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Prince Harry declared today that he and his wife Meghan Markle will never return to the UK or become full-time working members of the royal family again, just hours after hinting that the couple will never give up their official titles.
Harry, 38, made the dramatic claims in the latest in a series of television interviews to promote his new memoir Spare, telling Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan that he “doesn’t think it’s possible” for his family to return. . to their country of origin permanently.
The duke continued his virulent attacks on the British press, claiming the media would make his family’s life ‘insurmountable’ if they ever returned to the UK, saying: ‘I don’t think even if there was a deal or settlement Between me and my family there is that third party [the British press] that’s going to do everything it can to make sure that’s not possible, not stopping us from coming back, but making it impossible to survive.
Harry and Meghan, 41, moved from the UK to California in early 2020 and, since early 2021, have been raising their two children, Archie and Lilibet, in a $14.65 million mansion in Montecito. , thousands of miles from the duke’s family.
However, while Harry admitted that he doesn’t think they’ll ever return full-time to the UK or to real life, he has also hinted that he and Meghan will never give up their official titles.
Prince Harry has revealed that he and Meghan will likely never return to the UK full-time, or rejoin the Monarchy as royals.
Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, moved to the US in 2020 and, since early 2021, have been raising their two sons, Archie and Lilibet, in a $14.65 million mansion in California.
In an interview with 60 Minutes, the duke deflected a question from host Anderson Cooper, who asked why, given their clear antipathy to the royal instructions, he and Meghan didn’t simply renounce their titles as Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
‘And what difference would that make?’ was his only response.
Cooper said: ‘One of the criticisms he’s gotten is that he’s okay, okay, he wants to move to California, he wants to get away from the institutional role. Why be so public? Why reveal conversations you’ve had with your father or your brother? You say you tried to do this in private.
Harry responded: “Every time I’ve tried to do it in private, there have been briefings, leaks and planting stories against me and my wife.”
‘You know, the family motto is never complain, never explain. But it’s just a motto. And it really doesn’t hold.
The couple first made the shock announcement that they would be stepping down from their royal duties on January 8, 2020.
At the time, they wrote in a joint statement that they had reached the decision after “many months of reflection and internal discussions.”
They said they wanted to “work towards becoming financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty the Queen”.
On Sunday night, Harry hinted to 60 Minutes host Anderson Cooper that he and Meghan will never give up their royal titles, asking: “What difference would that make?”
A recent poll revealed in December that 98 percent of respondents still want the couple stripped of their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
“We now plan to balance our time between the UK and North America, continuing to honor our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages,” the statement continued.
“This geographic balance will allow us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also giving our family the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charity.”
At the time, the statement sparked outrage from critics, who insisted the couple could not “be one foot in, one foot out.”
Many people also asked them to give up their royal titles and live as members of the public.
Those cries have grown ever louder in the years since, during which Harry and Meghan have launched multiple attacks on the royal family, beginning with their incendiary interview with Oprah, and continuing with more television appearances, a Netflix documentary, and the Harry’s bomb drop. memoir, which he has been promoting in a series of on-air interviews.
A December poll revealed that 98 percent of respondents still want the couple stripped of their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex, especially after the couple aired their bombshell Netflix documentary, which included several explosive allegations about their time as royals.
In the series, the couple claimed they were victims of “institutional gaslighting” and accused the royal family of lying to protect Harry’s brother, Prince William.
Harry also said in the series that he told his father, King Charles II, that he and Meghan were willing to give up their titles during discussions about their plan to move to the United States, although it appears that is no longer the case. .