It’s been an international enigma for the last two years: Who really owns the lavish Vancouver Island estate where Prince Harry and Meghan wintered in 2020 as they reportedly hashed out their plan to step back from official royal duties?
Is it the Russian-born billionaire who several media outlets linked to the property? Is it Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra, as (erroneously) reported by the New York Post’s Page Six?
CBC and Radio-Canada found the answer, and it does indeed involve a Russian, but it wasn’t easy — it took an international leak of tax-haven data, access to a company’s internal records and intense research. All that, experts say, shows once again just how opaque Canada is when it comes to assets like real estate and who owns it.
This Oligarch should have his assets seized just for inflicting Woke Harry and Meghan on us.
