ARE TAKING A STEP BACK FROM ROYAL DUTIES. KATE KNOW ON WHAT THAT
MEANS AND THE PALACE’S
UNUSUAL SHARP PUBLIC
RESPONSE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
THE SURPRISE
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
PRINCE HARRY AND
MEGHAN MARKLE
REPORTEDLY BLIND
SIDING THE QUEEN.
AFTER RETURNING FROM A
LONG TRIP TO CANADA,
THEY SAY THEY INTEND
TO STEP BACK AS SENIOR
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY AND WILL SPLIT
THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE
U.K. AND NORTH
AMERICA.
WE’VE CHOSEN TO MAKE A
TRANSITION THIS YEAR
TO
TO CARVE OUT A
PROGRESSIVE NEW RULE.
>> THE QUEEN WASN’T
INFORMED THE STATEMENT
WAS BEING RELEASED AND
I UNDERSTAND AND BEEN
TOLD THERE IS A LOT OF
DEEP HURT AND
DISAPPOINTMENT AT WHAT
HAS HAPPENED TODAY.
>> Reporter: THE
PALACE SAID WE
UNDERSTAND THEIR
DESIRE TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT
THESE ARE COMPLICATED
ISSUES THAT WILL TAKE
TIME TO WORK THROUGH.
THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY
OF HINTS HARRY AND
MEGHAN MIGHT CHOOSE A
DIFFERENT PATH.
PRINCE HARRY SAID HIS
DEEPEST FEAR IS SEEING
HIS WIFE TREATED LIKE
HIS MOTHER AND HE
WANTS TO PROTECT
ARCHIE AND TEJSNSIONS
WITH WILLIAM.
MEGHAN SAID JOINING
THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS
BEEN A STRUGGLE.
>> YOU ADD THIS ON TOP
OF TRYING TO BE A NEW
MOM OR NEWLYWED,
IT’S -- YEAH, I GUESS,
ALSO THANK YOU FOR
ASKING BECAUSE NOT
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED
IF I’M OKAY BUT IT’S A
VERY REAL THING TO BE
GOING THROUGH BEHIND
THE SCENES.
>> Reporter: THE
COUPLE SAYS THEY WILL
WORK TO BECOME
FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT WHILE
CONTINUING TO FULLY
SUPPORT HER MAGESTY
THE QUEEN WHICH
DOESN’T SIT WELL WITH
SOME IN THE U.K.
>> THIS DECISION WITH
THIS COUPLE THAT WANT
THEIR ROYAL CAKE AND
EAT IT, THEY WANT ALL
OF THE TRAPPINGS OF
ROYAL LIFE BUT LESS
RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> Reporter: THE
COUPLE SAYS THE NEW
GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE
WILL ALLOW US TO RAISE
OUR SON WITH AN
APPRECIATION FOR
ROYALTY.
>> WHERE WILL THEY END
UP?
>> WE DON’T KNOW.
THEY HAVEN’T SAID BUT