>>> WE’RE BACK EARLY FROM COMMERCIALS.
COMMERCIALS. THERE’S BREAKING NEWS FROM
LONDON.
LONDON. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND HAS
RELEASED A STATEMENT ON HER SON
HARRY AND HIS WIFE MEGHAN’S
FUTURE.
FUTURE. LET’S GO TO MOLLY HUNTER WHO’S
MONITORING THE LATEST FOR US IN
THE LONDON BUREAU.
APPARENTLY THERE WAS A
CONFERENCE CALL AND WE’VE GOTTEN
WORD HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GO
MOVING FORWARD.
MOVING FORWARD. >> MOMENTS AGO WE GOT THE
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. I’M READING IT FOR THE FIRST
TIME WITH YOU.
THE BULLET POINTS FROM A
CONFERENCE CALL AND OUR KIER
SIMMONS WAS ON THAT CONFERENCE
CALL.
CALL. I’M GOING TO RUN YOU THROUGH
WHAT WE KNOW, SO MEGHAN AND
HARRY NO LONGER REPRESENT THE
QUEEN, WILL NO LONGER USE THEIR
TITLES.
TITLES. THEY’LL KEEP THEIR HRH TITLES
BUT WILL NOT USE THEM,
APPARENTLY.
APPARENTLY. THEY’LL CONTINUE TO BE KNOWN AS
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX.
THEY’LL PAY FOR THE RE
REFURBISHMENT ON THE COTTAGES ON
THE QUEEN’S WINDSOR ESTATE.
NO MORE STATE MONEY WILL BE USED
ON THEIR BEHALF.
THEY’LL KEEP THEIR PRIVATE
PATRONAGES AND SPEND THE
MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME IN NORTH
AMERICA
AMERICA AMERICA.
AMERICA. GIVE ME A SECOND, I’M LOOKING AT
THE STATEMENT JUST NOW.
>> I’M LOOKING AT IT, TOO.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY, AGAIN, THAT
THEY -- THERE WAS A LOT OF
QUESTION WHETHER THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO KEEP THE HRH, YOU’RE
SAYING THEY CAN KEEP THEM, JUST
CAN’T USE THEM.
THEY’LL ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS THE
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX BUT
ANYTHING REGARDING WHERE THEY
LIVE.
LIVE. THERE’S BEEN SPECULATION NORTH
AMERICA, IT’S BEEN ZEROING IN ON
CANADA.
CANADA. WAS THAT OUTLINED IN THIS
CONFERENCE CALL?
CONFERENCE CALL? >> I’M JUST LOOKING.
I DON’T SEE AN ACTUAL LOCATION.
OF COURSE, MEGHAN AND ARCHIE ARE
IN VANCOUVER RIGHT NOW.
SHE LIVED IN TORONTO BEFORE.
THEY SPENT CHRISTMAS IN
VANCOUVER, APPARENTLY IN A
LOVELY HOUSE THEY’VE BEEN
RENTING.
RENTING. IT DOESN’T SAY.
IT SAYS HARRY, MEGHAN AND ARCHIE
WILL ALWAYS BE MUCH LOVED
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, ALEX.
IT SAYS THESE WERE MANY MONTHS
OF CONVERSATIONS AND, OF COURSE,
THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN THE
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. THERE ARE TWO STATEMENTS, ALEX,
WE SHOULD SAY.
THERE’S THE STATEMENT FROM HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THEN A
STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM
PALACE.
PALACE. WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THE
SUSSEXES.
SUSSEXES. BUT AASSUME THEY WERE WELL AWARE
THIS WAS COMING OUT AND WE’LL
HEAR SEPARATELY FROM THEM.
AND, ALEX, THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WAS BEING TALKED
ABOUT WHEN THEY RELEASED THE
BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE
FACT THEY WERE STEPPING BACK AS
SENIOR MEMBERS.
SENIOR MEMBERS. THAT’S WHAT THIS STATEMENT SAYS
AS WELL.
AS WELL. THEY ARE NO LONGER WORKING
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
THEY’RE STILL MEMBERS OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY, LOVED MEMBERS OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY BUT THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO GO OUT AND REPRESENT
THE QUEEN IN HER NAME.
>> THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF POINTS
OF CONTENTION FROM THE PUBLIC,
ABOUT WHO WOULD PAY FOR THINGS
GOING FORWARD, THIS SEEMS TO
OUTLINE IT.
OUTLINE IT. THERE WERE PUBLIC MONEYS USED
FOR THE RENOVATION OF THEIR
FROGMORE COTTAGE, IT HAD BEEN A
COTTAGE ON CASTLE GROUNDS THAT
WAS USED BY SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH IN WINDSOR BUT
THEN THEY RENOVATED IT, EXPANDED
IT, MADE IT CHILD FRIENDLY FOR
BABY ARCHIE, NOW ABOUT 8 MONTHS
OLD, BORN IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
BUT THE QUESTION WAS, GOING
FORWARD WOULD THEY RECEIVE MONEY
FROM THE QUEEN.
AND IT WOULD APPEAR NOT ANY MORE
STATE MONEYS.
STATE MONEYS. THERE HAS BEEN QUESTIONS AS TO
WHETHER THEY WILL GET MONEY FROM
THE DUTCH OF CORNWALL, THAT IS
WHAT PRINCE CHARLES RUNS, A
TRUST THAT HE HAS THAT’S WORTH
MANY, MANY MILLIONS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 20 MILLION,
EITHER DOLLARS OR POUNDS, THAT
THAT GENERATES EACH YEAR AND HE
HAD BEEN FUNDING APPROXIMATELY
95% OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD FOR THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT, IF