"Meghxit": future income, royal titles ... what we know about the future of Meghan and Harry
Here's what we know about the future of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who gave up their role in the British royal family to live most of the year with their son Archie in North America .
How will they be appointed from now on?
"Since they are no longer active members of the royal family", the couple gave up claiming their status of royal highness, he announced in a statement on Saturday evening.
They will now be referred to as Harry and Meghan, and retain their title of Duke and Duchess of Sussex, granted by the Queen to Harry on the morning of his marriage to the American actress.
But for former royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter, "that's not going to prevent Americans from calling them that title if they want to," citing Wallis Simpson's precedent.
When King Edward VIII, uncle of the current queen, had abdicated in 1936 to marry this divorced American, she "did not receive the title of Royal Highness and yet the Americans sometimes referred to her as" such, details he in the Sun.
Harry may continue to be referred to as "prince", since it is a title relating to his birth.
What will they live on?
Harry and Meghan announced on January 8 that they wanted to take their financial independence and settle part of the year in North America, forgoing the royal allowance granted to them by the Queen for their representative duties.
But that's only 5% of their income, with the rest coming from a financial endowment Prince Charles, Harry's father, pays his children. The future of this endowment, estimated "last year at about 2.3 million pounds (2.7 million euros)" by the Sun, is still uncertain.
While these new provisions will take effect "in the spring", announced Buckingham Palace in its press release, the couple will have to find new means of subsistence, and consequent, because it is in particular committed to repay the 2 million spent on public funds to renovate their home in Windsor, the Frogmore Cottage.
The Sussexes will be able to capitalize on their glamorous image and the professional past of Meghan: the former American television actress, who had been noticed in the series "Suits", has many contacts, from Oprah Winfrey to the former couple Presidential President Obama, whose example she could follow.
They have indeed set up their own production company and signed a lucrative contract with Netflix, which now distributes their content. The content manager of the streaming platform, Ted Sarandos, also expressed interest in working with the Sussexes on Sunday.
According to the PA agency, the Duchess has also signed a contract with Disney to double the votes, but the profits from this agreement will be donated to an association for the protection of elephants, supported by Harry, whose future career remains entirely to be drawn. .
Can they go back?
Technically, Harry has given up on using his Royal Highness title, but that does not mean that it is removed.
"In theory, his title of royal highness will always exist and there would be plenty of work for him" if he decides to come back, explains the BBC, which believes a "return would be possible", but "probably not under the same conditions ".
By retiring from his leading role in the royal family, Harry has indeed also had to give up his "official military commitments", according to his spokesperson, including the post of Captain General of the Royal Navy.
Like others, this post, which his grandfather Prince Philip had held for 65 years before passing the torch to him, will have to be taken over by someone else.
