The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen driving around California in a £ 170,000 Range Rover – just like those favored by Queens and Prince Philip royals to the Cambridges.
Although the company has a lease agreement with the royal household that allows them to use a fleet of its new vehicles, it is not known if the couple is still using this as they are no longer royals.
A source from Invictus Games told Mail Mail that the couple is not entitled to a free vehicle via the carmaker’s sponsorship of an upcoming event scheduled for The Hague next year.
Prince Harry and Meghan said they were ‘cut off’ financially from the royal family after retiring from royal life last year.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s £ 170,000 Range Rover, which they drove near their home in Los Angeles, California, is similar to models favored by the royal family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their interview with Oprah Winfrey
In the couple’s Oprah Winfrey interview, the Duke of Sussex said they should go to Netflix and Spotify shows – estimated at £ 80 million – to pay for his safety after his family cut him off.
Asked about the money-spinning partnerships, Harry told Miss Winfrey: ‘My family literally cut me off financially and I had to afford security for us.
“But I have what my mother left me and without it we would not be able to do it.”
Before resigning from his royal duties, Harry received the vast majority of his income from the Duchy of Cornwall – a portfolio of property and financial investments managed by Prince Charles.
The Queen drives her Range Rover while attending the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 2019
The Duke of Cambridge is driving his Range Rover when he arrives at the Jerudong Park Trophy charity race at Cirencester Park Polo Club in 2017
Prince Anne (left) leaves The Blue Cross’ Animal Adoption Center in Burford, Oxfordshire in her Range Rover and Prince Charles (right) drives a model north of Warwickshire
The Duke of Edinburgh stands at Range Rover after taking part in the wagon-riding competition at The Royal Windsor Horse Show
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend Commonwealth Day Service 2020
Earlier today, it was revealed that ITV could broadcast more than 90 minutes of unseen footage from the Oprah interview to the public.
A source told Sunday People: ‘There is a lot of interest in showing the interview in full.
‘The original show was the biggest show to date in the UK and was purchased by companies around the world.’
They added: “Oprah’s manufacturing company knows they’re sitting on a gold mine, so it’s possible a deal can be made.”
This comes after CBS presenter Gayle King said she spoke to the Sussexes who told her that talks between Prince Harry, his brother and their father Prince Charles were ‘not productive’.
She told CBS this morning: ‘Well, I’m not trying to bring news, but I actually called them to see how they were feeling, and it’s true, Harry talked to his brother and he talked to his father too.
‘The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive. But they are glad they at least started a conversation.
CBS presenter Gayle King said she spoke to the Sussexes after the interview this month
‘And I think what still upsets them is that the palace keeps saying they want to work it out privately, yet they believe these fake stories are coming out that Meghan is still contemptuous of.
‘Nobody in the royal family has spoken to Meghan at this particular time.
‘And I think it’s frustrating for them to see that it’s a racial conversation about the royal family when all they wanted all along was for the royals to intervene and tell the press to stop doing the unjust. , inaccurate, false stories that are definitely a racial slant.
‘And until you can admit it, I think it’s going to be difficult to move forward. But they both want to continue with this and they both want healing in this family. At the end of the day, it’s Harry’s family. ‘
The Cambridges did not discuss the rift that caused the interview, although Prince William was forced to speak at another royal event a week ago and publicly retaliated against Harry and Meghan’s allegations of race, insisting has: ‘We are very much not a racist family’.
This comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said that racism had driven them out of Britain in their two-hour CBS interview.
Prince Harry also said he was let down by his father and wanted to heal the relationship, but ‘there is a lot of hurt that happened’.