Are theRoyal Fab Fourdisbanding?
Prince Williamand Prince Harry are considering breaking up their joint “court” at Kensington Palace and creating two separate offices.
The U.K. paper,The Sunday Times, which first broke the story, says that the move could come in the spring afterMeghan Markle, 37, gives birth to the couple’s first child.
With William one day set to be the Prince of Wales – and all that entails as heir to his fatherPrince Charles– Harry and Meghan will want to forge their own path, so it’s a natural time to split up, insiders believe. (The palace has no comment.)
“The arrival of Meghan has changed the dynamic of the relationship in a fairly significant way,” royals author Sally Bedell Smith tells PEOPLE. “It is inevitable and practical because it gives Harry and Meghan some freedom to build up their own collection of interests and charities.
“Meghan has very strong views on what she is interested in and that may be what Harry shares, but not what William and Kate share.”
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Harry and Meghan’s strength as a twosome was on display during theirrecent tour Down Under.
As she sails through her second trimester, the Duchess of Sussex is making good on her promise to “hit the ground running” in support of women’s issues. She gave anunprecedented three speeches during her tourwith Harry, including a powerful talk to celebrate New Zealand’s 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage, stating that it’s a basic human right of all people to “participate in the choices for their future and their community.”
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The foursome are, however, likely to keep their successful Royal Foundation, under which they organize their charitable endeavors and their groundbreaking mental health campaign, intact.
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“They have brought many charities working in the same sector together to empower them and lend their positions,” says Bedell Smith. “But they will increasingly follow their own respective interests.”
“I think it really is just a shift in priorities and interests,” she adds. “William is a husband and father of three and his focus is primarily on them, and Harry will soon be a father.
“Each of them will continue the very strong representative of the Queen in carrying out tasks and assignments that she, and probably their father, wants them to do. They are going to be sharing in this diffusion of activities on behalf of the Queen.”
source: people.com
