Prince Harry might have not received his trust fund on 40th birthday, it is conjectured.

The Duke of Sussex, who was set to get £8m from Her Majesty late Queen Elizabeth II on the milestone, would not have the sum of money at all due to the veracity of this clause.

Broadcaster Victoria Murphy said: “The only solid information that exists is the information in that story.

“There’s no independently available information about this trust fund.

He added: “We wouldn’t expect there to be because it’s private money belonging to the royals, not public money.

“To make things even more confusing, as the story has travelled through the Internet, it’s become he is getting £8million, when the original story said that was a share.”

The subject of the trust fund was touched upon in The Guardian. The publication wrote: “In 1994 the Queen Mother placed two-thirds of her money fortune – an estimated £19m – into a trust fund for her great grandchildren, a gamble, at the age of 94, that she would live for another seven years and so avoid paying 40 per cent. That hurdle was cleared last year.

“Of the trust fund, William and Harry are likely to share about £6m at the age of 21 – the bulk going to the younger son apparently to compensate for not becoming sovereign – and a further £8m when they reach 40.