MELISSA: SEARCHING FOR,
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, PLEASE.
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
DETAILING THEIR NEXT MOVE IN A
NEW POST FOLLOWING THE COUPLE'S
SURPRISE DECISION TO STEP BACK
AS SENIOR ROYALS.
ASHLEY WEBSTER IS ROYAL HIMSELF
AND HE IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH
ALL OF THE DETAILS.
ASHLEY, I CALL HOGWASH ON THIS
WHOLE THING.
>> YEAH, I'M WITH YOU.
MELISSA: FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE
GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT, WHICH MEANS THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO BE LIVING OFF
THE PROFITS FROM A DUTCHCHY THAT
HAS BEEN GIFTED TO THEM BY
PRINCE CHARLES.
>> YEAH.
MELISSA: WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS A
DUTCHY.
>> A DUTCY IF YOU LIKE.
PRINCE CHARLES HAS HUGE ESTATE
IN SOUTHWEST OF ENGLAND, DUCHY
OF CORNWALL.
IT GENERATES A LOT OF MONEY.
PROBABLY 20 TO 23 MILLION A
YEAR.
FIVE TO SIX MILLION OF THAT GOES
TO WILLIAM AND HARRY TO HELP
THEM WITH THEIR COSTS, TO HELP
THEM WITH THEIR COSTS I SAY.
THE 95%.
THE OTHER 5% COMES FROM THE
MONARCHY THEMSELVES TO COVER ALL
COSTS INCURRED WHEN THEY TRAVEL
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
REPRESENTING THE ROYAL FAMILY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THAT?
THE 5% GOES AWAY BUT STILL, THAT
MONEY FROM THE DUCHY IS STILL IN
PLAY.
WHEN THEY WANT TO BE FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
THEY WILL BE STAYING AT SOME
POINT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN,
THEY WILL SPLIT THEIR TIME
BETWEEN THE UK AND
NORTH AMERICA.
THEY WILL STAY ATING FROGMORE
COTTAGE.
ON GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.
THEY PAID 3 MILLION THE TAXPAYER
PAID FOR THAT RENOVATION.
IT WILL BE A HARD DEAL.
HOW DO THEY GET A REGULAR JOB?
RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T, BECAUSE
THEY'RE PROHIBITED EARNING ANY
MONEY AS A ROYAL.
MELISSA: THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
EARN -- EARNING A LIVING FOR
THEM LIVING OFF INHERITANCE FROM
LAND.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
>> YEAH.
MELISSA: DIDN'T THEY TRADEMARK
SUSSEX ROYALS GOING TO BE THEIR
BRAND?
>> THEY DID.
MELISSA: MAYBE THIS IS ALL
MARKETING ANYWAY, IF THEY SAY
THEY STEP BACK FROM BEING SENIOR
ROYALS, GO TO CANADA, THEY CAN
MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR NAME.
>> IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, TO
BE HONEST THEY HAVE TO HAVE
SECURITY WHETHER THEY'RE A
SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY OR NOT.
THAT WILL COST A REAL PENNY.
THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY OF
THAT.
COULD THEY GET A JOB DOWN THE
ROAD IF THEY REALLY LEFT THE
ROYAL FAMILY?
THEY PROBABLY COULD.
WORK FOR CHARITIES, GET A SALARY
FORFEIT IN THE PURVIEW.
BE HONEST, IS THAT GOING TO
HAPPEN?
MELISSA: NO.
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS WORTH ABOUT
FIVE MILLION AS OF 2018.
HARRY IS WORTH THREE, FOUR TIMES
THAT.
TO BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT
THEY ALREADY ARE, TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU.
THEY WANT OUT OF ROYAL FAMILY
AND DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS BEING
UNDER THE SCRUTINY AND GEIR BE
GLARE OF THE PRESS.
APPARENTLY PRICE SIS TALKS
BETWEEN THE QUEEN, CHARLES, AND
HARRY, VIA CONFERENCE CALL.
HARRY SENT A DRAFT OF THIS
STATEMENT TO HIS FATHER BEFORE
HE RELEASED IT, HE SAID, WHAT DO
YOU THINK?
HE SAID WHOA, WHOA, WE HAVE A
LOT OF DETAILS TO WORK OUT BUT
HE WENT AHEAD AND POSTED IT ANY
WAY WHEN HE RETURNED FROM
CANADA.
BY THE WAY ALL OF THIS COULD
MEAN THE DUKE OF SUSSEX POSITION
IS OPEN.
MELISSA: OH.
>> GUESS WHAT?
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SUSSEX.
CONNELL: OH, STOP.
>> I HAVE KIND OF THROWN OUT MY
RESUME' AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?
MELISSA: YOU WOULD BE INFINITELY
MORE COOPERATIVE AND GRACIOUS.
>> I WILL THROW MY SCEPTER IN
THE RING.
AMAZING MY HAIR WILL LET
ANYTHING SIT ON IT EVEN A CROWN.
MELISSA: A ROLE YOU WERE BORN
FOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO.