Princess Anne ‘persuaded Charles to evict Prince Harry and Meghan from Frogmore’: Bombshell claims in Omid Scobie’s new book point finger at the King’s sister for decision over ‘Frogxit’
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Princess Anne persuaded her brother King Charles to evict Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage, Omid Scobie is said to claim in his new book.
The couple were given the five-bedroom, Grade II-listed property on the Windsor estate as a wedding present by the late Queen before being kicked out in January – 24 hours after the publication of Harry’s book, Spare.
The Sussexes had paid £2.4million to renovate Frogmore and were determined to hold onto it as a UK base, but were told to move out in what their cheerleader Scobie described at the time as a ‘cruel punishment’.
French magazine Paris Match reports that the author will claim it was Harry’s aunt, Anne, who encouraged Charles to initiate ‘Frogxit’ as part of a ‘strict’ approach towards the wayward couple.
This is said to have prompted the prince to plead, ‘Don’t you want to see your grandchildren any more?’
Princess Anne is said to have persuaded her brother King Charles (right, at the Highland Games last year) to evict Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had paid £2.4million to renovate Frogmore and were determined to hold onto it as a UK base
Meghan and Harry were given notice to leave Frogmore (pictured) days after Harry’s memoir, Spare, was published in January
Members of the Royal Family were reportedly told not to trust Harry after his memoir, Spare, was published earlier this year
Scobie says that only Harry’s uncle, Prince Edward, was concerned about the prince’s mental health.
He even accuses the King of being more worried about the pressure on Prince Andrew in the wake of the Epstein scandal.
The magazine says: ‘Meanwhile, the King could not bring himself to hurt his brother. [He] was in tears because he was afraid for Andrew’s mental health.
‘Charles leads with his head and his heart. William is colder. He wants the job done and he had no problem with casualties along the way.’
In extracts of Endgame shared with Paris Match, Scobie also claims…
- Meghan told King Charles there are two ‘royal racists’ who spoke about her son Archie’s skin colour;
- Meghan decided against attending the coronation because she did not want to ‘dive back into the soap opera of the court’;
- Despite this, she and Harry still keep him ‘up to date’ by ‘sending him photos of their children’;
- Harry told his father ‘don’t you want to see your grandchildren anymore?’ after Charles evicted him from Frogmore Cottage;
- Charles told members of the Royal Family not to trust Harry following the publication of Spare;
- Kate and Meghan have not spoken together since 2019.
Endgame is published on Tuesday and follows Scobie’s earlier book, Finding Freedom, which gave a rabidly pro-Sussex account of Harry and Meghan’s romance, wedding and decision to acrimoniously quit as working royals.
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According to The Sun, the new book is set to claim that Meghan accused two people in the Royal Household of airing ‘concerns’ about her son Archie’s skin colour – as opposed to just one as previously suggested.
The Duchess of Sussex is said to have written to King Charles to outline her concerns about the comments.
Meanwhile, in coverage of Endgame in French magazine Paris Match, Scobie claims Meghan has not spoken with the Princess of Wales since 2019.
The author also waspishly claims that Kate spent more time ‘talking about’ her sister-in-law Meghan than she ever actually spent with her.
He claims that Harry and Meghan sent the Waleses’ three children gifts last Christmas, but that William and Kate did not respond with so much as a text.
The author – dubbed ‘Meghan’s mouthpiece’ – repeats previous claims that the Duchess of Sussex ‘never wants to set foot in England again’, ‘never felt at home’ in the UK and ‘never wants to be involved in the British monarchy again’.
Anne, seen with Charles at his coronation, is said to have advocated a strict approach towards the wayward Sussexes
Omid Scobie also claims in Endgame that the Sussexes sent Christmas gifts to the Prince and Princess of Wales for their children but never received a thank you text in return
Kate and Meghan chatting together at Wimbledon in 2019
The Sussexes were allowed to live in Frogmore Cottage as a wedding present by the late Queen
But he says Harry has said he is ‘ready to forget’ the recent troubles with his family and has given up on getting the ‘apology or explanation’ he has previously demanded, quoting the prince as saying: ‘At this point, who cares, right?’
The claims emerged yesterday in Paris Match magazine to publicise Scobie’s second royal tome, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival.
The article in Paris Match, ahead of the book’s publication on Tuesday, is a tangled mass of quotes from it, combined with Scobie’s own opinions on the state of the Royal Family and seemingly the interpretation of the magazine’s journalist.
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Several new claims are made but none is obviously explosive – so far – although Scobie has conducted several pre-publication interviews to be aired over the next few days, and there is no doubt that the Palace views his public vendetta with the Royal Family as unhelpful.
Many insiders point out that it is no surprise Kate and Meghan have not been in ‘direct communication’ for four years, as Scobie describes it, because the Sussexes left for Canada with baby Archie in the autumn of 2019 and the duchess has returned to the UK, briefly, only four times since.
Paris Match adds that Kate ‘immediately detected a rival to her’ in Meghan, writing: ‘She spent more time talking about Meghan… than with Meghan,’ according to ‘a close friend of the couple’.
Harry, while promoting his tell-all memoir earlier this year, said it quickly became ‘Meghan versus Kate’ after he started dating the US TV actress in 2016.
Harry also repeated claims that Kate made Meghan cry during a row about bridesmaids’ dresses ahead of the Sussexes’ 2018 wedding.
William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were at one time dubbed the Royal Family’s ‘Fab Four’ after they initially appeared to form a close bond. But when they were reunited for a car journey the day after the Queen’s death in September 2022, there was a ‘palpable’ silence as they travelled the short distance to Windsor’s Long Walk, the book claims.
Scobie – dubbed ‘Meghan’s mouthpiece’ – repeats previous claims that the Duchess of Sussex ‘never wants to set foot in England again’
Scobie has denied his new book Endgame is ‘Harry and Meghan’s’ and instead claimed it will tell the ‘current state of the British Royal Family’
The book threatens to re-open old wounds between Harry and Meghan and the rest of the Royal Family
The magazine goes on to say the book describes the complete breakdown of relations between the brothers, saying: ‘Not even a text message at Christmas, although, according to Scobie, Meghan and Harry had sent gifts to Kate and William’s children.’
While neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace wants to comment on the claims, the book’s publication is unlikely to do anything to bolster hopes that Harry may one day be reconciled with his family.
Last week it was suggested there was a thawing of relations after sources close to the prince leaked to chosen media that he had a warm conversation with his father when he rang to wish him a happy 75th birthday.
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Scobie insists he is not friends with the Sussexes, nor was he in direct contact with them over the book, and the Sussexes have denied they are ‘affiliated’ with it.
But there is a certain level of detail that, if true, could only have come from sources who are extremely close to the couple.
This includes claims that Harry twice texted his estranged brother around the death of the Queen, and heard nothing back, and that his father, King Charles, called him from an ‘unknown number’.
Scobie also has details of an alleged conversation between Charles and his younger son, when Harry apparently called to talk to him about his vitriolic memoir, Spare.
He says the King was ‘cautious’, further claiming that a message was circulated among family members not to trust Harry with anything and to ignore both the book’s claims and what he was saying to promote it.
Paris Match also reports that Scobie will say it was Harry’s aunt, Princess Anne, who persuaded Charles to withdraw the use of Frogmore Cottage from the Sussexes, prompting the prince to plead: ‘Don’t you want to see your grandchildren any more?’
And Scobie says that only Harry’s uncle, Prince Edward, was concerned about the prince’s mental health.
Princess Anne looking over at her brother Charles during the Queen’s funeral last year
He even accuses the King of being more worried about the pressure on Prince Andrew in the wake of the Epstein scandal.
The magazine says: ‘Meanwhile, the King could not bring himself to hurt his brother. [He] was in tears because he was afraid for Andrew’s mental health. Charles leads with his head and his heart. William is colder. He wants the job done and he had no problem with casualties along the way.’
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There are clear howlers in the extracts from the book that have been released, including the suggestion the Prince of Wales ‘is eager to ascend the throne’.
Friends of William have made clear that he wants to ring-fence his three young children for as long as possible and has no desire to hasten his progress towards becoming king.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex eventually left Frogmore Cottage in June – a whole six months after Charles gave them their marching orders.
The last of their possessions has been shipped to California and the keys returned on June 29, cutting it fine before the next day’s deadline.
The pair are now without a UK base and may have to stay with friends or book hotels next time they return to the country, The Sun reports.
But it seems likely the couple will be footing any bills themselves, with a renewed focus on tightening royal spending.
The Grade II-listed cottage, which boasts five bedrooms and is noted for its homely charms, is due to be rented out.
Harry and Meghan with Archie. The book goes into further detail about the rift between the Sussexes and the Waleses
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