ヘンリー王子、公邸改装費を返済　ネトフリ契約で資金確保

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】ヘンリー英王子の報道官は7日、王子がウィンザー城の公邸改装費として使われた税金240万ポンド（約3億4000万円）を返済したことを明らかにした。動画配信大手ネットフリックスと最近結んだ契約で得た資金を充てたと報じられている。（写真はヘンリー王子とメーガン妃）
　ヘンリー王子と米国人で元女優の妻メーガン妃は今年、「経済的独立」を求めて王室の公務から退いた。
　ヘンリー王子の報道官は、返済額は住宅改装費を「完全にカバー」するもので、公邸は今後も王子夫妻の英国での住居となると述べている。
　王子夫妻は、妻メーガン妃の母国である米国で多くの時間を過ごしている。
　英ＰＡ通信によれば、改装費の返済は先週発表されたネットフリックスとの契約により可能となった。契約の金額は明らかになっていないが、数年間で数百万ドル（数億円）規模と伝えられている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/09/08-13:07）

Prince Harry has paid back ??2.4 million ($3.2 million) of British taxpayers' money used to renovate his home at Windsor Castle, using cash from his recent Netflix deal, his spokesman said on Monday.
The Duke of Sussex, as he is formally known, and his wife, American former actress Meghan Markle, retired from royal duties earlier this year in a quest for financial independence.
In doing so, the couple said they were giving up their taxpayer-funded income, and promised to reimburse the public money used to renovate their Frogmore House home.
Harry's spokesman said: A contribution has been made to the Sovereign Grant by the Duke of Sussex.
The money fully covered the renovation costs of the house, which belongs to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and will remain his and the duchess' UK residence, he added.
Harry and Meghan spend much of their time in her native US.
Britain's domestic Press Association news agency said the payment was made possible because of a deal the couple signed with Netflix, the streaming giant, announced last week.
No financial terms were disclosed but it was reported to be a multi-million-dollar deal over several years.
They promised to produce content that informs but also gives hope, as well as make inspirational family programming and powerful storytelling through a truthful and relatable lens.
The Sovereign Grant, which amounted to ??82 million ($108 million, 91 million euros) in 2018-19, is paid to the queen to cover her and family members' official duties.
It also goes towards the upkeep of royal palaces.
Frogmore Cottage, a 19th-century Grade II listed building on the sprawling Windsor Castle estate, was transformed from five separate homes into a single property.
The couple moved there from Harry's late mother Diana, princess of Wales' former home at Kensington Palace, in west London, before the birth of their son, Archie, in April 2019.