A curious discrepancy emerged after we combed through The Duchy of Cornwall’s financial statements and the annual reviews from Prince of Wales’s database from 2016 to 2020. While many in the British tabloids have repeatedly claimed that the Duchess of Sussex has splashed out tens and millions of £ to replenishing her wardrobes and fund her vacations, the excerpts from public records below tell a very different story.

The differences between 2015 and 2016 are: (3.249 + 2.754) – (2.965 + 2.611) = 0.427 million £; The differences between 2016 and 2017 are: (3.529 + 3.098) – (3.249 + 2.754) = 0.624 million £; The differences between 2017 and 2018 are: (4.962 + 3.003) – (3.529 + 3.098) = 1.338 million £; The differences between 2018 and 2019 are: (5.051 + 3.158) – (4.962 + 3.003) = 0.244 million £.

In other words, the changes between 2015 to 2019 is 0.65825 million £ per year, accounting to a annual increase of 10.32193%.