From the £78,000 engagement dress to the £45 Marks and Spencer jumper… This is who actually pays for Meghan Markle’s fabulous wardrobe
MEGHAN Markle has raised the fashion stakes since she got engaged to Prince Harry.
From her stunning £56,000 dress in her engagement shoot to her £45 Marks & Spencer black wool jumper, the future royal has an extremely enviable wardrobe, but who actually pays for it?
According to , it is against royal protocol for members of the family to accept free clothes, so someone is footing the bill.
A spokesperson for the Duchess of Cambridge told the site in 2011 that Kate "has a policy not to accept any free offers of clothing.”
Designer Katherine Hooker, whose clothes Kate has worn, told : “She doesn’t take free clothes, and I’ve heard that from other people who sent her things.”
Although Kate Middleton’s assistants may call in looks from designers, they will always pay for pieces worn and send back unused ones, but where does the money come from?
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, get expenses from Prince Charles' £20million Duchy of Cornwall income.
Last year the three are said to have spent around £3.4million of that on salaries, business-related expenses and wardrobe, among other things.
Meghan Markle won’t receive money from the funding until she married Prince Harry on May 19, so she is currently funding her own looks herself.
With a net worth of $5million (£3.5million), come partly from $50,000 (£35,000) per episode of Suits, she is certainly not lacking in the finance department.
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