>> HAPPENING TODAY MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THE
CRISIS SUMMIT TO DISCUSS THE
FUTURE OF PRINCE HARRY AND HIS
WIFE MEGHAN MARKLE.
LAST WEEK THE COUPLE STUNNED
MONARCHY BY ANNOUNCING PLANS TO
DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM REAL
FAMILY.
THE SHOCKING WORLD NEWS HAS
BEEN DOMINATING HEADLINES IN
RECENT DAYS.
THE PRINCE AND HIS WIFE SAY
THEY SEEK STEPPED BACK A SENIOR
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND
WORK TO BECOME FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT.
>> AFTER YEARS OF GROWING
TENSION BETWEEN THE PRESS,
HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE ALSO
LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM
REGULAR MEDIA SCRUTINY AND
CONTROL THEIR OWN MEDIA IMAGE.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS IS DOCTOR MATTHEWS
ASSOCIATE PROCESS ARE OF
ENGLISH AT ROLLINS COLLEGE.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
YOU REALLY ARE A ROYAL EXPERT.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND
AND KIND OF WHY YOU ARE REAL
EXPERTS.
>> I SPECIALIZE WITH THE
HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF ROYAL
KINGSHIP DATING BACK TO THE
MIDDLE AGES.
UP TO THE MODERN TIMES.
THAT IS WHAT I TEACH IN MY
RESEARCH AS WELL.
>> AND WHAT I FIND INTERESTING
IS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FROM
THAT HISTORICAL STANDPOINT IN
THE GRAND SCOPE OF THINGS.
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS HAPPENING
HERE MAYBE ISN’T REALLY
ANYTHING NEW.
>> YES, SO WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN
MARKLE IS EVERYONE IS FREAKING
OUT ABOUT IT AND SAID THAT
THERE STEP BACK IS BREAKING
ROYAL PROTOCOL AND CULTURE AND
IT REALLY IS FOR THE PAST
HUNDRED YEARS BEEN FIRMLY
ENTRENCHED IN HIS HIERARCHAL
MODEL.
IF YOU LOOK BACK INTO THE
PERIOD WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
COMPLETELY NORMAL.
YOUNGER PRINCES LEFT THE FAMILY
AND WENT INTO MONASTERIES WORK
FOR THE CHURCH AND DID A LOT OF
CHARITY WORK.
THEY HAD PROFESSIONAL
BUSINESSES.
THEY DID ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
>> YOUR HEARING ABOUT THEIR NEW
COAT OF ARMS AND THEIR NEW
WEBSITE AND THE DESIRE TO
BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.
SO TELL US ABOUT WHY
SYMBOLICALLY THIS IS A BIG DEAL
BUT MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY
REALLY A BIG DEAL.
>> YES, THE FIRST OF ALL MANY
OF THEI COUSINS.
HIS CURRENT COUSINS AND
EXTENDED MEMBERS OF BOTH THE
WINDSOR FAMILY CURRENTLY HAVE
JOBS AND THEY CURRENTLY ARE
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.
SO I THINK THEY ARE MAKING A
CONNECTION IN SAYING WE ARE
REALLY NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT
THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ROYAL
FAMILY.
THE ISSUE WITH THE WEBSITE IS
THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR
PUBLIC IMAGE AND THEIR PRIVATE
LIFE GOVERNED AND MONITORED BY
THE CROWN, THEY ARE TAKING
CONTROL OF THAT.
PART OF WHAT THEIR NEW WEBSITE
DOES IN TERMS OF BRANDING IS
BEING ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY
IN THEIR OWN WAY.
THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
HISTORICALLY IS VERY, VERY MUCH
CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE
MONARCHY HAS GROWN UP UNTIL
ABOUT THE MID-1800S.
>> AND WHAT I FOUND FASCINATING
IF THEY WANT TO BREAK AWAY FROM
THE ROYAL SYSTEM COMPRISED OF
ONLY SEVEN MEDIA OUTLETS.
AND MORE THAN HALF ARE
CONSIDERED TABLOIDS.
>> YES.
THE ROYAL SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM BY
WHICH ACCEPTING FIVE PERCENT IN
THE FORM OF THE SOVEREIGN GRANT
AS PART OF THEIR INCOME, IN
EXCHANGE FOR THEM TO GRANT
MEDIA CONTROLLED AND SUPERVISED
ACCESS OF THEIR PRIVATE LIFE.
SO THEY WANT TO SAY WE WANT TO
COLLECT THE FIVE PERCENT OF
PUBLIC INCOME FOR TAXPAYERS BUT
IN EXCHANGE.
>>INSTRUCTOR PARSONS: HER LIFE
BACK AND MAKE THE DECISIONS ON
WHAT MEDIA WE CONTACTED WHO BE
ENGAGED WITH WHAT STORY ABOUT
US IS BEING TOLD.
>> I LOVE WHEN THEY SAID THEY
WANT TO ENGAGE WITH
VERY EXCITING FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE I KNOW.
OF COURSE THE BIG WORLD SUMMIT
IS HAPPENING TODAY.
WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILIES COMING
TOGETHER TO TRY TO CARVE OUT
THIS NEW ROLE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE
LIKE OR WHAT DO YOU THINK WE
CAN EXPECT TO SEE AS WE MOVE
DATED DATE?
>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL THAT
THE WORLD SUMMIT OR ROYAL
FAMILY MEETING HAS BEEN HEDGED
SORT OF A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE QUEEN PRINCE CHARLES
NEVER SAW IT COMING.
IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THEY DID
NOT GET A HEADS UP ABOUT THIS
AND I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE
BRITISH MEDIA PUSHING BACK AND
SAYING THAT THEY’RE UPSET WITH
HER DECISION.
BUT I THINK WE CAN EXPECT HERE
IS DETAILED NEGOTIATION BETWEEN
THE QUEEN AND HARRY AND MEGHAN
ABOUT WHAT RULES THEY WILL
OBSERVE AND WHAT CHARITIES THEY
WILL SUPPORT AND FRANKLY, THE
FINANCIAL HAGGLING OF HOW TO
BREAK A SUPPORT TICKET FROM THE
FAMILY AND FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IN THEIR
STATEMENT, THEY SAY THEY REMAIN
COMMITTED TO THE QUEEN AND
COMMITTED TO THE COMMONWEALTH
AND THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT
WHAT I’M WONDERING IS HOW IT
ALL PLAYS INTO THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT IF THEY SPLIT THEIR TIME
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
DRAWN TO THE AREA AND THEN YOU
HAVE BREXIT GOING ON AS WELL.
>> IT WILL BE VERY TRICKY AND I
THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT HAS YET TO BE NEGOTIATED
AND WHAT IS SO EXCITING AND
ACTUALLY FASCINATING IS EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE SAYING THEY
WANT TO BREAK AWAY, IT IS
REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A
PART-TIME CELEBRITY.
YOU CANNOT TURN IT OFF AND YOU
CANNOT TURN IT ON.
SO WHAT THEY’RE PROPOSING IS
ESSENTIALLY A LIKE ON THE
OFF-SEASON WE WANT TO DO HER
OWN THING AND MAKE HER OWN
MONEY AND CONTROL A PRIVATE
LIVES AND THEN ON SEASON WE
WANT TO SUPPORT THE QUEEN AND
WE WILL BE THERE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF THAT WORKS.
>> THE MONARCHY STILL HAS SUCH
A GREAT INFLUENCE IN THE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE UK HAS
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND TO COMPLETELY DETACH
YOURSELF FROM THAT I THINK IS A
FANTASY.
TO BE ABLE TO SAY WITH THE SIX
YET MONTHS OF THE YEAR OR THREE
MONTHS I WILL BE ON MY OWN AND
I WILL BE MEGHAN MARKLE NOT THE
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX WILL BE
TRICKY.
>> I WAS READING ABOUT HER
DISNEY VOICEOVER JOB OR JUST
FINDING OUT ABOUT IT.
BUT SHE IS DOING IT FOR
DONATION TO ONE OF THEIR
CHARITIES.
I THINK IT’S A GOOD INDICATION
OF WHAT WE CAN SEE.
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MEGHAN IN
GETTING INTO VOICEOVERS AND
WORKING THE FANTASY JOSIE.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE
GOING FORWARD IS MEGHAN MARKLE
AND PRINCE HARRY DOING TWO
THINGS.
USING THEIR PLATFORM AS ROYALS
TO PROMOTE CAUSES THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM IN
DOING THAT FOR FREE OR IN
EXCHANGE FOR DONATIONS TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THEY SUPPORT.
BUT WHAT I ALSO SUSPECT AS THEY
WILL START GIVING SPEAKER FEES.
THE OBAMA’S COMMAND UP TO
500,000 FOR SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENT.
IT IS ESTIMATED HARRY COULD
COMMAND THAT AS WELL AND THAT
IS WHERE YOU MAKE IT THE
PRIVATE INCOME COMING.
>> HOPEFULLY, THE FAMILY WILL
BE GETTING ALONG.
THERE IS ALSO LITTLE FAMILY
ISSUES.
>> EVERY FAMILY HAS DRAMA.
SO I THINK IF ANYTHING IT MAKES