On 19 February 2021, Buckingham Palace confirmed that the couple would not return as working members of the royal family. They further added that the couple would not "continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service".
After that private meeting concluded, it turned out that “back” really meant “down,” as on January 18, Buckingham Palace released a statement declaring that Harry and Meghan were “no longer working members of the Royal Family.”
He alleged that Meghan Markle separated from the family because “she never wanted to stay in the first place". He said that the Duchess of Sussex “wanted the money" and the “status" of being a part of the royal family. “That's exactly why she left," he added.
Prince Harry served for close to a decade in the British armed forces, but since he stepped down from his royal duties in 2020, Prince Harry is considered a non-working royal. Because of this, he cannot wear his military uniform and is not permitted to salute as other working members of the royal family did.
Do The Duke and Duchess of Sussex earn income? No, under the current structure and financing arrangements, they are prohibited from earning any income in any form.
Harry and Meghan: Strip Duke and Duchess of Sussex of titles, say Tory MPs.
Other royals were said to be "hurt" by their decision. Harry remained a Prince, and the couple kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as His/Her Royal Highness (HRH).
According to Harry, intense press coverage and security concerns played a large part in his and Meghan's quest to carve out different royal roles for themselves that would allow them to split their time between Canada and the U.K. while still serving the monarchy.
Harry said he called Meghan, whom he described as equally upset. “She burst into floods of tears because within four hours, they were happy to lie to protect my brother, and yet for three years, they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us,” Harry said, presumably referring to the palace.
William allegedly called Markle “difficult,” “rude,” and “abrasive,” to which Harry replied that his older brother was parroting false media narratives. Harry accused his brother of “acting like an heir,” and the two exchanged insults.
Harry has lobbed a host of accusations against his family. That includes allegations of Prince William's physical violence against him, Queen Consort Camilla pushing negative stories about Meghan Markle to the press, and even that Kate Middleton was reluctant to share lip gloss with Meghan.
According to Mirror Online, it has been reported that the overall deal is worth up to $100m.
Harry, meanwhile, has made it clear he and his wife Meghan have no plans to relinquish their royal titles, even though he'll never return to the UK or life as a working member of the monarch.
Meghan retired from acting upon her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018 and became known as the Duchess of Sussex. They have two children, Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor. In January 2020, the couple stepped down as working royals and later settled in California.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were gifted their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles by the late Queen Elizabeth II on their wedding day, May 19, 2018.
The bill could see MPs vote on a resolution that could give the Privy Council the power to downgrade the couple's royal status. A Conservative MP says he is planning to bring forward legislation that could see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stripped of their royal titles.
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
A Bill to give the Monarch powers to remove titles; to provide that such removals can be done by the Monarch on their own initiative or following a recommendation of a joint committee of Parliament; and for connected purposes.
According to one source, the prospect of a reconciliation between the brothers is highly unlikely now that Harry has revealed private details of conversations with his family: “There's a great sense of mistrust, it's why William won't speak to Harry, because he is nervous that anything he says might end up in a book or ...
After breaking with the royal family, Harry and Meghan founded Archewell Productions, an offshoot of their nonprofit organization, with the stated goal of creating "programming that informs, elevates and inspires." The company signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix estimated to be worth between $100 million ...
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On the other hand, Meghan was worth roughly $5 million when they got married. Once Meghan and Harry married in 2018, their total combined brought them to roughly $30 million dollars.
In the original column, Clarkson said: "At night, I'm unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she [Meghan] is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant 'Shame! ' and throw lumps of excrement at her.
The culture secretary, who was appointed to the role in September, has discussed Clarkson's December column in British tabloid The Sun, in which the “Clarkson's Farm” star wrote that he “hates” Markle on a “cellular level” and suggested she be made to “parade naked” through Britain while people “throw lumps of ...
Prince Harry accused his brother, Prince William, of knocking him to the floor during a furious argument over Harry's marriage to Meghan Markle, according to a report on Thursday in The Guardian, which said that it had obtained a copy of the younger prince's memoir nearly a week ahead of its publication date.
Analysts have suggested that 1.7 million print and e-book copies of “Spare” need to be sold for the publisher to break even on the $20-million advance it paid Harry for his story.