Remember that by the time Harry and Meghan first moved to Canada last year, Harry had reportedly spent months trying to get the Queen/palace to address this issue of H&M wanting to “step back” and they kept getting brushed off. So, they finally took matters into their own hands, left, and released their own statement. Then the Queen/palace wanted to turn it into some year long “trial period,” presumably because someone had the idea they were going to regret their decision and want to come running back to royal life. Now a year has passed, H&M are still choosing the life of private citizens in sunny California, and the palace is now taking an “all in or all out” attitude, severing whatever remaining ties they can. Drama, drama, drama.
Imagine if the first and only thing we ever heard about it was a statement from the Queen saying, “Our dear Harry, only sixth in line to the throne and therefore unnecessary to the continuation of the monarchy anyway, and his beloved wife Meghan have decided to move abroad to pursue personal interests. They will remain involved in the charities they care so deeply about and will return to the UK for special occasions and to perform the occasional royal duty. (Don’t worry, we’ll sort all the financials so the British taxpayer isn’t paying for any of their personal expenses.) We wish them nothing but success and happiness in their new ventures and are eagerly looking forward to having them visit soon.” Bonus points if the Queen worked YOLO! into the statement.
Now, wouldn’t that have been a whole lot simpler and less gossip-worthy than what’s been going on for the past year? I can’t help but think the palace made this a bigger issue than necessary because of their inability to let go and let two grown adults make decisions about their own lives.
, so you probably haven't seen them, but there have been lots of posts clarifying that their decision to leave their royal roles is not the point of issue.
