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UK royals gather for talks over Harry-Meghan's future
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IANS | 13 Jan, 2020
The UK royals, led by Queen Elizabeth II, will gather on Monday at the
Monarch's Sandringham Estate for talks over the futures of Prince Harry
and his wife Meghan Markle over their shock announcement to step down as
senior royals.
Prince Harry, Prince William, the Duke of
Cambridge and their father Charles, the Prince of Wales, will all attend
the meeting, while Meghan was expected to join the discussion by phone
from Canada, reports the BBC.
It is hoped the talks will produce a
"next step" on the way to defining the couple's new relationship with
the Royal Family - in line with the Queen's wish to find a solution
within days.
Among the issues likely to be discussed are what
funding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will receive, whether they will
keep their titles, and what royal duties they will continue to carry
out.
Monday's gathering at the Queen's estate in Norfolk - being
described as the "Sandringham summit" - will be the first time the
monarch has come face-to-face with Prince Harry since the Sussexes'
announcement, which was posted on their official Instagram account on
January 8.
But newspaper reports suggested the couple could
conduct a potentially damaging television interview if they were unhappy
with the outcome of the discussions.
Broadcaster and friend of
the couple, Tom Bradby, who made a documentary with them last year,
wrote in the Sunday Times: "I have some idea of what might be aired in a
full, no-holds-barred, sit-down interview and I don't think it would be
pretty."
Meghan is currently in Canada with her eight-month-old
son Archie after flying there amid the ongoing discussions, which have
involved the UK and Canadian governments, reports the BBC.
The couple had been in Canada over Christmas, before they returned to the UK last week after a six-week break from royal duties.
Last October, Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.
The
couple were already preparing to launch their own Sussex Royal charity,
which they set up after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge's foundation in June last year.
In December it was
revealed that the couple had made an application to trademark their
Sussex Royal brand across a string of items including books, calendars,
clothing, charitable fundraising, education and social care services.
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