I think I'm more cross about Frogmore Cottage than anything else in the H&M saga.

Interestingly, after a while Sarah got her "The" back when everyone realised she was still married to Andrew in all but law, lol.

The Palace statement still calls them THE Duke and Duchess so I think the news outlets may have this wrong

They will be Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

The brand name Sussex Royal is still under discussion.

And they are going to pay a commercial rent for Frogmore, not sure if that’s all the time or just when they are in residence there.

I heard on the News that it will be when they are in residence, Calendargirl

That will be hardly ever then.

Drat! Gransnet members will no longer be able to book a fortnight after all.
I was so looking forward to the copper bath and the luxury fixtures and fittings.Grrrrrr.

I am downright miffed.

Did the garden ever get landscaped to their requirements?

Unlike the interior it will require constant maintenance.

Upon further research it seems they will keep their titles - ie they still have the right to them, but will simply not use them. So they are still HRH THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex but will ask people to refer to them as Harry, Duke of Sussex etc as if it were what's known as a "style" and will ask people not to use HRH. In fact Harry already has history of this as he didn't start using his HRH until past when he would have been entitled to do so.

I guess even the Queen suspects there may come a time he wants back.

Apologies if someone has already mentioned this somewhere, but I wonder what has happened to the staff who used to live in Frogmore Cottage and how they feel about it now going to stand empty for much of the year. I know the place belongs to the Queen and they were 'staff' but they are humans who have made a place home and then at someone's whim they have had to re-locate with all the usual upheaval.

Tea3 I read that they have been "redeployed" and are working in other parts of the estate. I guess they will be brought back on a temporary basis as and when the house is in use.

Thanks ReadyMeals, but I was thinking of the staff who lived in Frogmore Cottage before the refurbishment. It was so costly because five separate staff homes had to be converted into one dwelling for the Sussexes and this involved a lot of structural work. I feel sorry for these five and maybe they had spouses or families. All that upheaval for them and now the place isn't going to be used much.

Don't get uptight, H&M want to pay back to the Royal purse all the costs incurred regarding Frogmore...

I think asking them to pay back is a bit of a cheek. How many landlords can recoup the cost of renovating property from their tenants? The value is in the property and the owner reaps the benefit not the tenant, especially when it's just a holiday home.

Landlords who own the property and charge rent? And landlords who don’t want to pay two million pounds for renovations but who allow their tenants to choose these extras if they pay for them?

Such an ugly house; it looks exactly what it is; cobbled together staff quarters.

That's up to the landlord SirChenjin there are some places where people are still charged a "peppercorn" rent. They still pay for renovations

Absolutely it’s up to the landlord - who in this case has decided that 2 independently wealthy people can pay for their own preferences in the renovations of a house they didn’t need and in which they only lived for a very short period of time.

I agree, jo1book