Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been evicted from their U.K. home at the request of Harry’s dad, King Charles III. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had been allocated Frogmore Cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle as their main residence when they were working royals, but now several publications report that the property is being offered to Charles’ disgraced brother Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.
The cottage was a wedding gift to the couple from the late queen, and when they left the U.K. for California in 2020 they said Frogmore Cottage would remain their home base while visiting. “We can confirm The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage,” a spokesperson for the couple said in a statement Wednesday.
While Buckingham Palace has not issued its own statement about the eviction notice, reports say that Charles began the process on Jan.
11 — one day after the publication of Harry’s best-selling explosive memoir, Spare. The palace cut off royal police protection for the couple and their children when visiting the U.K., making Frogmore Cottage the only remaining space that would meet their security needs when visiting.