Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed their break with royalty and will lose their last titles

LONDON.- The Prince Harry and Meghan Markle They have confirmed their decision and there is no going back. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex they will not return as active members of the British Royal Family, Buckingham Palace announced today.

The Queen Isabella II confirmed that the couple “will not continue to assume the responsibilities and duties that a life of public service entails”. In this way, Harry and Meghan Markle – settled in the United States and awaiting their second child – will regain their honorary military titles and royal sponsorships.

As clarified by Buckingham Palace, honorary military appointments and royal patronages of the Dukes will be returned to Queen Isabell II and will then be redistributed among active members of the Royal Family.

Harry, 36 years, will be stripped of his three honorary military titles remaining and their sponsorships with the Rugby Football Union, the Rugby Football League and the London Marathon. Meghan, for her part, will also have to resign as patron of the National Theater, a patronage which the Queen personally celebrated for 45 years before the Duchess took office in 2019.

Rumors of the total disassociation became strong last week when it became known that Harry and Meghan had recorded a revealing interview with the American presenter Oprah Winfrey.

The upcoming 90-minute show, titled “Oprah with Meghan and Harry,” is being overseen by Harpo, Winfrey’s own production company. It will air on March 7, and the CBS announcement noted that the iconic host would be seen talking to the couple about “everything from starting to live as royalty, marriage, motherhood, philanthropic work. , to the way she manages life. under intense public pressure ”.

According to the newspaper Daily mail, Oprah’s interview is “One of the most inevitable and unfortunately predictable consequences of the Megxit saga”. It was triggered on Monday evening, when it was confirmed that the couple had agreed to have a “broad” talk with Winfrey, who is his close friend and neighbor in California.

On January 8 last year, the couple announced their willingness to move away from real obligations as high ranking members of the British Royal Family to live between North America and the United Kingdom. In this way, they gave birth to the famous “Megxit”. It is an acronym, the result of the union of the words “Meghan” and “Exit” (like “Brexit”, which combines “Britain” and “Exit”).

They did so via an Instagram post to avoid official Royal Household channels and clearly express their desire to do things “your way”. Last March Harry and Meghan moved to Los Angeles and announced different projects together.

Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan agreed to a 12-month review of their new status when they left royal life to become financially independent in 2020. Sources said it was not so the couple could renegotiate their position, but rather a safety net in case they move overseas “and don’t get a dime in the bank.”

The couple announced this week that they are expecting their second child, who will be the younger brother of Archie Harrison, who turns two on May 6. Meghan and Harry broke the news of their pregnancy with a black and white photo taken by their friend and photographer, Misane Harriman.

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