(Daily Mail) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be ‘stunned’ by King Charles’ decision to evict them from Frogmore Cottage.
His Majesty has reportedly cut short the Sussexes’ lease on their grace-and-favour British home in the grounds of Windsor Castle – and incredibly offered the keys to Harry’s disgraced uncle Prince Andrew.
The Sussexes’ favoured royal reporter, Omid Scobie, has claimed that sources close to the couple informed him that they are in shock – and at least two members of the Royal Family are ‘appalled’. He does not name them but the Sussexes are known to be close to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
A friend of the couple told him: ‘It all feels very final and like a cruel punishment. It’s like [the family] want to cut them out of the picture for good. Harry and Meghan have until early summer to vacate. Initially they were given just weeks, but now they have at least until after the coronation’.
Today it was claimed that King Charles started the process of throwing Harry and Meghan out of Frogmore days after Spare was released. The couple have started planning how to move their belongings to California. Royal sources have declared: ‘This spells the end of Harry and Meghan’s time in the UK’.
King Charles apparently took steps to evict the Sussexes from their UK home after Spare’s release
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are seen in the kitchen at Frogmore Cottage
Meghan and Harry in the garden at Frogmore in scenes from the Netflix documentary last year
Harry and Meghan were happy at they pitched up at Hollywood hotspot San Vicente Bungalows, the top private club and eaterie in Los Angeles for A-list actors, music stars and studio executives.
Hours later The Late Show with Stephen Colbert released a new clip with Harry – filmed in New York a month ago – where he answered quick-fire questions about his life.
In a question about the afterlife, Harry said he believes that humans are reincarnated as animals when they die and he wants to be an elephant. He also nodded to his departure from the Royal Family when asked to describe the rest of his life in five words, replying: ‘Freedom, happiness, clarity, space, love’.
He also laughed when Colbert admitted that after reading Spare he hates the Royal Family, saying: ‘I’m reading this book and thinking: ‘Get them Harry!’.’
Colbert said his wife loves the royals after spending time in the UK, to which Harry replied: ‘Wonderful’.
The Duke of Sussex took part in a quickfire question-and-answer session called the Colbert Questionert with the chat show host, in a segment that wasn’t originally aired with the rest of his discussion about ‘Spare’.
Harry revealed in the eight-and-a-half-minute clip that he thinks humans are reincarnated as animals when they die, and that if he got to choose what to become, he would pick an elephant.
He also nodded to his departure from the Royal Family when asked to describe the rest of his life in five words, to which he replied: ‘Freedom, happiness, clarity, space, love’.
Other answers included him declaring ‘cockpit’ when asked if he prefers a window or aisle seat, Gladiator was revealed as his favourite action movie, while he also told the story of asking England’s World Cup-winning rugby team for autographs while they were ‘naked, with their willies hanging out’.
Last night Page Six in the US showed the Sussexes arriving at San Vicente Bungalows.
Harry got out of the car first wearing fairly casual clothes, wearing a grey cardigan, blue T-shirt and blue shoes.
Harry and Meghan at Frogmore. The couple were out in LA last night
Prince Andrew spotted riding his horse in Windsor last week. He has reportedly been offered Frogmore Cottage
His actress wife was far more dressed up, wearing tight black leather trousers, black high heels, a dark cardigan and carrying a black clutch bag.
San Vincente Bungalows bans mobile phones, meaning nobody can take pictures of the A-listers, but one insider who saw them said they were in ‘extremely good spirits’.
Another source claimed that despite his book hitting their personal popularity, Harry is delighted with it.
The insider said: ‘Harry said he was really happy about the success of the book and the reaction to it.
‘He said he had no regrets about any of the revelations, and he’s relieved to have got his story out into the world. There’s been an amazing reaction to it’.
‘Prince Harry is already planning to add at least one new chapter … to the paperback version … out later this year or early next, when the hardcover sales have ended’.
But back in the UK it is claimed that the book moved Charles to kick them out of Frogmore Cottage – even though they have several years left on the lease.
Buckingham Palace issued an eviction notice to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex days after Harry’s memoir Spare – in which he made a series of sensational claims against the Royal Family – hit UK shelves in January, according to The Sun.
The newspaper claims that the Palace wants to replace the pair with the disgraced Duke of York, who currently lives at much larger Royal Lodge.
Prince Andrew may even have been offered the keys to Frogmore last week.
Andrew is said to be resisting the move, but it is said Harry and Meghan will be forced to leave the cottage – their only remaining home in the UK – and fully complete their relocation to the US irrespective of whether Andrew moves in.
The revelation comes with preparations for King Charles’ Coronation in May well underway amid speculation that Prince Harry may not receive an invitation.
MailOnline has contacted Buckingham Palace and Prince Harry’s representatives for comment.
