Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be in a little pickle since there purchase of their new home in Santa Barbara. The couple left their senior royal duties to opt for a more normal life and finding it in the United States.
The couple who purchased the Santa Barbara mansion for $14.7 million dollars seems to be doing okay financially but the truth could be a different story.
According to reports, the couple had high expectations that UK taxpayers would pay for their massive security bill. Being a high profile couple, the Prince and his wife, ex-actress Meghan Markle thought that the Brits would pay for their protection.
But boy they were wrong!
Their decision to leave there posts as senior royals have cost them not only massive dismay from the brits, but it has also cost the brits millions of pounds. The couple who were given the Frogmore residence as there home after they were married was not up to taste for Harry’s wife, Meghan and was immediately renovated.
The renovation of the Frogmore mansion cost UK taxpayers up to $3 million dollars, in which the couple has not yet paid. The couple then took the initiative to announce that they will be paying the taxpayers back after they received massive criticism for their actions.
Now, Prince Harry and Meghan fully expected that their security was to be paid for as well. The Metropolitan Police security team left the couple due to the royal house not supporting them financially.
Prince Charles, father of Prince Harry and second-in-line to the British throne had to step in and help his kid. He is said to have promised the couple to help them in their first year as they seek to be ‘independent financially’ from the royal family.
“They had fully expected the British taxpayers would continue to foot the bill for their protection. But then the rug was pulled from under their feet, and they had to ask Prince Charles to step in,” a source said.
This massive changes in their life left them worried, but despite that, the couple still went on to buy a huge mansion in the exclusive Santa Barbara.
Prince Harry and Meghan Marke are rumored to have been living in their new estate since June and spent Meghan’s birthday there as a family. Despite the couple seeking to be independent of the royal money, their lifestyle may be harder to maintain without it.