Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were planning their escape from the UK before they spent millions of taxpayer cash on a lavish royal wedding and a £2.4m refurbish of the Windsor home.
Speaking in the couple's controversial new Netflix show, the Duke of Sussex admits they had been planning the shock move for "a minimum of two years". A quick look at the timeline shows this means they were hatching plans as early as January 2018 - fives months before their May wedding.
Initially the pair hoped to continue their royal work throughout the Commonwealth "in the name of the Queen" and not rely on taxpayer funding.
