Prince Harry will not be punished for ‘misbehaving’ and could still benefit from his late grandfather’s £30 million will, a royal insider says.
The Duke of Sussex can still expect a large sum of money, a source close to Buckingham Palace claims.
Prince Philip left an estimated £30 million in his will when he passed away at the age of 99, only two months before his 100th birthday.
Most of Prince Philip’s estate is likely to have been left to the Queen. He is also thought to have left generous rewards for three close aides who looked after him in his final years.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s children – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew – have been told that they can get ‘what they want’ from his collection of 13,000 books.
The three close aides expected to be mentioned in his will include his valet Stephen Niedojadlo, his page William Henderson, and his private secretary Brigadier Archie Miller Bakewell.
The three key members of staff supported Prince Philip in his final years.
Henderson and Niedojadio looked after the Duke on the Sandringham Estate and Bakewell would stand in when he could not make an engagement.
It is believed that Prince Harry and Philip’s other grandchildren will inherit some of the late Duke of Edinburgh’s fortune.
Prince Harry’s bombshell interviews caused a rift between the Sussexes and the Royal family but his grandfather is unlikely to have born a ‘grudge’ after he and his wife Meghan stepped down from their royal duties, a royal insider said.
Speaking to The Sun, the source said: “Philip was not the sort of character to punish a grandson for misbehaving. He was a very fair, even-handed and lovely man. Never held a grudge.”
The Duke of Edinburgh was ‘no more of a fan of leaving his cash to the Treasury than anyone else,” the source claimed, adding Philip “had plenty of time to sort out all the legal stuff so it wouldn’t attract inheritance tax.”
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