When Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex made the announcement that they wanted to withdraw from their royal duties, Queen Elizabeth quickly acted to finalize the details. She also quickly released a statement after being caught in a “war of words” on Twitter, with a real expert believing she could regain control of the situation.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wanted to get away from royal duties
In January, Prince Harry and Meghan issued a statement that shared their plan to withdraw from their royal duties while dividing their time between North America and the United Kingdom.
“After many months of internal reflection and discussion, we have chosen to make a transition this year to begin to forge a new progressive role within this institution. We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty the Queen, ”her statement said in part.
They added: “We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honor our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our endorsements.”
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Queen Elizabeth handled the details quickly
Queen Elizabeth arranged a meeting with Prince Harry, Prince Charles and Prince William to discuss the Sussex plan and determined that they would abandon their royal duties on March 31. As part of the agreement, Prince Harry and Meghan would abandon His Royal Highness. titles and public funds.
In the documentary The Queen: Duty Before Family?, royal author Tom Quinn shared the reason why the queen acted so quickly. “The queen would have been aware that this was a storm, which if not dealt with quickly could explode into something really damaging.”
The Queen handled the resulting Storm Twitters
After Prince Harry and Meghan made their announcement, Twitter erupted with comments from real fans and critics. However, the queen was able to control the situation by issuing a brief statement.
In the documentary The queen: in her own wordsNarrator Andrew Scarborough explained (via Express): “In 2020, she beat Harry and Meghan in a war of words and proved herself the queen of social media.”
Real expert Wesley Kerr OBE explained, “It was a situation like a kettle that had been boiling and had overflowed.”
“They issued that sudden statement saying that they were going to abandon their role as royalty and that they had established what their terms would be,” added Kerr.
As a result, Scarborough explained: “#Megxit spread the trend worldwide and dragged the queen to a Twitterstorm.”
The queen was able to crush part of the talk. “Although the queen had been taken by surprise, a brief and concise tweet posted just a few hours later revealed that the discussions were at an early stage,” Scarborough noted. “In just 34 friendly words, the queen had regained control of the situation.”
“Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage. We understand your desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated problems that will take time to resolve, ”shared the queen at the time.
