Prince Harry and Meghan will not return as working members of the royal family

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will not return to royal duties, and Harry will renounce his honorary military titles, a decision that makes the couple’s separation from the royal family formal and final.

When Harry and Meghan walked away from real life full time in March 2020, unhappy with media scrutiny and restrictions on their duties, it was agreed that the situation would be reviewed after a year.

Now yes, and the palace said in a statement that the couple, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have verified that “they will not return as active members of the Royal Family.”

He said Queen Elizabeth II had spoken to Harry, 36, and confirmed “that by moving away from Royal Family work, it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service.”

The palace said Harry’s appointment as captain general of the Royal Marines and titles with other military groups would go back to the queen before being distributed to other members of the family.

Harry served in the British Army for a decade, including on the front lines in Afghanistan, and maintains a close relationship with the Army. He founded the Invictus Games competition for wounded troops, which was first held in 2014 at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

You will also have to resign your positions as a sponsor of the Rugby Football Union, the Rugby Football League and the London Marathon Charitable Trust.

Meghan, 39, will be stripped of her role as a patron of the National Theater of Great Britain and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

“Although everyone is saddened by his decision, the Duke and Duchess remain very dear members of the family,” the palace statement said.

American actress Meghan Markle, a former star of the television legal drama “Suits,” married the Queen’s grandson, Harry, at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Their son, Archie, was born a year later.

In early 2020, Meghan and Harry announced that they would be leaving their royal duties and moving to North America, citing what they said were unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes by British media towards the Duchess, who identifies as biracial.

The couple agreed to no longer use the title of “royal highness” or receive public funding for their work, although it was unclear at the time whether those decisions would stand.

They retain their titles of Duke and Duchess, and Harry remains sixth in line to the British throne. Harry and Meghan now live in Santa Barbara, California, and are expecting their second child. The couple recently announced they would be speaking with Oprah Winfrey for a television special that will air next month.

They continue to have a strained relationship with sections of the British media. Earlier this month, Meghan won a legal victory in a lawsuit against the editor of the Mail on Sunday, when a British judge ruled that the newspaper invaded her privacy by publishing part of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.

News of his break with the palace comes when Harry’s grandfather, 99-year-old Prince Philip, is in a London hospital, where he was admitted on Tuesday after feeling ill.

A spokesperson for the couple responded to suggestions that Meghan and Harry weren’t on duty.

“As evidenced by their work over the past year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain committed to their duty and service to the United Kingdom and around the world, and have offered their continued support to the organizations they have represented regardless of their role. officer, “the spokesman said in a statement.

“We can all live a life of service. Service is universal.”

– AP