Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly furious over another Frogmore Cottage fiasco. Markle and Harry have long treated the Windsor home as a personal flashpoint. A new podcast claims the property is being stripped back after years of being empty. The issue also revives questions about the £2.4 million renovation, repayment, and the Sussexes’ eviction. It also reopens the debate over who should use royal homes now.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aren’t happy with Frogmore Cottage eviction, per author
As per “The Royalist Podcast,” host Tom Sykes discussed the latest property twist. He said Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were “spitting with fury” over the residence’s fate. The host added that the “2.4 million pound renovation” was reportedly now “being undone.” Sykes said that “Soho House appliances and fittings” were being stripped out. However, he also framed the dispute around the couple’s original role as working royals.
Meanwhile, the host revealed the renovation was first funded by taxpayers. That was because the Windsor home was intended as the Sussexes’ official base. Frogmore Cottage had been converted from multiple residential units into one family home.
After Markle and Harry’s 2020 royal exit, Sykes said the Sussexes “paid that money back.” He added that their side believed repayment came with an understanding. According to him, they expected they could “still be able to live there.” The camp also called it a “wedding present from the Queen.” It also said they paid “full market rents.”
However, the author also gave the palace-side logic behind the move. Sykes said Queen Elizabeth II would have likely stopped the eviction. He said she avoided family confrontation. Still, the host argued the couple was “incredibly foolish” to expect a protected Windsor address. That was because of their public tensions with the institution. Sykes said the cottage’s location near Windsor Castle made trust central. He also called the empty property a “disgrace.” Sykes said “no value whatsoever” had been extracted for taxpayers.
