Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: will they be ousted from the new monarchy by Prince Charles?
Prince Charles could narrow down the royal family's roster once he takes the throne. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may no longer be part of it according to Angela Levin, royal biographer.
After Prince Philip's funeral, Princes Charles, William and Harry were seen chatting. Sources tell the Daily Mail the possibility of a royal summit meeting. A meeting that particularly concerns Prince Charles since all the decisions that will be taken there will directly impact him when he takes the throne. According to royal biographer Angela Levin, Prince Charles could take this opportunity to break ties with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The royal biographer says Prince Charles plans to reduce the number of active members of the royal family. "Prince Charles has wanted for a very long time to reduce the monarchy to save costs and make people deserve the money they received from the taxpayer," Angela Levin told talkRADIO. "I imagine that will be the time when Harry and Meghan are no longer part of the royal family," she continued.
"What the queen wanted to keep could be cut off"
After retiring from the royal family, Harry and Meghan are financially independent thanks to contracts with companies like Netflix or Spotify which are worth millions of pounds. At the same time, the couple saw many of their royal patronages withdrawn, but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were able to retain their titles as Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Still according to Angela Levin "the outer border of the institution, which the Queen wanted to keep for" sentimental reasons ", could be cut". "He will also accompany the Queen, it is said that she will be there for the opening of Parliament on May 11 and Prince Charles will accompany her. I think that although she wants to perform her duties, she will take a bit of decline, or even more, because it will be difficult to come back after the pandemic and the isolation ", she continued before concluding with" In fact, she will be grateful to him to take over to take, I imagine, important decisions on behalf of the royal family. "