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Duke and Duchess of Sussex: "You have to be able to live well"
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The lese majesty takes place on Instagram, top exclusive for around ten million subscribers.
195 words sent at 6:30 pm on January 8, 2020 as a "personal statement" from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - better known to the world as Harry and Meghan.
They have decided to step down from the front row of the British royal family, the couple put it in turned sentences.
In the future, they want to play a "progressive new role" within the institution, earn their own money and spend larger parts of the year in North America.
Details would be announced on occasion.
End of the announcement.
The message is clear.
Harry and Meghan would be gone by then.
Nobody expected that.
Not even the Queen.
Hustle and bustle at Buckingham Palace.
The courtiers taken by surprise swarm to limit the damage to the monarchy.
From outside, gasping royals are trying to figure out the latest scandal in the Windsor house.
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