Harry's truth: "I love the Kingdom but Meghan and I had no other choice"
The prince breaks the silence during a charity event. And in its future there could be Netflix
LONDON - "The United Kingdom is my home and a place I love. This will never change, but Meghan and I had no other choice": Prince Harry breaks the silence after days of fibrillation and the announcement of their renunciation of the title of real heights. He did so in London during a charity event for the Sentebale association, founded by Harry himself and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 in honor of Diana with the aim of perpetuating her aid to AIDS and HIV patients.
"Before starting - the Duke of Sussex began speaking for the first time after Buckingham Palace accepted the decision to renounce the title by dictating the conditions of their new status - I must say that I can only imagine what you may have heard or perhaps read. in the last few weeks. That is why I want you to hear the truth from me as much as I can share. Not as a prince, a duke, but as Harry, the same person many of you have seen growing up over the past 35 years, but with a perspective clearer ".
"I grew up feeling the support of many of you - he said addressing the supporters of the charity - and I watched you as you welcomed Meghan with open arms and saw me find the love and happiness I had hoped for all my life. Diana's second child got stiffened, cheers! I also know that you know me well enough to trust that the woman I have chosen as my wife has the same values as me. She is, and she is the same woman I am I'm in love".
"We both do everything we can to honor the flag and carry out our roles for this country with pride. After we were married, Meghan and I were excited, confident and were here to serve - he continued -. For all these reasons it gives me great sadness that it's come to this point. The decision I made for my wife and I to step back is not a decision made lightly. There have been many months of arguing, many years of fighting. I know I wasn't always right, but where we were, there was really no other option. "
In the meantime it turns out that there could also be Netfix in the future of the prince and his wife, now out of the "obligations" of the Royal House. The American giant's interest in working with the Sussex is obvious: "Who wouldn't be? Yes, of course", said Ted Sarandos, content manager of the streaming on demand platform, intercepted at an event in Los Angeles over the weekend, from British Association Press agency. After all, the Obamas have already done so, of whom Harry is a great friend: Barack and Michelle have created their production company and signed a profitable contract with Netflix, which now distributes their content. Netflix, which among other things produces the series The Crown, about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, would offer Sussex a platform with 158 million subscribers.
Harry has previously starred in a mental health documentary with the couple's friend Oprah Winfrey for Apple TV. And last week The Times revealed that Meghan, who became famous for her role in the series "Suits," will be voicing. for a Disney project, which in exchange will fund an environmental NGO, Elephants without Frontiers. That the interest is there is evidenced, if needed, by the video published by The Mail on Sunday which shows Harry telling the director of "The Lion King", Jon Favreau, at the premiere of the film in London last July. , that his wife is "available" to work (he said the same to Disney CEO Bob Iger).
Under the agreement reached on Saturday, Harry and Meghan will no longer have any obligations in the name of the house, but will no longer be able to use the most coveted title, that of His Royal Highness: they will keep the title, however, which means that one day they could somehow reuse it (for now, in fact, they haven't deleted it from the Instagram account). In the future they will simply be Harry and Meghan Markle, the Dukes of Sussex. And they will no longer receive public money, on the contrary they will have to reimburse the taxpayer funds, over 2.5 million pounds, with which in recent months they have renovated Frogmore House, the cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle, the Queen's wedding gift.
However, it is not clear how and who will pay the costs of their security and it is likely that the dukes will continue to receive funds from their father, the Prince of Wales and his Duchy of Cornwall, at least until they find a way to earn. Meanwhile, her father, Thomas Markle, did not miss the opportunity to spread gall: his daughter, he said, has blown everyone's dream of becoming a princess and is turning "the royal family into a Walmart. ", a supermarket," with the crown ".
Certainly the farewell of Harry and Meghan represents a serious blow to the British monarchy, which loses two very popular members and now will have to bet everything on William, second in the line of succession, his wife Kate, and the couple's three children. Meanwhile, today the queen showed up next to Prince Andrew, for the first time this year, after the unfortunate interview granted by him to explain his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile financier who committed suicide in a New York prison. The Duke of York accompanied his mother to church in Sandringham: the queen smiled, he appeared with a triumphant smile.
