{"id":49548,"date":"2020-01-09T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49548"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:50:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:50:25","slug":"prince-harry-meghan-to-step-back-as-senior-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/prince-harry-meghan-to-step-back-as-senior-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan to step back as \u2018senior\u2019 royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-48239\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Meghan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"496\" \/>Britain\u2019s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will step back as senior members of the royal family and spend more time in North America, the couple said in a historic statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe intend to step back as \u2018senior\u2019 members of the royal family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen,\u201d they said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAfter many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America.\u201d The shock news follows a turbulent year for the royal family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent Christmas in Canada after speaking of the pressure of being in the spotlight following their wedding and son Archie\u2019s birth in May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They had previously announced they would miss Christmas with Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the royal family, choosing to spend it instead with the duchess\u2019 mother, Doria Ragland.<br \/>\n<strong>Talks complicated, says Palace<\/strong><br \/>\nDiscussions over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan\u2019s shock move to step back as senior members of the royal family are at an \u201cearly stage\u201d and involve \u201ccomplicated issues\u201d, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through,\u201d a spokeswoman for Queen Elizabeth II said in a royal communications statement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); 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