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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as "senior" royals and work to become financially independent.

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In a statement, Prince Harry and Meghan also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America.

The BBC understands no other royal - including the Queen or Prince William - was consulted before the statement and Buckingham Palace is "disappointed".

Senior royals are understood to be "hurt" by the announcement.

In their unexpected statement on Wednesday, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision "after many months of reflection and internal discussions".

"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen."

They said they plan to balance their time between the UK and North America while "continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages".

"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity."

A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said discussions with the duke and duchess on their decision to step back were "at an early stage", adding: "We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through."

The couple's announcement on Wednesday comes two months after the Duke of York withdrew from public life after a BBC interview about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August.

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Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals

No other royals were consulted before the couple's announcement, the BBC understands.
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‘Desperate’ Harry gets serious about repairing his image — and Meghan is not part of the project: ‘He wants space’​

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Sources claim that Prince Harry is taking his “fall from grace” quite hard, as he faces fading A-lister friendships and attempts to repair his public image — making numerous public appearances in recent days sans wife Meghan Markle.

The Daily Mail reports that the Duke of Sussex was not in attendance at his supposed pal George Clooney’s humanitarian awards ceremony in New York City, despite being in the Big Apple for a high-profile appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon the very same day.

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Disclaimer: Anonymous sources reported in the New York Murdoch. ;)
 
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I understand Charles and Camilla’s discomfort with Will and Kate’s cuddling in that video, but I think it’s a bit much to criticize a married couple for showing moderate affection. It makes sense to me that the video would focus on their family unit as her kids are still young and her worries during treatment were certainly for her children rather than other people, as is appropriate for a mother. Now that she’s out of the woods she can support others, but these criticisms seem so petty.

On another note, can you imagine your dad and step mom criticizing your media releases? What a fucked up family.
 
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Y’all have seen the pics of Duchess Town Bike at the Children’s Hospital event this weekend wearing the awful red dress?

Welllll, , pics at least on the red carpet for the event cause the LUNATIC hadn’t been invited and had crashed the carpet walk for photos, then went home.

She looked coked to the gills imo, pupils blown out to there. The un-royal Slag is nothing but a huge embarrassment— Haz needs to get home and wrangle his ball and chain.
 
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I give their marriage another two years, tops. They've sold everything Harry has to sell. They have to start selling access to the kids soon. There's nothing left.

I suspect the problem there is quite simple though: I suspect the reason we never see the kids is that they are fucking ugly.

The not-HRHs are starting to look like they've jumped the shark, and neither of them has the ego to take that kind of a blow. Meghan can still sell the story of her terrible marriage to a violent ginger ogre, though. That card is definitely still up her sleeve.

I feel like Harry, stupid as he is, is finally starting to grasp just how fucking badly he's blown it with his brother, who realistically could be king pretty soon, much sooner than would suit Harry. If George is still a child when his father accedes to the throne, William would retain control over the Duchy's income, too.
 
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isalaide said:
I feel like Harry, stupid as he is, is finally starting to grasp just how fucking badly he's blown it with his brother, who realistically could be king pretty soon, much sooner than would suit Harry. If George is still a child when his father accedes to the throne, William would retain control over the Duchy's income, too.
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The thing is they might have had some brotherly rivalry growing up. They might have competed to have better grades, better military service, marry a better woman. But in the end, in this game, there is no winning for the Spare. You will always, always be Ultimately Bested by the future Monarch. No matter how cool you are, no matter how social you are, no matter how you do in the press, no matter how much your parents like you. Harry could have seen this coming from a million miles away if he paid attention to Andrew and Margaret's lives.
 
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For sure, but the winning move is to embrace it. Being king is a massive responsibility- the spare gets almost all the glitz without any real responsibility . You can argue it’s the better job in some ways. He could have had his pick of nice well bred minor royals and settled down to love a life of immense privilege. Far less criticism or scrutiny.
 
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For sure, but the winning move is to embrace it. Being king is a massive responsibility- the spare gets almost all the glitz without any real responsibility . You can argue it’s the better job in some ways. He could have had his pick of nice well bred minor royals and settled down to love a life of immense privilege. Far less criticism or scrutiny.
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Yeah. If The Crown is anywhere near to having any truth (and I know it probably doesn't) Margaret wanted to be Queen far more than Elizabeth when they were kids. But once she accepted it she kinda lived her best life on the social scene and doing engagements. Harry could have had that. He could have done his charity work, military stuff, shored up his image in the press, and been a good second and support to his brother. But you can tell from reading his book he has a massive chip on his shoulder still about being The Spare.

And I kind of get it. Royals ultimately have One Job, and by nature most of them don't get to do it. And to get it, you have to have one of your parents or siblings die. In the US, theoretically any kid can grow up to be President. For Harry, there is always an unbreakable glass ceiling.
 
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Immense privilege is always in style—it’s just that the immensely privileged are better at hiding it these days.

In the long ago family members of the king and heir had a nasty habit of conspiring to kill and usurp the holder of the top job. If they missed their mark they could look forward to new digs in the Tower if not their rotting heads admiring the view from the city walls.

Village Idiot Harry had it made til Swamp Witch Meg waved her smelly bits at him. Word on the street is that Haz was really pretty content til she started dripping in his ear how hard done by he’d been. Stupid bitch told the family she wanted a large suite in Windsor Castle as her starter home. The Queen declined and so the battle was engaged.

This is what happens when your one criteria for a royal bride is “she lets me put it anywhere “.
 
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marjoram said:
This is what happens when your one criteria for a royal bride is “she lets me put it anywhere “.
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This is why in this kind of bullshit situation, throughout history, the rule has generally been keep the bogus marriage public, do whatever you want on the down low, but don't embarrass each other.
 
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Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0 said:
The thing is they might have had some brotherly rivalry growing up. They might have competed to have better grades, better military service, marry a better woman. But in the end, in this game, there is no winning for the Spare. You will always, always be Ultimately Bested by the future Monarch. No matter how cool you are, no matter how social you are, no matter how you do in the press, no matter how much your parents like you. Harry could have seen this coming from a million miles away if he paid attention to Andrew and Margaret's lives.
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Otterly said:
For sure, but the winning move is to embrace it. Being king is a massive responsibility- the spare gets almost all the glitz without any real responsibility . You can argue it’s the better job in some ways. He could have had his pick of nice well bred minor royals and settled down to love a life of immense privilege. Far less criticism or scrutiny.
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Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0 said:
Yeah. If The Crown is anywhere near to having any truth (and I know it probably doesn't) Margaret wanted to be Queen far more than Elizabeth when they were kids. But once she accepted it she kinda lived her best life on the social scene and doing engagements. Harry could have had that. He could have done his charity work, military stuff, shored up his image in the press, and been a good second and support to his brother. But you can tell from reading his book he has a massive chip on his shoulder still about being The Spare.

And I kind of get it. Royals ultimately have One Job, and by nature most of them don't get to do it. And to get it, you have to have one of your parents or siblings die. In the US, theoretically any kid can grow up to be President. For Harry, there is always an unbreakable glass ceiling.
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The one thing I will give Harry credit for is that he reportedly tried to nail down Chelsea and Cressida and they were just not interested in the royal family duties and said no. They essentially used him for clout without wanting any of the downsides that came with it; they're probably better people than Megan but that's hardly a high bar, I still doubt they're great people. Megan was not actually his first choice. I think it looks different from the inside and there is an element of not wanting to admit she was the best he could do, as well, which is why he has to stay choosing Meg until he gets over himself. Meg at least made him feel desirable when he needed the ego boost, which is basically always.

Also, I listened to a podcast recap of the Spare and apparently Diana used to intentionally aggravate the rivalry between them - she used to tell Harry about how Henry VIII became king after his older brother died, and call him her King Henry and talk about what a good king he would have been, better than his brother. People forget that she was one of the original personality types the BPD diagnosis was based on. The only chance they would have had of having a good relationship was by banding together and admitting their mother wasn't a saint, and that's hard when you are experiencing a life of public worship of your mother and your brother being publicly prioritised over you by everyone.
 
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marjoram said:
Y’all have seen the pics of Duchess Town Bike at the Children’s Hospital event this weekend wearing the awful red dress?

Welllll, , pics at least on the red carpet for the event cause the LUNATIC hadn’t been invited and had crashed the carpet walk for photos, then went home.

She looked coked to the gills imo, pupils blown out to there. The un-royal Slag is nothing but a huge embarrassment— Haz needs to get home and wrangle his ball and chain.
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Even just appearing on the red carpet for a children's event in THAT dress shows a huge lack of taste.
Low-cut top, skirt slit to her crotch, what could go wrong? The color looks nice on her, that's about all I can say.
 
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Otterly said:
For sure, but the winning move is to embrace it. Being king is a massive responsibility- the spare gets almost all the glitz without any real responsibility . You can argue it’s the better job in some ways. He could have had his pick of nice well bred minor royals and settled down to love a life of immense privilege. Far less criticism or scrutiny.
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Yup.

Harry was still very popular when he got married with that crazy broad.

He could have had a pretty sweet deal with William doing all the heavy lifting, and just having to show up a few times a year waving to grandma and kissing some cheeks. Fuck, he could probably spend half the year in Africa as a game warden or whatever.

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Sofia is a whore but she really can't hold a candle to Mette-Marit
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There’s something seriously fucked up with the Swedish and Norwegian royal houses.

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I assure you it’s entirely up to the usual standards of the Swedish Royal Family.

They’re all degens and retards. The king himself used to get blowjobs from some stripper/former pop singer.
 
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