Following Prince Harry’s “brief” appearance at his father’s coronation last month, the Telegraph reported that Harry stopped by Buckingham Palace for a few minutes before heading off to Heathrow. There was speculation about why he would have bothered, and one of my favorite theories was that he was dropping off the keys to Frogmore Cottage and picking up a seven-figure check, a check reimbursing the Sussexes for the money they spent renovating that dilapidated shack. Harry’s 28-hour coronation stop-over was supposedly his “last time” at Frogmore Cottage, because his father evicted the Sussexes out of spite following the publication of Spare. Weirdly, the Telegraph now claims that Harry stayed at Frogmore this week while he was in England to testify against the Mirror Group Newspapers. Hm.
The Duke of Sussex was due to arrive back home in California on Thursday night after staying at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, The Telegraph understands. The Duke, 38, spent three nights in the UK as he returned to give evidence in his High Court phone-hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). But he followed what has become standard practice by swiftly dashing back to the US, opting not to extend his stay any longer than necessary.
The Duke is not believed to have seen his father, the King, or his brother, the Prince of Wales, during his brief visit. Accompanied only by his security team, he stayed at his Windsor home for what is likely to be the last time.
The King evicted the Duke and Duchess from the property at the beginning of the year, just days after the publication of Harry’s memoir, Spare. The couple were given until early summer to vacate but are not thought to be planning to return to the UK in the coming weeks.
The Duke left the court shortly after 5pm on Wednesday, waving to onlookers as he was driven away in a black Range Rover. He is understood to have boarded a flight back home on Thursday afternoon, keen to get back to his family “as quickly as possible”. The Duke made a similar dash back home after the Coronation last month, when he headed straight to the airport from Westminster Abbey, via a quick vehicle change, having spent just 28 hours in the country. On that occasion, he was determined to kiss his son, Prince Archie, goodnight on his fourth birthday, which happened to fall on the same day.
I saw some tweets from royalists about how “sad” it was that Harry was staying alone in Frogmore Cottage while, just a short distance away, William was with his family at Adelaide Cottage. First of all, if you honestly believe William has been staying at Adelaide Cottage this whole time, I have a bridge to sell you. But I do find it interesting that Harry possibly stayed at Frogmore… it’s curious. I wonder if the British press has no idea where he was staying so they’re just assuming it was Frogmore? And why the f–k would Harry stick around Windsor endlessly when his garbage family has made it perfectly clear that they have a violent, twisted hatred for him? Also: “which happened to fall on the same day” – they still make it sound like the Sussexes *chose* to schedule Archie’s birthday on that day, when Charles decided to beef with a literal child about who was more important.
Meanwhile, the Sussexes also got a name-check in the Telegraph’s story about the upcoming Trooping the Colour, which is happening on June 17th. The Sussexes will not be in attendance. They haven’t been invited. But it will be twisted into “how dare they not come back for Trooping, where they would have been snubbed and thrown off the balcony!”
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- Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK. 6th June 2023. Prince Harry arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of his lawsuit against The Mirror Group. The Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages over alleged unlawful information gathering, including phone hacking and will be the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years.,Image: 781717892, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Supplied by AVALON – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: Photo by Amanda Rose / Avalon
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- Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex departs The Rolls Building – Royal Courts Of Justice in London, England, UK on Wednesday 7 June, 2023 as part of the Mirror Group newspapers (MGN) phone hacking trial.,Image: 782000552, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex departs The Rolls Building – Royal Courts Of Justice in London, England, UK on Wednesday 7 June, 2023 as part of the Mirror Group newspapers (MGN) phone hacking trial.,Image: 782000612, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex departs The Rolls Building – Royal Courts Of Justice in London, England, UK on Wednesday 7 June, 2023 as part of the Mirror Group newspapers (MGN) phone hacking trial.,Image: 782000619, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Prince Harry The Duke Of Sussex departs The Rolls Building – Royal Courts Of Justice in London, England, UK on Wednesday 7 June, 2023 as part of the Mirror Group newspapers (MGN) phone hacking trial.,Image: 782000626, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Windsor, UNITED KINGDOM – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have handed over the keys to their UK home Frogmore Cottage to Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank. Frogmore Cottage is a historic Grade II listed home on the Frogmore Estate, part of Home Park, Windsor, England. It was built in 1801 at the direction of Queen Charlotte in the gardens near Frogmore House. A part of the Crown Estate, it is the private residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Pictured: Frogmore Cottage BACKGRID USA 21 NOVEMBER 2020 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Yeah I feel like no one has their story straight with this. It’s similar to people saying Eugenie was also out of frogmore but another publication saying she’s still at Windsor.
And this will happen again in September if they come for well child that they are staying at Frogmore for the “last time.”
There might be an agreement that was made but hasn’t been leaked yet.
I guess it depends on Charles’ definition of “summer” too. Otherwise come September for wellchild Harry and Meghan will be staying somewhere else. Hopefully NOT in the Buckingham palace flat they’ve supposedly been offered. But somewhere away from those people. Because when Harry stays on a royal property we get stories like this. It’s obsessive. A whole article about where he stayed.
I remember one article, back when the eviction was the hot story and after Charles realized he f*cked up, that said the eviction timeline was changed to some date in September.
So, it wouldn’t surprise me if they haggled FC access through the Well Child event date.
Also, it wouldn’t surprise me if FC is now being treated as a guest house for short term visits for the family (HM, Eugenie and fam, etc), for a small fee, of course. 😁
First, the ”Harry stopped by Buckingham Palace for a few minutes before heading off to Heathrow” Telegraph story, was quickly disputed by other publications. The Fail for instance even reconstructed (time stamped) the duration of Harry’s voyage from the minutes his ‘electric car’ left Westminster Abby and arrived at Heathrow Airport in a motorcade (apparently they followed his car from the Abby to the airport).
Secondly. It’s not likely that Harry staid at Frogmore Cottage. Why?
After the judge asked his barrister Mr Sherborne why Prince Harry was not in court on Monday, 5th, he explained why Harry was not coming. Meaning that Harry’s situation was different from that of his other clients (his daughter’s birthday, traveling from California on Sunday evening to the UK, security arrangement had to be in place) and that he was resting/staying ”close enough to reach the court in 15 to 30 minutes”, if he was needed to start his cross examination, if the opening’s statements of the barristers on both sides would come to a conclusion before the end of the court day. And Mr Sherborne was right; both barristers were busy till 17:30 PM local time laying their cases in their opening’s statements.
So, Mr Sherborne had the give away: Harry was in London, not in Windsor/ FC.
Again ,The Telegraph was speculating, and again the rest of the press/media took their fan gossip as a fact.
‘stayed’
See my third reasoning below (Harry’s remark in court: “currently I’m homeless.”
Soooo, I just read a 10th June 2023 article in The National Scot claiming The Telegraph group, which also publishes The Spectator, is now in receivership because they no longer generate enough income to service their debt. How come I’m not seeing anything about dire Telegraph finances in this article? Businesses that can’t service debt and pose going concern risk wouldn’t spend extra £££ to verify story accuracy 🙄
Don’t know much about how Britain does bankruptcy, but if I read stories on Middleton Party Pieces correctly regarding prepackage business sales removing liabilities from biz sale transaction, there’s possibility that Torygraph owners could recover some equity without satisfying debt? Ugh if so. But I could be misunderstanding Brit bankruptcies.
Harry’s lawyer told the judge on Monday that although Harry was not in attendance, he was nearby and could be in court within 15 to 20 minutes. That does not sound like Frogmore to me.
They know nothing and it just kills them. I don’t believe he stayed there but they know nothing. Yes let the trooping stories begin because they got nothing.
Agreed Susan, but to be honest, when has that ever stopped them writing sht
All I know is that my first read of Kaiser’s headline was, “Prince Harry SLAYS at Frogmore Cottage”. I’m still coming off the post about how his clothes are “too California”.
As a proud Californian, I prefer my headline, and it would make perfect sense if he actually stayed there, too! 🤣
I prefer your version too: Harry SLAYS. lol
I’m with you, I don’t think there is a chance in hell that Harry stayed at Frogmore Cottage. He sees his birth family for the snakes they are, why would he stay anywhere they have control over, exactly? Dream on, British media.
Mmm…. Its interesting if he did stay in Frogmore, maybe his dad doesnt want to pay back the money. i knew the will they wont they game wasnt over. Of course there will be more royal event s for them to be snubbed. This is now the media song.
In this case he should be like Andrew and dig in his heels unless he is reimbursed.
The Sussexes don’t actually live in Frogmore; whereas Andrew does live (meaning “squat”) in the residence where he and Charles are squabbling over.
Andrew has a legal lease. He isn’t squatting. H&M were supposed to have had a legal lease also.
Harry never said they were giving up Frogmore Cottage only that they were asked to. My guess is they didn’t get their 2.6M back so the property is still theirs.
Maybe he stayed there, maybe he didn’t. The RRs dont know and that is killing them.
The cover photo of Harry smiling is adorable.
I’m starting to have questions about this eviction. Like, the legality of it. It’s Charles allowed to arbitrarily kick out whoever he wants? I know the Sussexes confirmed that he asked them to vacate, did they confirm they actually would? Do they have real legal grounds to fight the eviction? I could see them doing so if they can.
They are obsessed. I’m looking forward to this case being over so that Harry doesn’t have to return and can stay home Stateside.
It IS and Meghan’s house that they renovated. Charles needs to pay for for that renovation by the way.
So does that mean that only Meghan and the kids were evicted? Harry is welcome to stay alone? This should be a banner or all of these stupid stories: they are so bad at this. If it’s one of the palace comms teams or a deranged “journalist” trying to prop the BRF up, they are bad at it.
In reality, I don’t think he stayed in Frogmore. Since early this year H had time to figure out how to stay in the UK and not use royal property. He has powerful friends who help him. I’d also bet my last dollar that William has never set foot in Adelaide. It’s Kate’s place.
One last thing: that last photo with Meghan’s foot on his leg is so hot!
They are magic together ❤
Yes they are, LOVE MATCH ❤
Didn’t Harry make a comment in court about currently being without a (UK) home at the moment?! Either way, I highly doubt he was staying at Frogmore Cottage. Just like the Buckingham palace drive by story was immediately debunked as a tabloid bs, so will this story be. The BM have no idea where Harry has been staying.
Correct, according to live-reporting by journalists who were reporting from the London High Court, Harry said in court, “I’m currently homeless” (meaning in the UK). So that Telegraph story that he stayed at FC is noting but another baseless guess.
Thank you, HENNYO! I knew I read something to that affect!
If he did, I hope it was to rip out any remaining fixtures and take anything else he and Meghan paid for.
LOL literally! Every door knob every faucet even the welcome mat. I hope Harry put it in the back of the Range as he left.
H and M dont speak with the British media, so there are more lies from the gossip writers. The media still seem to believe they are untouchable. It does not really matter where Harry stayed, it is his private business and his safety relies on that.
Lol, how many times will he stay at Frogmore “for the last time”? I’m pretty sure that the tabloids have staked out Windsor – if Harry had stayed there, they would have known it. Most likely, he stayed with a friend.
I don’t believe he stayed in Frogmore. The Telegraph says that they understand he was there, meaning they’re speculating. If he did stay at Frogmore there would have been photos of his car driving from Windsor like Harry and Meghan visited in the past. As for Trooping, I expect the press to criticise him for going home so soon and not staying for the event.
Or I expect the BM to use their old chestnuts like “Sure, you can come to England for your own business pursuits, like going to court, but you can’t come for our personal stuff, like Trooping?” To which the answer is an obvious, “Duh!”
My favorite phrase, repeatedly used in the story, is “it is believed”. The tabs know absolutely nothing about Harry and Meghan. Well done.
Why do they consistently make it sound odd that he goes home after his work/professional duties are done? I also go directly home after a conference, what do they want him to stay and do a few walkabouts for them? Also why is the onus always on the Sussexes? William also could walk across the grounds to see his brother if he wanted to, he doesn’t. It’s not on Harry to make any moves honestly, but definitely not the first move all the time.
I doubt very much he was staying at Frogmore seeing how the media had no pics or his coming or going, and that is something they now get access to since the Keens moved over there. The same pics they published when they were on their way to Germany they would’ve posted pics of him on his way to court. Also H mentioned (jokingly) he was homeless in court to the judge I believe,most likely stayed with/at a friend’s and they have no clue who it is.
Yeah, he’s definitely not sleeping at Frogmore. He reportedly stayed with a friend in April, last time he was there for the High Court hearing. I find it still so sad about Frogmore, that Meg and Harry spent their money, put their own tastes into the decor. You could tell in the Netflix doc that they were fond of the place, especially since it was a gift from the Queen.
Also, they are definitely NOT coming to trooping the colour. The coronation only because it was history-making, but the last Trooping the Colour for a while they’re going to was the Queen’s last year.
Who cares if he saw W or C. Bet he stopped in to see Eugenie and Jack and the new baby.
So he’s allowed to use Frogmore till the end of summer?
It’s clear that since Harry untethered himself from the firm, the press has no longer any sources on him and knows nothing. How much more proof could we ask for that his own family and their lackeys were briefing against him?