But since Dumbledore wasn't really Harry's guardian in any manner, Harry had learned of his Heir to the Black status after his third school year long before Dumbledore had contacted them to withhold the information from him. And now, two years later, there was nothing Dumbledore could do about it though he was unaware Harry actually knew those accounts belonged to him. Goblins didn't discuss client business with other clients. They weren't gossip mongers like Ms. Skeeter. They were goblin bankers.
Regardless of what he believed the Ministry hadn't given him guardianship in any legal manner either on the night the elder Potters had fallen or at any time thereafter. They'd only accorded him the right of placement allowing him to place Harry into the guardianship of his muggle Aunt and Uncle. They'd probably meant to rescind Sirius' right as Harry's magical guardian at the conclusion of his trial but they'd forgotten to actually give him one. So it had never happened. The Dursley couple were Harry's physical guardians while Sirius Black had been, and remained even in death, his legal magical guardian though he had never had the chance to act in that capacity. And while the boy did have his Guardian/Protector at the school that wasn't the same thing as a magical guardian. That meant now the Dursley couple were his only guardians outside the school.
Nor could it be changed. Because Dumbledore had the Potter Wills sealed unread. That meant even if they wanted to, the Ministry couldn't alter his guardianship. Not unless they unsealed the will. And they'd never do that because Dumbledore didn't want it unsealed. Wizengamot ordered or not, and it was not, Dumbledore had no right to assume guardianship in any manner.
Dumbledore had been, and still was, so very afraid of someone else influencing Harry, he'd never dared to point out the need for a new magical guardian when Sirius had died by the lake. Paperwork, no matter how well hidden, could be discovered and guardianship papers had to list factual information that would include Harry's direction. Exactly the information Albus didn't want in the hands of the masses. Therefore, although Dumbledore told people he was Harry's magical guardian, he'd never actually filed any kind of paperwork to prove that claim and so had no legal right to have anything at all to do with Harry's inheritances. He certainly had no right to be withdrawing items from the vaults.
Petunia and Vernon had filed for guardianship so they could make use of Crown services for his care as needed. His medical needs, housing needs, clothing needs and educational needs had all been subsidized by the Crown. What's more, they could prove it. They had paperwork documenting every single quid they had received for Harry's care and not one pence more of it had come from Harry's inheritance vaults than what they were legally entitled to receive as his primary guardians. That paperwork was being held by the goblins now for the day when Harry was safe from Dumbledore's revenge.
To give further lie to Dumbledore's manipulations, Harry felt no great loss per say in regards to his Godfather's demise. Yes, he was sorry the man was dead but it wasn't like they had known each other or he'd made any fun memories during his short life to call upon involving the man. He didn't and hadn't. Dumbledore had made sure Harry knew nothing about the man. Therefore, finding out he'd been named his Godfather's heir the day after his parents had named Sirius Black as Godfather to Harry James Potter wasn't that sad of a thing. Yes, he'd felt a pang of remorse for what might have been but he wasn't missing him. Not like he missed his Mum anyway. Her, he actually had a memory of and had known what she was to have been to him. So her, he'd miss every day of his life. If Dumbledore wanted Harry to feel real remorse, he should've allowed the man out of prison sooner and let them build a relationship. Since he hadn't, there wasn't one and Harry hadn't mourned for the man's passing.
Nor did he feel any real guilt for the man's method of passing away. Sirius had gone out fighting to kill the man he felt betrayed Harry's parents who'd been his friends. Not for a second, did Harry believe Sirius had gone after Peter for Harry's benefit. He knew it had only been about James. James had mattered to both Sirius and Remus. Not Harry. Neither of them knew Harry. Not as anything more than James' son and for both of them Harry was forever a one year old child just learning to say their names. Because Dumbledore had refused to allow them to spend any meaningful time with him over the years. For them, Harry would never grow up.
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