ヘンリー王子夫妻、邸宅明け渡し英の拠点喪失か　報道

【ロンドン（英国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】英メディアは１日、２０２０年に英王室を離脱したヘンリー王子と妻メーガン妃が、首都ロンドン近郊のウィンザー城の敷地内にある邸宅フログモア・コテージを明け渡し、英国内の拠点を失ったと報じた。（写真は資料写真）
　邸宅は２０１８年、エリザベス女王から結婚祝いとして贈られたもので、ヘンリー王子夫妻は改築に２４０万ポンド（現レートで約４億円）以上を費やしたとされる。
　大衆紙サンと日刊紙デーリー・テレグラフによると、邸宅は現在、チャールズ国王の弟で、スキャンダルによって公務から退いたアンドルー王子に譲ることが提案されているという。
　ヘンリー王子夫妻は今年１月、王子の自伝「スペア（原題）」が出版されて数日後に邸宅の明け渡しを求められたとされる。夫妻は王室離脱後、米国へ移住し、現在はカリフォルニア州に居住している。
　王室のスリム化を目指すチャールズ国王は現在、資産の総点検を進めている。
　この報道についてバッキンガム宮殿は、コメントを差し控えるとしている。またヘンリー王子夫妻の代理人も、現時点では取材に応じていない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/02-15:59）

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are being evicted from their home on the British royal family's Windsor estate, a spokesperson said Wednesday, leaving them without a UK base.
The use of Frogmore Cottage was a wedding present from the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2018, and they refurbished it at a reported cost of £2.4 million ($2.9 million).
It has now been offered to Prince Andrew, King Charles III's disgraced brother, according to reports in The Sun and Daily Telegraph.
We can confirm the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been requested to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage, a spokesperson for the US-based couple said, without providing further details.
Harry and Meghan were reportedly told to vacate the property in January, just days after the publication of the prince's tell-all memoir Spare.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
Harry's father Charles, who has long favoured a slimmed-down monarchy, has been undertaking an overhaul of family finances since his mother's death in September.
A possible axing of Andrew's annual grant of £250,000 a year could see him forced out of his current residence, the 30-room Royal Lodge, also on the Windsor estate, because of its huge upkeep costs.
Harry and Meghan's unofficial biographer Omid Scobie, quoting a source, wrote on Yahoo News that the couple had until early summer to vacate.
Initially they were given just weeks, but now they have at least until after the coronation in May, Scobie wrote, adding that the couple had not yet heard if they will be invited to Charles's crowning.
Scobie also quoted a friend of the couple as saying, it all feels very final and like a cruel punishment.
It's like (the royal family) want to cut them out of the picture for good.
Harry and Meghan moved to California in 2020 after dramatically quitting royal life.
They have since taken part in a string of projects -- from an interview with Oprah Winfrey to a Netflix documentary -- airing grievances about their experiences as royals.
Spare smashed sales records when it was published in January, but also saw Harry's popularity ratings slump on both sides of the Atlantic.
Andrew, meanwhile, was forced out of public life over his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Last year, Andrew settled a US civil case for sexual assault with accuser Virginia Giuffre.