Woman sets up GoFundMe to help pay off Harry and Meghan's '£6.8m mortgage'



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A woman set up a GoFundMe page asking strangers to donate cash to pay off the £6.8 million mortgage on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's California mansion.

Anastasia Hanson, 56, insisted her online crowdfunding campaign, titled ‘Harry and Meghan $5 Donation to Buy Home (£3.61)’, was not a joke, claiming she wanted to help the Sussexes, who are worth millions, through a "very rough time".

She was hoping to raise a staggering $10 million (£7.1 million) from strangers, but her fundraising page was removed after collecting only about £80.

Anastasia launched the campaign after Harry told Oprah Winfrey he had been "cut off financially" by his family after Megxit and he and Meghan were helped by his inheritance from his mum Princess Diana.

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The GoFundMe page was launched to help Harry and Meghan pay off their mortgage (Image: GoFundMe)

It is said the couple's combined personal wealth could be close to £100 million after the value of their Los Angeles-area mansion, which has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms, nearly tripled within months.

Anastasia launched the GoFundMe two days after Meghan and Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah, and had collected just £78.64, as of Friday, before the campaign disappeared.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry claim they were "cut off" financially by the royals

The couple are said to have amassed a £100 million net worth thanks to the home's value soaring, their deals with tech giants, and the fortunes left to Harry by his mum Princess Diana and great-grandmother the Queen Mother, the Times reported.

Meghan, 39, Harry and son Archie, who turns two in May, moved into the hillside house in June last year, just three months after the couple said they were taking a step back from royal life to "become financially independent".

In February, it was announced that Harry and Meghan, who is pregnant with a girl and due to give birth in the summer, will not return as working members of the Royal Family and they had been stripped of their last remaining patronages.

Harry told Oprah that he felt "really let down" by his father Prince Charles, saying his dad had stopped taking his calls at one point and there was "a lot of hurt" in their relationship.

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