Prince William and Princess Catherine reportedly have a “bitter taste in their mouths” over Prince Harry set to pocket an $8.5 million inheritance in just a few weeks.
The Duke of Sussex will on September 15 turn 40 and inherit £7 million from his great grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s £70 million trust fund.
The ex-working royal will receive 10 percent of the fund and a larger sum of money than his estranged brother William, who already received $30 million in his first full year’s income from the Duchy of Cornwall payroll.
A source on Tuesday told Closer magazine the Prince and Princess of Wales are furious Harry will line his pockets with the inheritance and believe he is not deserving of the income.
“William’s pretty disgusted that once again Harry’s going to be cashing out and taking millions back to his Montecito home without lifting a finger for it,” they said.
“There’s nothing he can do about it, aside from shaking his head, but if it were up to him, Harry would not be getting this payday.
“William doesn’t think his brother is in any position to be getting this handout and he’s letting it be known that he things it’s a pretty rotten situation.
“William and Kate don’t trust Harry or Meghan one bit, so the idea that Harry’s now cashing in on his great-granny’s inheritance leaves a very bitter taste in their mouths.
The source said William believes Harry is “being rewarded after the terrible treatment he’s shown them all” and the endorsement is “just wrong on so many levels”.
The relationship between the Wales and Sussexes was destroyed when Harry and Meghan quit royal life and moved to the celebrity enclave suburb of California with their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
William and Kate are understood to have virtually no relationship with their niece or nephew, after the Duke lobbed multiple grenades at the firm including accusations William physically attacked him during an argument about Meghan’s treatment by the monarchy.
The Sussexes publicly slammed the royal family in a series of lucrative arrangements including a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, a $100 million deal with Netflix, a $20 million contract with Spotify, a memoir, and the Duchess’ lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.
Royal expert Jennie Bond said the Duke’s sum from his great-grandmother will not even scratch the surface of his earnings from profitable deals.
“For most of us, an inheritance of several million pounds would be utterly life-changing…. for Harry and Meghan, it will be a small bonus compared to their commercial earnings,” Bond said.
“Nevertheless, I’m sure it will be greatly appreciated by Harry who, I’m sure, has nothing but fond memories of his great-grandmother… or Gan Gan as he called her,” she said.
The commentator said the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, would be saddened over her grandson’s split from the firm in an eerily similar move to the 1936 constitutional crisis which saw King Edward VIII abandon the throne for marriage.
“I’m afraid the Queen Mother would have been mightily disappointed to see history repeating itself as Harry fell in love with a divorced American woman and then left royal life and went to live abroad… almost in exile, like her brother-in-law King Edward VIII, who abdicated for the love of Wallis Simpson.”
