This Monday, January 13, 5 days after the announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to want to "withdraw from their roles as a leading member of the royal family", the queen summoned her close clan for an urgent meeting. After this, she declared her full support for the young couple.
Queen Elizabeth II has summoned her grandson, Prince Harry. Urgent meeting after the shock announcement of the latter last week.
With his wife, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, they announced via press release on January 8 that they wanted to "retire from their roles as a leading member of the royal family", be financially independent, and then, for the development of their eight month old son Archie, split their time between the UK and North America.
A summit meeting in Sandringham
The 93-year-old sovereign reportedly learned the news at the same time as everyone else on Wednesday, January 8. Taken aback, she reunited her clan in the residence of Sandringham, in the east of England. The agenda for this Monday, January 14: find a quick solution to the withdrawal intentions of the most scrutinized couple in the world.
Was present for this unprecedented meeting: Prince Harry, of course, who according to the British press had not seen his grandmother since the announcement, but also his brother, Prince William, and their father, the prince charles. Meghan Markle, returned to Canada where the couple spent the end of year celebrations as soon as the bomb was dropped, would have participated in the conversation by phone.
A surprising statement from the queen
Late in the afternoon, Buckingham Palace released a startling statement from the Queen. Surprising, because going in the direction of Harry and Meghan, while the haters are agitated and the British media speak of "Megxit".
My family and I fully support Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family
“Today my family had a very constructive discussion about the future of my grandson and his family,” she says. My family and I fully support Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family. While we would have preferred them to remain full-time members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their desire to live a more independent life as a family while remaining an important part of my family. "
"Harry and Meghan have made it clear that they do not want to depend on public funds in their new life," she said quickly, while Britons polled for The Sun tabloid estimate at 81% that the couple should not receive no financial support from the royal family or taxpayers.
The Queen concluded, serenely: "So it has been agreed that there will be a period of transition during which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK. These are complex issues that my family must resolve, and there is still work to be done, but I have requested that final decisions be made in the coming days. "
Earlier today, Prince William and Prince Harry issued a joint statement to immediately stop the rumor that they had argued over the arrival of Meghan Markle to their family, and have been for months in cold.
