SHOCK THAT THE QUEEN DIDN’T GET MUCH OF A HEADS UP.
KEIR SIMMONS IS IN WINDSOR.
>> Reporter: THE REPERCUSSIONS
CONTINUING TODAY FROM THAT
EXPLOSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT BY HARRY
AND MEGHAN.
AND MEGHAN. AND NOW THE QUESTION TOO,
EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO
WORK.
WORK. WE KNOW HOW HARRY AND MEGHAN
WANTED TO WORK, THEY WANT TO
KEEP THEIR HOME HERE AT WINDSOR
CASTLE AND KEEP THEIR ROYAL
PROTECTION, THEY WANT TO KEEP
SOME OF THEIR TITLES, BUT WILL
THEY BE ABLE TO IF, AS THEY SAY
THEY WILL, SPLIT THEIR TIME
BETWEEN THE UK AND NORTH
AMERICA.
AMERICA. WHAT TITLES WILL THEY HAVE?
WILL PRINCE HARRY BE IN LINE FOR
THE THRONE?
THE THRONE? ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE YET TO
BE RESOLVED AND IT DOES LOOK AS
IF HARRY AND MEGHAN WILL PUSH
TOWARDS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER
A LEAK IN THE SUN NEWSPAPER AND
THAT GOES TO ONE OF THE BIT OF
RECRIMINATIONS THAT INSIDERSLE
IT TELL ME, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE
BEEN BREACHED BY ROYAL COURTIERS
IN OTHER PALACES.
THEY ALSO ARE VERY UNHAPPY WITH
THE WAY THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN
TREATED BY THE BRITISH TABLOID
MEDIA.
MEDIA. AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY
WANT A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE PRESS, IN PARTICULAR
THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH
GRASSROOTS JOURNALISTS AND
BLOGGERS, THEY ALSO WANT TO DEAL
WITH ONLY THE JOURNALISTS THAT
THEY ARE HAPPY WITH.
THESE THINGS ARE NOT THE WAY THE
ROYALS HAVE ACTED IN THE PAST.
AND SO IT IS A BIG CHANGE AND I
THINK THAT’S WHY YOU SEE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE REACT SO
TERSELY AND SO THERE IS A LOT TO
BE FIGURED OUT HERE.
ALSO, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE NOW
KNOW THAT THE QUEEN, PRINCE
CHARLES, PRINCE WILLIAM, NONE
WERE TOLD IN ADVANCE, THAT HAS
CAUSED DEEP UNHAPPINESS IN THE
ROYAL CIRCLES.
ROYAL CIRCLES. LOOK, FOR SOME TIME THERE HAS
BEEN A DIVISION IN THE FAMILY
BETWEEN HARRY AND MEGHAN AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
FAMILY. SADLY THERE HAS BEEN A REAL
SPLIT BETWEEN HARRY AND HIS
BROTHER WILLIAM.
BROTHER WILLIAM. BUT NOW IT IS OUT IN THE OPEN
AND NOW EVERY STAGE OF THIS IS
GOING TO HAVE TO BE FOUGHT IN
THE OPEN AND THAT IS GOING TO BE
BITTER AND IT IS GO TO BE
DIFFICULT AND IT IS POTENTIALLY
GOING TO BE REALLY PAINFUL.
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY JUST LIKE
A DIVORCE, THE MONTHS AND YEARS
AHEAD ARE LIKELY TO EITHER BE
PAINFUL FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN OR