Megxit William Harry stick together crisis meeting at Elizabeth II!
In the midst of a royal storm caused by his desire for independence, Prince Harry displayed a united front on Monday with his older brother William before a meeting organized by Queen Elizabeth II to bring the British monarchy out of the "Megxit" crisis.
While the subject makes the headlines of almost all British newspapers, the queen's two grandsons issued a joint statement denouncing a "false story" published on Monday and the "offensive and potentially dangerous use" of words "incendiary" .
Megxit William Harry stick together crisis
If they do not specify the newspaper concerned, The Times reports testimonies affirming that Harry had felt rejected from the royal family because of the "aggressive" attitude of his brother William who would never have accepted his wife Meghan and would have repeatedly put the couple in their place.
This unusual joint statement comes in the midst of a storm in the royal family. "Injured" according to newspapers by the shock announcement of Harry and Meghan, the head of the family, and head of state, Elizabeth II, reunited on Monday his son Charles and his two grandsons in his residence in Sandrigham (east from England).
At 93, the sovereign wants, with her family, to quickly lay the foundations for the new status claimed by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who want to keep a foothold in the monarchy (and certain advantages) while obtaining the right to earn money. money, living part of the year in North America.
The episode brought back memories of the abdication in 1936 of King Edward VIII to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American woman - like Meghan. He had ended his life in exile in Paris.
Harry, anxious to get away from a ruthless tabloid press with his wife, had previously distanced himself from his brother. He had moved from Kensington Palace where he previously lived with William and Kate and had broken with the foundation where the two couples worked together. In a television interview broadcast in October, he said that he and William followed "different paths" and that their relationships sometimes went through "bad days".
Who will pay?
Today, the desire of the couple to earn a living - probably by capitalizing on their celebrity status -, by keeping their titles and the use of the cottage they occupy on the grounds of Windsor castles, goes badly in the United Kingdom. United.
Among the subjects to be discussed is the amount of the financial endowment that Prince Charles attributes to the couple from his personal reserve. Meghan and Harry have so far officially renounced only their share of the royal allowance, which represents only 5% of their income.
The couple did, however, register the "Sussex Royal" brand, which covers a wide variety of fields, from postcards to clothing, consulting services and charitable campaigns.
Returning to Canada immediately after the announcement to find her eight-month-old son, Archie, Meghan, 38, is expected to participate in the discussions by phone.
If they were not satisfied, Harry and Meghan could give a rough-hewn television interview with potentially disastrous consequences, several newspapers reported on Monday. Something to remember that given by Lady Di in 1995, devastating, in which she spreads out the difficulties of her life within the "firm", nickname of the royal family.
The image of the royal family is already tarnished by the ties of Prince Andrew, the Queen's second son, with the American financier Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexual assault on minors and died in prison in August 2019.
The result of a "long televised interview where all the blows would be allowed (...) would not be pretty", warned Sunday Tom Bradby, journalist with the television channel ITV and friend of William and Harry.