Prince Harry reportedly received a substantial inheritance from his late great-grandmother on his 40th birthday.
The Duke of Sussex, who stepped back from royal duties in 2020 is said to have been granted $10 million from a trust fund established by the Queen Mother in 1994 for her great-grandchildren, according to the Telegraph.
As Harry celebrated his 40th birthday on Sunday, he received 8 million British pounds — approximately $10.5 million — from the trust. The Queen Mother, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in 2002 at the age of 101.
When the fund was created for the princes, it was valued to be worth about £19 million. The each received a portion on their 21st birthdays, with the remainder made available on their 40th birthdays.
The “Spare” author, who scored a whopping $100 million Netflix deal with his wife Meghan Markle in 2020, also reportedly inherited an estimated $10 million from Princess Diana’s estate after her death on August 31, 1997.
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“I’ve got what my mum left me and without that, we wouldn’t have been able to do this,” Harry told Oprah Winfrey in a bombshell March 2021 interview. “She saw it coming, and I certainly felt her presence throughout this whole process.”
The runaway royals, who now reside in California with their two young children, shocked the world when they shared their decision to be “financially independent” from the royal family.
