THE VERY LATEST.
YOU WILL FIND ANY DEVELOPMENTS
HERE ON AIR AND ONLINE.
AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING
BLINDSIDED BY HER GRANDSON AND
HIS WIFE'S DECISION TO SCALE
BACK THEIR ROLES IN THE FAMILY,
QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSTED AN
UNPRECEDENTED SUBMIT.
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR THAT HAS
SPARKED A CONVERSATION WORLD
RIGHT.
Reporter: THIS TOWN KNOWS A
THING OR TWO ABOUT STEPPING
BACK, SO TO SPEAK, FROM THE
CONFINES OF ENGLISH ROYALTY.
SO PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE NO
SURPRISE THAT THE PHILADELPHIANS
THAT WE SPOKE WITH SUPPORTED THE
DUKE AND DUCHESS'S DECISION TO
PULL AWAY AS SENIOR MEMBERS FROM
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND BECOME
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.
THEY HAVE TO COME TO A
DECISION.
Reporter: BUT THAT DECISION
WAS SEEMINGLY MADE WITHOUT THE
QUEEN'S BLESSING.
I DIDN'T HANG OUT WITH A LOT
OF ROYALS WHEN I LIVED THERE.
Reporter: INSIDE THE VICTORIA
FREE HOUSE RESTAURANT AND PUBLIC
WE MET IAN WHO SAYS FOR THAT
REASON HE EYE IDENTIFIES WITH
PRINCE HARRY.
FOLLOWING A ROYAL SUMMIT,
BUCKINGHAM PALACE RELEASED THIS
STATEMENT.
ALTHOUGH WE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED
THEM TO REMAIN FULL-TIME WORKING
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, WE
RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THEIR
WISH TO LIVE A MORE INDEPENDENT
LIFE AS A FAMILY WHILE REMAINING
A VALUED PART OF MY FAMILY.
IT IS REPORTED THAT MEGHAN
JOINED THE MEETING OVER THE
PHONE FROM CANADA.
AS FOR HOW A SEMI-OR FULLY
INDEPENDENT LIFE WILL WORK, THE
QUEEN SAYS THAT DECISION WILL
COME SOON.
BACK HERE IN PHILLY DON'T EXPECT
EVERYONE TO BE WAITING WITH
BATEKED BREATH.
I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIOUS
FOLLOW A WHOLE LOT OF CELEBRITY
NEWS.
A JOINT STATEMENT CAME TODAY
