NEWSPAPERS LIKE THESE ARE ONE OF THE REASONS HARRY AND MEGHAN SAY
THEY’RE WALKING AWAY.
A RIFT IN THE ROYAL FAMILY NOT
SEEN FOR A GENERATION.
PRINCE HARRY, THE MOST POPULAR
ROYAL AFTER THE QUEEN AND HIS
AMERICAN WIFE MEGHAN ISSUING
WHAT AMOUNTS TO A DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
INDEPENDENCE. >> GOING IT ALONE, THE DUKE AND
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX.
>> THE QUEEN DID NOT KNOW.
>> INTEND TO STEP BACK,
UNHAPPINESS WITH THEIR CURRENT
ROYAL ROYALS.
ROYAL ROYALS. >> HARRY AND MEGHAN QUIT, SAY
THE BRITISH NEWSPAPERS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. THE BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT
TAKING OTHER ROYALS BY SURPRISE,
SAYING THEY PLAN TO SPLIT THEIR
TIME BETWEEN THE UK AND NORTH
AMERICA.
AMERICA. WE INTEND TO STEP BACK AS SENIOR
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY,
THEIR STATEMENT SAYS AND WORK TO
BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT
WHILE CONTINUING TO FULLY
SUPPORT HER MAGISTERY THE QUEEN.
THERE WAS NO ADVANCED WARNING
FOR THE QUEEN.
PRINCE CHARLES OR PRINCE
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE DOING A TERSE
RESPONSE, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
DUKE AND DUCHESS ARE AT AN EARLY
STAGE.
STAGE. WE UNDERSTAND THEIR DESIRE TO
TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT
THESE ARE COMPLICATED ISSUES.
>> THEY REALLY ARE THE GLOBAL
ROYAL COUPLE.
ROYAL COUPLE. THEM STEPPING BACK AS SENIOR
ROYALS IS SUCH BIG NEWS BECAUSE
IT IS THE END OF HARRY AND
MEGHAN AS A CENTRAL PART, A CORE
PART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
>> Reporter: SOME REPORTS OVER
NILE
NILE NIGHT SUGGESTING THE COUPLE MAY
HAVE BEEN PUT OUT.
THE RECENT FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
MONARCHS, CHARLES, WILLIAM AND
GEORGE.
GEORGE. IN AN INTERVIEW ON BRITAIN TV
LAST YEAR, HARRY HINTED OF A
FALLOUT WITH HIS BROTHER.
>> WE’RE BROTHERS, WE’LL ALWAYS
BE BROTHERS.
BE BROTHERS. WE’RE ON DIFFERENT PACTS AT THE
HOME.
HOME. I’LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HIM.
I NO E HE’LL ALWAYS BE THERE
BEFORE.
BEFORE. >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING BECAUSE
NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IF
I’M OKAY.
I’M OKAY. >> Reporter: ON A SLICK NEW
WEBSITE THIS MORNING, HARRY AND
MEGHAN SETTING OUT HOW THEY
THINK THE ARRANGEMENT WILL WORK,
EVEN CALLING OUT TABLOID
NEWSPAPERS THEY WILL NO LONGER
WORK WITH.
WORK WITH. PRINCE HARRY’S FURY WITH THE
MEDIA WHICH HE BLAMES FOR THE
DEATH OF HIS MOM, PRINCESS
DIANA, ANOTHER BIG FACTOR.
>> EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE A
CAMERA, HEAR A CLICK, SEE A
FLASH, IT TAKES ME STRAIGHT
BACK.
BACK. >> Reporter: HOW THE BREAK WILL
WORK IS STILL UNCLEAR.
WILL THE COUPLE KEEP THEIR ROYAL
TITLES EVEN IF THEY LIVE
OVERSEAS?
OVERSEAS? WOULD HARRY STILL BE IN LINE FOR
THE THRONE?
THE THRONE? >> I THINK INEVITABLY THEY’LL
GIVE UP THEIR TITLES.
THAT CAN’T BE HIS AND HER ROYAL
HIGHNESSES AFTER SAYING THEY’RE
STEPPING BACK.
STEPPING BACK. >> Reporter: WITHOUT ROYAL
FUNDING, THEY’LL NEED TO MAKE
THEIR OWN MONEY, BUT COULD BE
ACCUSED OF PROFITING FROM THEIR