The Telegraph reports it's understood that the Duke of Sussex stayed at the Windsor property before making his surprise appearance at the Royal courts of Justice last week.
The Duke arrived in the UK last weekend and is thought to have flown back on Thursday night. He appeared in court on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and is thought likely to have also used the visit to sort out the couple's belongings and work out what needs to be shipped to the US ahead of vacating the property.
There's been drama surrounding the Windsor home when Harry and Meghan stepped down as working Royals. It was announced that the Sussexes would be keeping Frogmore as a UK residence, yet King Charles is looking to shift family members who live on royal properties around and apparently offered Frogmore to his brother Andrew. A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate the residents at Frogmore Cottage but did not comment on whether or not Prince Andrew would move in.
Reportedly, the Sussexes have been given until the coronation to fully vacate Frogmore Cottage, though it's unclear whether or not Harry and Meghan will attend the coordination. During Harry's trip to the UK, his father King Charles said he was too busy to see him, and his brother Prince William was away on Easter holiday vacation with his family.
Before that, it was early reported that the home and the grounds of Windsor Castle had been offered to the Duke of York. A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed the news. The Duke and Duchess now live in California with their kids. They quit life as working Royals in 2020 and left the UK shortly afterward.
Frogmore Cottage, a Grade II listed property in the grounds of Windsor Castle and Berkshire, was a gift to the royal couple from the late Queen herself. Harry and Meghan refurbished the property owned by the Crown Estate at an estimated cost of £2.4 million in 2018. The cost was initially covered by taxpayers through the Sovereign Grants before being repaid in full by the Duke. Now they will be repaid again by the Sovereign Grant.
They were reportedly told to leave the property by Buckingham Palace in January, days after Harry's memoir was published. The book, which was released in January, has broken records, and it included claims that Prince Harry was physically attacked by his brother, the Prince of Wales. He also wrote that he and his brother had begged their father not to marry Camilla.
Prince Andrew, the late Queen's second son, lives in the nearby Royal Lodge. He stepped down as a working Royal in 2019 after a controversial Newsnight interview about allegations that he had allegedly sexually assaulted Virginia. He has repeatedly denied those allegations. In February 2022, he paid an undisclosed amount to settle the civil sexual assault case Miss Virginia Giuffre brought against him in the US.
Reports in recent weeks, not confirmed by the BBC, suggested that the King is to cut Andrew's annual grant, which could leave him unable to afford his home's running costs."
