Taxpayers fork out millions for Meghan’s lavish clothes, baby shower and home renovations

A royal biographer claims that the British public is unimpressed with Meghan’s “extravagant” spending on things such as home renovations and baby shower.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has been branded “extravagant” by a royal expert.

According to biographer Angela Levin, Meghan has shocked the British public, who have “baulked” at her spending - which in 2018 was estimated to be $740,000, with a $550,000 baby shower and $5.5m home renovation already being shelled out this year.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is seen as “extravagant”, according to a royal biographer. Picture: Getty

Ms Levin, author of Harry: Conversations with the Prince, said that Meghan’s expensive lifestyle has “not gone down well” with taxpayers, The Sun reports.

“I think Meghan on occasion has been extravagant, which has not gone down well,” Ms Levin said while speaking to The Conservative Woman.

Meghan in New York in February for her $550,000 baby shower. Picture: GC Images

“The Queen is known to be frugal and some members of the British public have baulked at a proportion of their tax going towards what they consider to be frivolity.”

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Ms Levin pointed to the $102,000 dress the Duchess, 37, wore for her engagement photos with Prince Harry.

It is estimated Meghan spent $740,000 in 2018, according to fashion experts UFO NO More, thanks to some pricey outfits.

Prince Harry and Meghan’s official engagement photo. Her dress was worth $102,000. Picture: AP

Meghan showing off her pre-royal era fashion sense in New York in 2015. Picture: WireImage

Ms Levin also called the cost of Meghan’s baby shower - estimated to be $550,000 - an “excessive amount whoever offered to pay for it, especially for someone who calls herself a humanitarian”.

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She added: “It is, so I have been told, one of many reasons why all Harry and Meghan’s staff and offices are in the process of moving to Buckingham Palace, where even their newly hired PR director, Sara Latham, will be expected to report to the Queen’s Communications Secretary.”

Queen Elizabeth II is seen as “frugal” by the public. Picture: AFP

The royal biographer said she hopes the Duchess will become “less show business and more royal” as time goes on.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Meghan and Harry had spent $5.5m on renovating Frogmore Cottage for the arrival of their baby son Archie, although there are concerns the royal baby might be kept awake by planes using a nearby Heathrow Airport flight path.

Frogmore Cottage has been renovated to the tune of $5.5 million. Picture: Supplied

They also have a $4.5m Cotswolds farmhouse which they use as a country retreat.

However, earlier this week it was revealed the new parents are having more work done on the property.

There are concerns royal baby Archie might be kept awake by noisy planes using a Heathrow flight path near Frogmore Cottage. Picture: AFP

They have submitted plans including alterations to doors, windows and walls and are looking to install lighting in the garden and carry out landscaping in the large grounds.

Originally published in The Sun and reprinted here with permission.

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