Many people opened their eyes when Prince Harry (36) and Duchess Meghan (39) at the beginning of the year announced that they wished to retire from their royal duties.
“After many months of thinking and internal discussions, we have made a decision to make a transition this year, to single out a new progressive role in the institution,” it was said in the press release from the duke couple.
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In the time since, they have taken with them son Archie (1), and moved to Montecito, California.
Before that time, however, they managed to be on a number of assignments and trips as a married couple, and last fall, the couple was on a trip to Africa, where they visited South Africa together. The prince then visited Botswana, Angola and Malawi alone. It was the couple’s last official trip as members of the royal family.
– Meghan and Harry have run a solo race
«Exhibition tour»
Despite the fact that the couple is no longer an official part of the British royal family, it does not mean that the attention of the declined. The accounts for the mentioned trip have now been published, and the sum for the trip is shocking.
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The trip to Africa cost British taxpayers 245,000 British pounds, which is equivalent to around 2.9 million Norwegian kroner, according to Sky News. In addition, the high-profile trip was invoiced as an “exhibition trip”.
The money is said to have gone to private planes for the couple and their entourage, and the trip was the most expensive royal trip throughout the year.
Broke royal protocol in Africa
Controversial
Turen received a lot of attention worldwide, among other things for their work as volunteers.
However, it was the duke’s couple controversial lawsuit against the newspaper Mail on Sunday that received the most attention, which led to the charity trip being overshadowed – and employees and diplomats’ several months of work in advance were in vain.
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In addition, the duchess posed in front of the camera, accusing her husband’s family of not asking her how she was doing.
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– Not many have asked if I’m fine, the Duchess said frankly in the documentary “Harry and Meghan: An African Journey”, according to The Mirror.
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The documentary showed a clearly marked Meghan who spoke about how the time after she married into one of the world’s most public families had been.
High sums
The accounts show that last year’s second most expensive trip was the prince’s trip to Oman. It cost 2.5 million Norwegian kroner. He stayed there for two days to show his respect for the late king.
The third most expensive trip made by the British royal family was Duchess Kate (38) and Prince Williams (38) travel to Pakistan last year. The trip cost 1.4 million kroner.
“These figures do not show the daily over-consumption of money on short trips around the country, where they often take a helicopter instead of a car, or drive a car instead of taking the train,” said Graham Smith, a spokesman for the Republic.
– Gave up life for that family
The accounts also show that Prince Andrew (60) has received 15,800 pounds to attend a golf tournament, and Princess Anne (70) has received 16,400 to attend a rugby match in Italy.
The total amount in the travel accounts for 2019-2020 was 5.3 million pounds. This corresponds to 64.2 million Norwegian kroner. This is an increase of 15.2 per cent from the previous year.
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