicated work across this country, the Commonwealth and beyond, and am particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family. It is my whole family’s hope that today’s agreement allows them to start building a happy and peaceful new life.”

Is not a quote that suggests a stamped foot but a negotiated settlement with the option to return. Maybe everyone wins.

scilly

Now we wait and see how they fare in Canada, and whether we have to pay high costs of security

There have been reports that Meghan is interested in a house on the "Golden Mile" here in Vancouver ..............

Cost almost $36 million, not including any fees that have to be paid (eg transfer and registration of title, lawyers etc) ............ that's ca £27 million +/- a few hundred thousand.

Also not included in future costs for that house are the following ..........

several hundred thousand dollars per year for city taxes

several hundred thousand annually if the house is left empty for more than 6 months of the year, from city and provincial government penalties. Plus other taxes on empty property.

Cost of maintaining said house, including electricity/gas heating and light, housekeeping, gardening, etc.

Security.

The house was also built in 1912, I don't know whether it has a heritage designation which would control what kind of renovations could be done on it, but there could also be high costs for any renos.


Similar costs will apply in Toronto.


I just wonder where they are going to get the money from as that statement says they will give up money from the public purse and repay the cost of the renovations for Frogmore (though still keep the cottage and pay market rent when they stay in it), although they will still get the £2.4 million from Prince Charles. It would be a very large hole in whatever money Harry currently has!


No word on whether they will actually get a visa to live here, if they have to jump the usual hurdles for wanna-be immigrants. Plus making it known that she/they would prefer the US ..........

confused_uk

Maybe, but their official statements are always going to be somewhat diplomatic. The family were never going to throw them under the bus as in house fighting makes them all look weak. Far better to spin it as a mutual agreement.

I can’t imagine Meghan and Harry would be too happy about not being able to use their “Sussex Royal” brand they have been working on though.

dbd33

Most immigrants would prefer to go to the US but I doubt that's true of them as that would create an awkward tax situation. Why do you think they want that?

They can, of course, buy a visa to live here or there or likely anywhere else. Money does that, it doesn't make them special.

dbd33

Indeed but that seems to be still under negotiation.

confused_uk

That part seems rather vague. I hope not. Seems like they are keeping the Duke and Duchess titles though they are just no longer HRH.

Jerseygirl

Using ‘Sussex Royal’ hasn’t been decided yet. They have retained their HRH status but will not use it for the time being...meaning that they could decide to use it in future.

confused_uk

Maybe the Queen has put in a stipulation that they can use it after x number of years because she’s not sure the marriage will last 😆