It has been revealed that Prince Harry chose the day he and Meghan left Frogmore Cottage as the start date of their formal residence in the United States.
The couple reportedly moved the last of their belongings out of the Windsor property, which had until then remained their base in the UK after they moved to California in 2020, on June 29 last year.
This is the date the Duke of Sussex said he began living in the United States in new business documents revealed by the Mail yesterday..
Documents published by Companies House for ‘Prince Henry Charles Albert David Duke of Sussex’ record that his ‘new habitually resident country/state’ is now the United States, whereas it previously indicated the United Kingdom.
Royal experts have said Harry was “deeply hurt” by his father’s order for him and Meghan to leave Frogmore, which had been a wedding gift from Queen Elizabeth, and suggested he was making his point by choosing the date. .
This is the date on which the Duke of Sussex said he began living in the United States according to new business documents revealed yesterday by the Mail.
Royal experts have said Harry was “deeply hurt” by his father’s order for him and Meghan to leave Frogmore Cottage.
The Sussex mansion is worth $14 million and has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
The publicly visible document showing that Prince Harry now resides in the United States.
Royal author Phil Dampier said Sun: ‘Charles and William knew it had to be done to emphasize that Harry and Meghan were out of The Firm, but he probably still thought he could maintain a base here. He has now shown that he accepts that his life is in the United States.”
It comes after Harry revealed earlier this year that he has “considered” becoming a US citizen, a move that would mean he may have to give up his titles.
“The idea has crossed my mind, but it’s not a high priority right now,” he said on Good Morning America in February.
Pressure has increased on Joe Biden’s government to release Harry’s visa records after activists seized on comments made by the US ambassador in London that he would not be deported while the Democrat was president.
The conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, DC, which has gone to court to seek disclosure of the dossier, has submitted Jane Hartley’s depositions as part of its case.
The new details, filed at Companies House for Harry’s eco-travel company Travalyst, also raise serious questions about whether he can remain as a State Councillor, one of seven members of the Royal Family who can stand in for the Monarch if he is in office. foreigner or unwell. .
By law, Councilors of State must have a domicile in the UK, but Harry has no home here after King Charles asked the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to leave Frogmore Cottage, a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth.
Dr Craig Prescott, a constitutional law expert, said last year: “We are truly in uncharted waters: Prince Harry’s situation is not something that the law easily allows.”
“The idea of the king’s second son choosing a life away from royal duties is not something the law has thought about, and I imagine Buckingham Palace would be concerned about that.
The king had the opportunity to remove him through state councilor legislation last year, but decided not to do so.
Until 2022, the State Councilors were Queen Camilla, Prince William, Harry, Prince Andrew and their eldest daughter Princess Beatrice.
However, many considered this situation inappropriate as Harry, the Duke of York and Beatrice are not working royals.
Harry with Charles in Windsor at the time of the Queen’s funeral
Later that year, the king asked parliament to add his sister, Princess Anne, and his younger brother, Prince Edward, to the list.
It was reported that the King decided not to remove Harry and Andrew because he did not want to increase family tensions and believed it was unlikely that either of them would ever have to replace him.
However, last year courtiers wanted to ensure William returned to Britain after a solo trip to New York before the King and Queen left for their state visit to France on the same day.
Since then, the situation has become even more urgent due to the King’s cancer treatment.
Harry questioned the Home Office’s decision to remove his right to automatic protection from the Metropolitan Police when in Britain, even though he has offered to pay for it himself.
After the decision was made, a legal representative for Harry said he “could not return home” to his family because it is too dangerous.
He has since lost the court case and potentially he faces a bill of around £1m when his own legal costs are taken into account.
A judge rejected an offer to halve the amount he had to pay saying the Duke of Sussex had “completely lost” his case.
Separately, Sir Peter Lane also dismissed the duke’s request to appeal against the ruling, describing a section of it as “frankly desperate”.
The Heritage Foundation has been pressuring the Department of Homeland Security to open its file on Harry under US freedom of information laws.
After admitting to using cocaine in his memoir, Spare, he faced questions about how he had been able to move to the United States, where admitting drug use can block a visa application.
Prince Harry, pictured with Meghan Markle at a polo event in Florida on April 12, has listed the United States as his primary residence for the first time.
Harry and Meghan on a sofa at their Montecito residence