Canadians against Harry and Meghan: they refuse to pay the annual 1.7 million of their mansion
Three out of four citizens of the North American country have expressed their rejection of the public treasury to pay for the new residence of the grandson of Elizabeth II and his wife.
The vast majority of Canadians do not want their country to pay the costs of residence in Canada for the Dukes of Sussex, Harry of England (35) and Meghan Markle (38), including their security, according to a survey given to meet today. The survey, by the Angus Reid company, indicates that almost three-quarters of Canadians, exactly 73%, do not want the public treasury to cover the cost of the residence of the grandson of the Queen of England and his wife.
Only 3% of those surveyed expressed support for Canada to bear all the costs of the couple's residency, while 19% said they would not mind paying some expenses.
Elizabeth II of England (93) is officially the Queen of Canada, a parliamentary monarchy whose head of state, called Governor General, acts in her name and on her behalf although he is appointed by the Canadian Prime Minister.
Last week, the Dukes of Sussex shook the foundations of the British monarchy by announcing their effective "resignation" from the Royal House and announcing that they would divide their time between the United Kingdom and North America, probably Canada.
The announcement came after Harry and Meghan ended a six-week vacation in Canada. The couple reportedly spent their vacations with their eight-month-old son, Archie, at a $ 14 million mansion on Vancouver Island.
Although the duchess and former actress is American, she spent long periods in Canada before her marriage to Prince Harry, due to filming the series Suits in Toronto.
This Tuesday, precisely, Markle was visiting an institution for women in a troubled neighborhood in the city of Vancouver, to "drink tea" and "discuss issues that affect women in the community," according to the Downtown Eastside Women's Center.
The executive director of the center, Kate Gibson, told Canadian television CTV that the Duchess of Sussex "was very interested in the problems of women in our community. And she would like to learn more about issues in which she is interested, such as the problem Women's".
For her part, Harry has visited Canada on several occasions, and in 2017 Toronto hosted the Invictus Games, a sports competition created by the Duke of Sussex for military personnel with physical disabilities.
But despite these ties to Canada, the Angus Reid poll, which was conducted on January 13 and 14 with responses from 1,154 Canadians and with a 3% margin of error, indicates that 66% of Canadian citizens considers that the House of Windsor "is losing or has lost relevance".
In addition, 45% believe that Canada should not be a constitutional monarchy in the future, a higher percentage than what expressed a similar position just four years ago.
The survey also revealed that Prince Harry is, paradoxically, the most popular member of the British royal family in Canada: 69% of its population has a favorable image of the Duke of Sussex.
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (48) said on Monday that his government has not been involved in decisions about the future of the dukes, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau assured that Canada has not yet decided whether will bear the security costs.
Despite this, British media published this week that Trudeau has assured Queen Elizabeth that Canada will bear at least part of the costs of the residence of the Dukes of Sussex.
It is estimated that the cost of security could amount to about 1.7 million Canadian dollars per year, about 1.3 million US dollars.
