With the coronation a mere two months away, the ‘will they, won’t they’ speculation about the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the ceremony has taken on a new twist. If they come to London, they will not have anywhere to stay: officially, at least.
It has been revealed that Frogmore Cottage, Harry and Meghan’s wedding gift from the Queen, has been withdrawn from them. In a classic case of adding insult to injury it has been offered to Prince Andrew instead, on the understanding that he will in turn give up his larger residence of Royal Lodge, the 30-room, 98-acre mansion in Windsor Great Park that he has been brooding in for the past few years.
King Charles is acting decisively, even ruthlessly, when it comes to his estranged son
As one well-informed anonymous source informed The Sun, perhaps with a measure of glee, ‘This eviction surely spells the end of Harry and Meghan’s time in the UK.
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