Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have opened up Frogmore Cottage, their U.Okay. residence, to Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank.

A supply accustomed to the state of affairs however not licensed to talk publicly confirmed to USA TODAY that the royal couple is delighted to permit Eugenie and Brooksbank to maneuver in as they begin their very own household, although it stays Harry and Meghan’s residence throughout the pond.

USA TODAY has reached out to Buckingham Palace for remark.

Princess Eugenie, 30, is Harry’s cousin and the youthful daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. Eugenie married Brooksbank, a former bartender turned tequila model consultant, in 2018 and introduced in September that the couple was anticipating their first youngster in early 2021.

Harry and Meghan presently reside in Santa Barbara, California, the place they purchased a home a number of months in the past after saying in March that they might be stepping again from their royal duties. They moved to Canada for just a few months earlier than settling within the U.S., the place Meghan is from.

A spokesperson for the royal couple stated in September that Frogmore Cottage would stay the house of Harry and Meghan once they go to the U.Okay.

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Frogmore Cottage , the place Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex reside when they’re in the UK, on April 10, 2019, on the sprawling Windsor Fort property in Windsor west of London.

Although it has “cottage” within the identify, the house is not precisely quaint. It is a 17th-century manor positioned on the 35-acre Windsor Fort Residence Park property, within the city of Windsor within the London exurbs, throughout the tight safety zone across the citadel.

In September, the duke repaid 2.four million kilos ($3.2 million) in British taxpayers’ cash that was used to renovate the house earlier than they moved. Harry had made a contribution to the Sovereign Grant, the general public cash that goes to the royal household, which “absolutely lined the required renovation prices of Frogmore Cottage,” in keeping with the spokesperson.

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Royal accounts for 2019 present that the cash was spent on structural work, rewiring and new flooring. Harry and Meghan agreed to pay again the renovation prices and begin paying hire as a part of the plans drawn up once they give up as senior working royals in March.

Contributing: Maria Puente, USA TODAY, and The Related Press

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