Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage last March - but the drama around the royal abode rumbles on. The Sussexes were given the property as a wedding gift from the late Queen Elizabeth and made the four-bedroom historic home their own with a £2.4million renovation.
They moved in during 2019 and stayed until announcing their decision to step down from the Royal Family in 2020. King Charles then asked them to hand over the keys last year. The cottage was the couple's last remaining foothold in the UK and they now live in a £12m mansion in Montecito, California.
But the grand home isn't expected to lay empty for long as now the King, 75, is said to be urging his disgraced brother, Prince Andrew, to leave his 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor and move into Frogmore Cottage . Here, the Mirror takes a look back at the financial details and full controversies surrounding the property..
. Meghan and Harry spent £2.4million of taxpayers' money on renovations to their new home, according to official royal accounts.
Work included the removal of a chimney, re-finishing the roof and adding new staircases. The couple also had new fireplaces installed and a new 'floating' wooden floor in the main kitchen area, in order to protect the old flooring underneath. The Sovereign Grant, which pays for salaries of staff, upkeep of palaces and official royal duties, paid for the renovations.
The Sussexes paid privately for all fittings, fixtures and furnishings. After us.
