Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Marklea, stepped down as senior working royals two years ago and moved to California to pursue other projects and become financially independent. Speaking on the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast, royal author Tina Brown speculated that the “excessive pressure” on Willem and Katethe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, because of the departure of the Sussexes was untenable.
Prince Charles reportedly has plans to create a “sleek monarchy” when he takes the throne, while retaining only a select group of senior royals.
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But after Harry and Meghan’s departure and Prince Andrew being forced to step back from public royal life, Ms Brown argued that the royal family could be considered “skeletal”.
She said: “It looks a bit skeletal because they weren’t going to lose Andrew or Harry, so a bit of an issue, that slimmed-down monarchy, at the moment.
“I think a big effort is being made to try and get everyone to focus on the heir, Charles, and William and Kate. But there is a lot of pressure on that.”
Meghan and Harry left the royal family in 2020, hoping to take on more “progressive roles” in the firm by representing the monarchy and pursuing commercial interests.
However, the Queen rejected their “half in, half out” approach and the couple have since spent most of their time in the US with their two children.
Harry and Meghan were reunited with the Windsors in June at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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