The general public doesn’t know who owns it, but the family does.

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

Behind the scenes there was apparently a lot of drama about the owner of the house where the alliterate royal and her husband were staying.

The general public doesn’t know who owns it, but the family does and he has not been a friend of the country, so it was a shock the couple decided to stay there.

Meghan Markle

Prince Harry

Yuri Milner

VLAD TO GO BACK Meghan and Harry slammed for secrecy over £11million Canadian mansion ‘owned by Russian billionaire’

HARRY and Meghan were last night at the centre of a secrecy row over the £11million Canadian mansion from where they plotted their shock “abdication”.

Despite numerous media requests, the couple refused to say if they paid for their six-week stay or even confirm who the property belongs to.

It raises questions over the transparency of their monetary arrangements at a time when they want to become “financially independent”.

Neighbours say the sprawling mansion where they stayed is owned by a Russian billionaire, but his name is not on any public paperwork.

Meanwhile, Meghan has flown back to Canada — and the eco-preaching couple have come under renewed criticism for their carbon footprint.

The Sun previously revealed they asked neighbours on Vancouver Island to sign non-disclosure agreements before moving in for Christmas with baby Archie.

The Mille Fleurs home near Victoria, British Columbia, would have cost more than £100,000 to rent.

The idyllic bolthole has stunning views and boasts eight bedrooms and two private beaches.

One local, who did not wish to be named, told The Sun: “I was very surprised to hear they were staying there because it’s always been a mystery about who actually owns it.

“It doesn’t seem the sort of place a royal couple would go.”

“The mystery over the property’s ownership is likely to raise concerns over the couple’s acquaintances as they seek “financial independence”.

An estate agent who helped sell it in 2014 said the new owner included a non-disclosure agreement as part of the deal.

He said the buyer was neither Canadian nor American.- Source

Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments

In the fall of 2010, the Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner took the stage for a Q. and A. at a technology conference in San Francisco. Mr. Milner, whose holdings have included major stakes in Facebook and Twitter, is known for expounding on everything from the future of social media to the frontiers of space travel. But when someone asked a question that had swirled around his Silicon Valley ascent — Who were his investors? — he did not answer, turning repeatedly to the moderator with a look of incomprehension.

Now, leaked documents examined by The New York Times offer a partial answer: Behind Mr. Milner’s investments in Facebook and Twitter were hundreds of millions of dollars from the Kremlin.

Obscured by a maze of offshore shell companies, the Twitter investment was backed by VTB, a Russian state-controlled bank often used for politically strategic deals.

And a big investor in Mr. Milner’s Facebook deal received financing from Gazprom Investholding, another government-controlled financial institution, according to the documents. They include a cache of records from the Bermuda law firm Appleby that were obtained by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and reviewed by The Times in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Ultimately, Mr. Milner’s companies came to own more than 8 percent of Facebook and 5 percent of Twitter, helping earn him a place on various lists of the world’s most powerful business people. His companies sold those holdings several years ago, but he retains investments in several other large technology companies and continues to make new deals. Among Mr. Milner’s current investments is a real estate venture founded and partly owned by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser.- Source