Harry & Meghan: this is how much the "divorce" from the Royal House will cost the couple
Between land ownership and (much) more, the Windsors have an estimated worth of $ 88 billion. A slice of this figure belongs to the couple, who have now decided to give it up
Fans of The Crown, the TV series about which depopulated on Netflix and which is making the English (and not only) all pseudo-historical experts of Elizabeth II, are informed since the second season that in Christmas 1958, for the first time , the Queen then fresh from the crown, wished Christmas to the nation on live TV from the austere rooms of the castle of Balmoral, a building that seems to have come out of Walt Disney's fairy tales.
Always, every year, the Windsor home has been found in the castle in Scotland, where it spends the holidays. It is more than a family reunion, it is a royal ritual that opened its doors to the outside world for the first time 60 years ago. But Christmas 2019 suffered a vulnus: the dukes of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, have given up. The royal couple preferred to spend Christmas alone in the United States, her country: a decision that had caused more than a stomach ache at court.
But that was just the beginning. On the evening of January 8, the stomach ache exploded into an infection. With a sensational and unprecedented tear to the ceremonial, not the first, and to centuries of constitutional practice, the royal couple
most paparazzi in the world, even for the physique du role of Meghan, a former actress of African American origins, but also the most anti-conformist of Buckingham Palace, they made their Brexit. They didn't wait until January 31st, but they decided to divorce the Windsor house. This does not surprise the most attentive observers of the royal house: from the first tear with the decision not to live in London, at Kensington Palace; until the escape to the United States, Harry & Meghan moved away from tradition. Now the definitive rupture takes place.
It is not only a matter for experts in English monarchical law and gossip of the events of Buckingham Palace, the most followed royal family in the world. But the "divorce", which is unilateral according to the poisonous response from the spokesmen of the royal palace, also has heavy economic consequences on Elizabeth II's nephew. And it seems a theme, never happened before, of the conflict of interest of a British royal.
The Sovereing Grant
The Windsors are one of the richest royal families in the world: their fortune has been estimated by Forbes at 88 billion dollars. These are the assets they own. However, the Crown has always also benefited from a check paid by the Government: these are funds that are used to pay for the entertainment and official expenses that the royals sustain in their institutional role. The fund is called the Sovereign Grant (and in its current legal form it was recently established, in 2012, with the Sovereign Act of 2011).
