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Prince Harry andMeghan murder Did not waste time to be felt in California since the move to the states in July. Between lighting $ 14 million of $ 14 million in Santa Barbara andinked a production transaction with Netflix The rumor worth $ 150 million, the couple made clear that they are in the US state to stay. But according to a former friend ofPrincess diana, that's what Harry and Meghan immediately didafter Signature with Netflix who reported their"Divorce" of the royal family Maybe, in fact, final: pay their royal debts.

In a column for theDaily mail, Diana ConfidentRichard Kaywrote that he believes Harry and Meghan's decisionRefunding the 2.4 million pounds sterling public money used to renovate Frogmore Cottage, the house in Windsor given to the couple byQueen Elizabeth, is "very significant" for a reason, they have chosen to repay the debt into a lump sum. They previously offered to return the money at the rate of £ 18,000 a month (which would have taken 11 years), as indicated in the sussex 'Final exit agreement approved by the queen.

But, according to Kay, the debt weighed heavily on Harry in his desire toThe distance from royal life. "For more than a year, there has been the Prince Harry stone grinding wheel, a golden slice of the large taxpayers who has been widespread privilege and law," he wrote . "For Harry and Meghan, the 2.4 million pounds of public money - our money - which has been coming from the renovation of the Genouille cottage, but only for it to be clogged and abandoned with the rest of their Royal lives, represented something much more intrinsic. "

Kay, who was one ofLast people Diana spoke to At night she died, said Harry saw the debt "as a chain that handled them in the country of his birth, inhibiting their efforts to be really free of the royal family and crucial from their media reviews."

The Royal Chronicler criticized Harry and Meghan's actions since the couple announced its intentions toGet away from their royal Seniors ross. Kay had already written that because the couple was "folded onRewrite the rules book of what being a member of the royal family means: "From the moment they got married, there was a" disconnection ". He will cite, among other things, their" secret "on the birth of their son and, in the case of money spent Renovation Groglore Cottage, Kay said Harry and Meghan do not see him as "a loan of a generous nation happy to help this young royal couple find his feet after their joyous marriage, But rather a stick with whom beat them. "

Following the announcement that Harry and Meghan had reimbursed the debt on Frogmore Cottage, it was revealed that the couple would beno longer receive financial support fromPrince Charles. In the view of Kay, Harry and Meghan are distinguished all the financial links of the royal family is a "signal that their divorce of Great Britain is permanent, while removing any pretext that it could still have a future role in the Royal family".

A source of palace told Kay that the full reimbursement of the money dedicated to the renovation of Frogmore came "as a surprise" and may have been made because Harry was "irritated by the criticism that the agreement has led to his finances. Nobody really knows. "The initiate added:" But if he thinks it will shelter him from the public and media review, he is misplaced. "

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A spokesman for the couple confirmed that the prince had fully refunded the debt by saying, "A contribution was made to the Sovereign subsidy of the Duke of Sussex. This contribution originally offered by Prince Harry fullyCovered the necessary renovation costs From Frogmore Cottage, a property of Her Majesty the Queen and will remain the American residence of the Duke and his family. Harry and Meghan will now pay a non-disclosed commercial rent on the property.

Another insider palace told me that, despite Harry's desire for independence, his links from the royal family are not so easily cut. "While Harry can believe that he is finally free and escaped his criticisms more and more vocal by being financially independent, he is still a member of the royal family, which remains the strongest equality there is to his Majesty, the queen and this country "my source said. "As such, his actions will always be visited through this lens." And for more information on the new life of Meghan and Harry, checkStunning details on Harry and Meghans of $ 14.7 million California Home.

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New YorkImagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .