The "Megxit", a reality before Brexit? Without waiting for the Queen's decision to relinquish her princely office, Prince Harry's wife Meghan returned to Canada. She joined her 8-month-old son Archie there, according to the Daily Mail, whom she and Prince Harry had entrusted to Jessica Mulroney, the former actress's best friend, after the six weeks of vacation they have spent in Canada.
"I can confirm reports that the Duchess of Sussex is in Canada," said a spokesperson for the couple. Prince Harry, sixth in the order of succession to the throne, is said to join them quickly, according to the Daily Mail, once fulfilled an obligation on his agenda next Thursday.
"Complicated" withdrawal
The Sussexes announced Wednesday evening that they wanted to live part of the year in North America and take their "financial independence" by freeing themselves from their royal obligations. Prince Charles and Prince Harry would have received the copy of the press release only ten minutes before it was put online, causing panic within "the firm".
If the royal family said "understand" the will of the couple, they warned that this withdrawal was "complicated" and would take "time". Since then, the future king of Great Britain and his heir would be on the maneuver to try to convince Harry, sixth in the order of succession, to reverse his decision, at least to wait.
However, things seem to be well underway. On their website, the Sussex spouses have already planned the follow-up. "In the spring of 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will adopt a new media approach to ensure diverse and open access to their work. This adjustment will be a gradual approach as they settle into the new normalcy of their roles, ”they write.
Battle against the tabloids
The rest of the text aims to circumvent the "Royal rota", an operation set up about forty years ago by the British crown, with correspondents accredited to official events who, by frequenting the palaces, have forged a network of informants more or less benevolent towards Prince Harry and his "Duchess difficult", his "capricious duchess", the nickname given to Meghan after the praises of the beginnings. This fall, against the advice of his father and brother, Harry had launched himself into a battle against the tabloids.
This new crisis could tarnish a little more the image of the royal family, which had a difficult year 2019, the health problems of the queen's husband, Prince Philip, and the withdrawal of Prince Andrew from all his obligations public after a disastrous interview on his links to the American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and accusations of sexual abuse.
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VIDEO. Harry and Meghan decision: "This withdrawal will not make them freer"
