Prince Harry's resignation from his royal titles: "I hope he doesn't regret it," says one of his friends
Martyn Compton, who has been with Queen Elizabeth II's grandson for more than 15 years, said he hopes that the departure of his friend from the royal family "is not a decision he bitterly regrets."
In recent days, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle completely renounced their obligations to the British royal family, thus leaving their royal titles and moving away, both from Queen Elizabeth II and from all the relatives who are in Buckingham Palace. .
In an interview with the English newspaper The Sun, Martyn Compton, one of Harry's closest friends when they were in the Army, assures that he does not understand why the prince decided to renounce all his duties and titles of the royal family and also said that He fears that his friend will live to regret this decision.
According to the British media, Compton, who has been a friend of the prince for more than 15 years, says that losing his honorary military titles after leaving the royal family will only affect the grandson of Queen Elizabeth. Also, he said, "I hope it is not a decision that he bitterly regrets." In that sense, he told The Sun newspaper that "as a friend of Prince Harry and someone who has served alongside him, I am surprised that everything has come to this."
On the expected interview that Harry and Meghan Markle will give to Oprah on March 7, in which the couple is expected to tell all the details of their departure from the royal family, Martyn Compton said that, “I really hope that this interview and everything that accompanies it is worth it for him, since it is a very high price to pay ”.
It is known that the reasons that led Harry to move away with his wife and son of the royal family would have to do, among other things, with media pressure. However, it is not really known what led them to resign definitively, as stated by the prince's close friend. Furthermore, he adds that he hopes Harry has given some serious thought to the topic of the Oprah interview.
"I don't know what he's getting out of that, maybe he's getting something out of his chest (...), no one knows his motives, apart from the prince, for accessing this interview. But I really hope he took the time to think it all over, "he said.
A long-awaited interview
Harry, 36, will lose his military titles, specifically in the Royal Marines to which he is closely linked after having carried out a mission in Afghanistan that made him mature and put aside his reputation as a rebellious child of the royal family.
Furthermore, he also loses his representative function in the Rugby Federation.
Meghan Markle, a former actress, will renounce charitable titles, for example within the National Theater in London or in Commonwealth institutions.
“As their work over the past year shows, the Duke and Duchess remain very attached to their duty and service in the UK and the rest of the world and have continued to support the organizations they represent, regardless of their role. official role ”, reacted a spokesman for the couple.
For Angela Levin, author of a book on Enrique, the queen wants to be represented "by people dedicated to the cause and with a high sense of duty" and she "has felt that she cannot prolong this situation."
Enrique and Meghan, along with their son Archie, settled in California and have signed contracts with the Netflix and Spotify platforms. The couple announced these days that they were expecting their second child.
They often underscore her desire to work for humanitarian causes via her new foundation, Archwell, a name inspired by her son.
Although they criticize the pressure of the press, they do use it to send messages: Meghan for example used a column in the New York Times to announce that she had suffered an abortion in July.
The British media are expectant about the revelations that may come out of the interview with Oprah, especially regarding her break with the royal family, always presided over by the slogan "no complain, no explain" (do not complain, do not explain ).
