Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't return as working royals

The Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the Sussex Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will not be returning to royal duties and Harry will give up his honorary military titles as wellWhen Harry and Meghan stepped away from fulltime royal life in March 2020 over unbearable media scrutiny and strictures of their roles it was agreed the situation would be reviewed a year from that timeAnd now one year past the palace said in a statement on Friday that the couple also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have verified they will not be returning as working members of the Royal FamilyIt said Queen Elizabeth II has spoken to her 36yearold grandson and confirmed that in stepping away from the work of the Royal Family it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public serviceThe couple is presently in the US They had shifted to Los Angeles and Meghan is expecting her second child after a painful period of miscarriage following their first born Prince Archies birthThe palace said Harrys appointment as captain general of the Royal Marines and titles with other military groups would revert to the queen before being distributed to other members of the familyHarry served in the British army for a decade including on the front line in Afghanistan and retains a close bond with the military He founded the Invictus Games competition for wounded troops which first was held in 2014 at Londons Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and is extremely popularThe Invictus Games Foundation said Harry would remain its patron However he is relinquishing positions as patron of the Rugby Football Union the Rugby Football League and the London Marathon Charitable TrustWith this development Meghan 39 will be stripped of her role as patron of Britains National Theatre and the Association of Commonwealth UniversitiesWhile all are saddened by their decision the Duke and Duchess remain much loved members of the family the palace statement saidThe former star of the TV legal drama Suits American actress Meghan Markle married Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018 Their son Archie was born a year laterEarly 2020 the couple announced they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media toward the duchess who identifies as biracialThe couple agreed to no longer use the title royal highness or HRH and receive public funds for their work although it was unclear at that time whether those decisions would be permanent The British tabloids had also reported of rifts between the couple and Harrys elder brother Prince William and his wife Princess Catherine the Duke and Duchess of CambridgeAs of now Harry and his wife retain their titles of duke and duchess and Harry is still sixth in line to the British throne Harry and Meghan now live in Santa Barbara California The couple recently announced they would speak to Oprah Winfrey for a TV special to be broadcast next month reported the abcnewscomAngela Levin who has written a biography of Prince Harry said the queens anxiety about what the Winfrey interview might disclose may have prompted the royal family to announce the split with Harry and Meghan sooner than planned the abcnew report saidTheyre out on their own she said Theyve got the freedom that they longed forEarlier this year Meghan won a legal victory in a lawsuit against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday when a British judge ruled the newspaper invaded her privacy by publishing part of a letter she wrote to her estranged fatherThe news of their break with the palace comes as Harrys grandfather 99yearold Prince Philip remains admitted in a London hospital since February 16 after feeling unwellA spokesperson for the couple has issued a statement As evidenced by their work over the past year the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain committed to their duty and service to the UK and around the world and have offered their continued support to the organizations they have represented regardless of official roleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever