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Prince Charles ‘gave substantial sum’ to Prince Harry for new life abroad

Valentine Low, Emily Gosden
The Times
Harry’s relationship with his father has been badly fractured
Harry’s relationship with his father has been badly fractured
SAMIR HUSSEIN/WIREIMAGE
Valentine Low, Emily Gosden
The Times

The Prince of Wales gave the Duke of Sussex a substantial sum to start his new life abroad, sources close to Charles have said, undermining Prince Harry’s claim that his father cut him off.

Harry, whose relationship with his father has been badly fractured, said in his interview with Oprah Winfrey in March that he and the duchess had done deals with streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify only because they had been short of money. “My family literally cut me off financially,” he said.

However, during a Clarence House briefing about Prince Charles’s finances a spokesman said: “As we’ll all remember in January 2020 when the duke and duchess announced that they were going to move away from the working royal family, the