'Queen paid Sophie to quit career after marrying Edward - she was worth every penny'
06.07.2023 - 08:41
/ ok.co.uk
A new Channel 5 documentary has seen royal experts claim that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh received a one-off payment of £250,000 from the late Queen to end their business careers in 2002 after a series of controversies. Speaking on the programme 'Prince Edward: Will He Change the Royals?', journalist Emily Andrews explained: "The Queen effectively asked Edward and Sophie to give up their careers and become full time working royals.
As an effective sweetener, she gave them £250,000 in compensation." The expert added: "There are parallels between Sophie and Edward and Harry and Meghan. I mean Sophie and Edward were the forerunners of trying to balance their royal career with actual money-making careers." Following on from this revelation, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond spoke to OK! about the couple's rise to become two of the most popular members of the Royal Family and why she feels the late monarch's decision has paid off.
Jennie said: "Whether it was compensation, a sweetener or an incentive – the fact of the matter is that the Queen always provided financial support to the younger working Royals. "They were not on what was then called the civil list, now the sovereign grant, so, if Edward and Sophie had to give up their careers, clearly they needed some way of financing the work they were going to do for the Royal family.
"So to me, it makes perfect sense. At the time, Sophie and Edward were seen as very junior members of the royal family, and it’s quite understandable that they wanted to pursue their careers." The expert added: "However, it soon became obvious that there was a conflict of interests and all sorts of booby traps for both of them.
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