London: The official home that UK’s Queen Elizabeth II has given to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was refurbished using 2.4 million pounds ($2.8 million) of taxpayers’ money, accounts published by Buckingham Palace on Tuesday showed. The Queen gave Prince Harry and Meghan the use of Frogmore Cottage within her vast Windsor Castle estate but it needed work done to convert it into a modern royal household. “The scheme (Frogmore Cottage) consisted of the reconfiguration and full refurbishment of five residential units in poor condition to create the official residence for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their family,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement cited by Efe news.
The cottage is located northwest of Frogmore House, a larger luxury residence set within palatial gardens where the royal couple, as newlyweds in May 2018, held their wedding reception. The Duke and Duchess had previously shared Kensington Palace in central London with Harry’s older brother, William, Duke of Cambridge, and his family. However, Prince Harry and Meghan moved out in April, before the birth of their son Archie.
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