No longer Highness: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lose royal titles
'18.01.2020'
Source: with the BBC
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will no longer use their royal titles and will no longer receive public funds, the Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Writes about it with the BBC.
This means that from this spring, when the announced innovations take effect, they will no longer be called “Their Royal Highnesses”. However, they will remain the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Harry and Megan also said they intend to return the 2,4 million pounds ($ 3,1 million) spent from the UK budget to repair their house in Windsor.
In addition, Prince Harry and Megan will not be able to act as official representatives of the queen.
“After many months of talking and discussing lately, I am delighted that together we have found a constructive and supportive approach to the next steps of my grandson and his family. Harry, Meghan and Archie will always remain beloved members of my family, ”said Elizabeth II in a statement. “My whole family hopes that today's agreement will enable them to start building a happy and peaceful new life.”
Financial independence
According to Buckingham Palace, Harry and Megan understand that now they will have to give up royal duties, including official events related to the army.
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“They will no longer receive government funds to carry out royal duties. With the Queen's blessing, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will continue to support their private patronage initiatives and connections, ”the palace said in a statement.
10 days ago, Prince Harry and his wife Megan announced that they would give up their basic duties related to the royal family. They also said they would strive for financial independence.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex said they plan to live in Britain and Canada.
Buckingham Palace said it would not report on how Harry and Megan would be guarded.
Previously, journalists have repeatedly wondered who and how will pay for the safety of the royal couple - especially if they live outside the UK. Now the police are guarding members of the royal family, including Harry and Meghan.
Unanswered Questions
The Queen’s statement leaves open a number of questions, in particular, what will be the tax and immigration status of Prince Harry and his wife in the UK and Canada.
Buckingham Palace did not go into details about whether Meghan Markle still wants to obtain British citizenship, which would oblige her to spend a certain part of her time in the United Kingdom.
“It seems that in this case, they move by touch, like everyone else,” writes Witchell. "Although they have already achieved their main goal - the ability to live in North America at least part of the time."
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According to the former editor of the Palace Chronicle section of the Sun newspaper and the author of Prince Harry Inside Story, "the idea of a reduced royal family has been discussed for a long time."
“He won't be able to shake off his worldwide fame,” says an experienced newspaperman of Harry. "He will continue to play an important role in the family, which is why, most likely, all these discussions dragged on a little longer than expected."
As ForumDaily Woman wrote earlier:
- January 8, the Dukes of Sussex unveiled official statement that they will lay down their basic responsibilitiesassociated with the royal family.
- Neither the Queen, nor Prince Charles, nor Prince William knew what Megan and Harry had prepared for them. Sussex did not dedicate the family to their plans to give up duties - Everyone learned about it from the evening news release. The 93-year-old queen, anonymous says, is furious. She is shocked, saddened and terribly angry.
- Members of the royal family left her before, but it was a renunciation with the deprivation of all titles and contents. Everything You Need to Know About Harry and Megan's “Renunciation”.
- 13 January the queen held a meeting with all the "senior members" of the Windsor familyto resolve perhaps the most serious family crisis since her uncle's abdication in 1936.
