UK's queen agrees grandson Harry, wife Meghan can exit senior royal role

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Harry and his American actress wife seek a lifestyle less encumbered by royal duties and to end their reliance on public funding.

Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle's wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks on Monday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors.

"My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family. The royal crisis was triggered when Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, publicly announced last week that they wished to step back from royal duties and spend more time in North America. Last year, they announced legal action against a British tabloid, and Harry said papers had been bullying his wife in a way reminiscent of the hounding his mother Princess Diana had suffered before her death in a Paris car crash in 1997.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said most Canadians are very supportive of having the royals in the country."But how that looks and what kind of costs is involved, there is still lots of discussions to have," Trudeau toldThere are no provisions in Canada's Citizenship Act that confer Canadian citizenship status to members of the royal family by virtue of their status as a member of the monarchy, Canada's immigration department said in an emailed statement.

Elizabeth has served the country loyally since ascending the throne in 1952, earning the respect and admiration of most Britons, including many Republicans, but the family has also sometimes faced accusations of being aloof and out of touch.

 

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