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WELCOME BACK.
THIS MORNING, THE ROYAL FAMILY
HAS ISSUED WHAT IS BEING CALLED
A SEISMIC ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF PRINCE HARRY AND
MEGHAN MARKLE.
A STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM
PALACE DETAILED A MUCH MORE
LIMITED ROLE FOR THE COUPLE,
EVEN STRIPPING THEM OF THEIR
RIDDLE TITERS.
FRANCES WANG SHOWS US THE QUEEN
ISSUED A SEPARATE, MORE
SUPPORTIVE MESSAGE.
Reporter: AND A HEARTFELT
STATEMENT FROM THE QUEEN ON
SATURDAY, WHO SOUNDED LESS LIKE
A MONARCH AND MORE LIKE A
CONCERNED GRANDMOTHER, SHE
SAID, QUOTE, HARRY, MEGHAN AND
ARCHIE WILL BE MUCH LOVED
MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY.
I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A
RESULT OF INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS AND SUPPORT
THEIR WISH FOR A MORE
INDEPENDENT LIFE.
ALTHOUGH HARRY AND MEGHAN WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THE DUKE AND
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX, THE PALACE
SAYS THE COUPLE WILL NO LONGER
USE THEIR ROYAL TITLES, THEY
WILL RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC FUNDS
FOR ROYAL DUTIES AND FOR ARMY
VETERAN, HARRY, HE WILL HAVE TO
LET GO OF HIS ROYAL MILITARY
PATRONAGE IS.
THE SWIFTNESS WITH WHICH
THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS DECISION,
ONLY 18 MONTHS AFTER THEY GOT
MARRIED HAS TAKEN EVERYONE BY
SURPRISE FROM THE QUEEN ALL THE
WAY DOWN.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS
ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO
PRINCE HARRY'S MARRIAGE TO
MEGHAN, A BIRACIAL AMERICAN
ACTRESS, WAS THE SOURCE OF SUCH
HEALTH.
USHERING IN SOME SAID, A NEW
ERA FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.
THE NEAR CONSTANT MEDIA
INTRUSION, INCLUDING CRITICISM
OVER HOW THE ANNOUNCED THE
BIRTH OF THEIR SON, ARCHIE, WAS
CLEARLY TOO MUCH FOR A COUPLE
WHO JUST LAST WEEK DROPPED THAT
BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
STEPPING BACK FROM REAL DUTIES
AND BECOMING FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT.
THEY WILL BE OVERWHELMED
WITH LUCRATIVE OFFERS OF DEALS
THEY CAN STRIKE, COMMERCIALLY.
Reporter: THE COUPLE HAS
SAID THEY WANT TO PAY TAXPAYERS
BACK FOR THE $3 MILLION SPENT
RENOVATING THEIR FROGMORE
COTTAGE HOME NEAR WINDSOR
CASTLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO WHO WILL COVER
THEIR SECURITY COSTS, THE
PALACE WON'T SAY.
FRANCES WANG, CBS4 THIS
MORNING.
