Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Look 'Nasty' After Alleged 'Blatant Lie,' His Biographer Claims

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's statement that they were cut off financially after Megxit is a "blatant lie," the Duke of Sussex's biographer has claimed.

Along with the release of Buckingham Palace's annual financial report, Clarence House, Prince Charles' residence, issued a statement Thursday saying that the Prince of Wales gave Prince Harry and Markle a "substantial sum" after they quit royal duties to help them through the transition. A spokesperson for Clarence House said the financial support ended in summer 2020.

Angela Levin, author of "Harry: A Biography of a Prince," shared her thoughts on the statement with talkRADIO, claiming that the report — which details the British royal family's financial activities under the Sovereign Grant — indicated that the Sussexes lied about not being given financial support.

"It is ridiculous, isn't it?" Levin said. "My only way of walking through this is that he and Meghan thought the £3-4 million ($4 to $5.5 million) his father gave them to help set them up was actually nothing and that they needed loads more. That is the only excuse I can make for what otherwise is a blatant lie."

"We have got a pattern now nearly every couple of days they are pilling up," the royal author continued.

Levin suggested that the palace may no longer be strictly following the royal family's mantra to never explain or complain and that this may not bode well for Prince Harry and Markle.

"I think that is often due to the fact that the Palace now says they are not going to keep up with the Queen favorite saying 'don't complain don't explain'," Levin said.

"They have now decided they are not going to let things lie and let whoever it is get away with it because they know they do not respond," she continued. "They are coming back with evidence and detail. They look more and more nasty as time goes on."

Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey during their CBS sit-down interview in March that his family "literally cut me off financially" after they stepped down from their royal duties. The Duke of Sussex said he was cut off in the first quarter of 2020, but they managed to move to California with the help of the money he inherited from Princess Diana.

"I have what my mum left me and without that, we wouldn’t have been able to do this," Prince Harry told Winfrey. "It’s like she saw it coming and she’s been with us through this whole process. The Netflixes and Spotifys of it all was never part of the plan."

"All I wanted was enough money to get security and keep my family safe," he added.

Following the statement from Clarence House, a spokesperson for Prince Harry and Markle released a statement to Insider, saying, "It's inaccurate to suggest that there's a contradiction" in the Duke of Sussex's and his father's accounts.

The spokesperson pointed out that the financial quarter starts in the summer, and this was what Prince Harry was referring to during the interview.

"The Duke's comments during the Oprah interview were in reference to the first quarter of the fiscal reporting period in the U.K., which starts annually in April," the spokesperson explained. "This is the same date that the 'transitional year' of the Sandringham agreement began and is aligned with the timeline that Clarence House referenced."