Two and a half hours of "constructive discussions". This Monday, England held its breath, while took place the crisis meeting between the members of the royal family, organized after the surprise announcement of the "Megxit". According to a press release from the Palace, Queen Elizabeth finally decided to grant Prince Harry and Meghan, who want to emancipate themselves from the crown, "a period of transition".
Sitting at the negotiating table next to her son Prince Charles and her two grandsons William and Harry, she is playing calm, five days after the thunderclap announcement by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. In a press release issued at the end of this “Sandringham summit”, the 93-year-old sovereign comes out of silence and loudly affirms “fully support” the couple's choice. "Even if we would have preferred that they remain full members of the royal family," she concedes.
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- Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) January 13, 2020If their future is to be officially decided in the coming days, the young spouses will now be able to share their lives between Canada and the United Kingdom. But all is not settled, in particular the question of titles of nobility. Some observers already note that the sovereign designates Harry and Meghan by their first names and not as Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"They don't want to depend on public funds in their new life"
"Harry can't deny what he is, that is, a prince." And Meghan has somewhat forgotten that by marrying him, she married 68 million people, "notes Stéphane Bern, specialist in crowned heads. "They want to be inside and outside at the same time," regrets the host. "What can be embarrassing is the business they are going to do," he says.
Another stake of this meeting, the famous financial independence to which the couple wishes to claim. "Harry and Meghan have clearly indicated that they do not want to live out of public funds in their new life," said the statement, without giving further details.
As a reminder, the couple's income depends largely on the British crown: according to their statements, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would receive 95% of their money from Harry's father, the Prince of Charles. Who could cut the valves, according to Stéphane Bern. “He believes that all wages deserve work. "
The threat of a new unpacking
“Financial independence requires preparation. This meeting at least made it possible to get out of the crisis and say: Now we are going to think together, ”says the host. Because the threat of a new unpacking hung over the meeting. According to several media, if they did not get satisfaction, Harry and Meghan planned to give a TV interview with potentially disastrous consequences.
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A few hours before the start of the meeting, Harry and William had in any case displayed their unit, denouncing false information relayed in the press about their degraded relations.
