Prince Harry apparently received a hefty sum of inherited riches from his late great-grandmother on his 40th birthday.
The embattled Duke of Sussex, who “stepped back” from British royal duties in 2020, has reportedly received a $10 million inheritance from the Queen Mother, who put money in a trust fund for her great-grandchildren in 1994, the Telegraph reports.
With Prince Harry turning the big 4-0 on Sunday, he will receive 8 million British pounds — which roughly converts to $10.5 million — from the trust.
The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II‘s mother, died in 2002 at the age of 101.
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Prince Harry, rear, attends the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
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.
“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.