As the Sussexes stepped out into the torrential rain in Los Angeles and flashed smiles at the waiting paparazzi on their way into Hollywood’s most exclusive private members’ club, San Vicente Bungalows, all was not well behind the scenes.
For despite their forced grins, the couple are said to be stunned and furious at the news that they are being evicted from Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, which they were given as a wedding present by the late Queen, leaving them without a home in the UK. A close friend of the couple told the Sussexes’ favoured royal reporter, Omid Scobie, that it felt like a “cruel punishment” by King Charles — one that’s left them both reeling.
