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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to the UK with their two children. The couple settled in California in 2020, but it has come as a surprise that they would want to return to Britain, given their previous comments about stepping back from royal duties.
The move has sparked debate about whether taxpayers should fund security for the family, particularly for the school run. While they had private security upon arrival at Birmingham Airport, there is concern about genuine threats to their safety. Royal experts have pointed out that former Prime Ministers receive taxpayer-funded protection, even after leaving office.
Meanwhile, Meghan Markle is considering a return to charity work, specifically with the Smart Works organization, which supports unemployed and vulnerable women looking for jobs. The family has been getting settled into their new home in the Cotswolds, but the school run is still a concern due to potential dangers.
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The 'shockwaves' of Prince Harry and Meghan's return to the U.K.
Move back has implications for the monarchy and other members of Royal Family
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After Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stepped back as working members of the Royal Family and settled in California in 2020, there was little to suggest they would want to return to the United Kingdom any time soon.
So it came as a considerable surprise when word broke that Harry, Meghan and their two children were on their way back and would settle outside London for an extended period.
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"It seems so counterintuitive and so contradictory to everything that they have said since the moment they left," royal historian Justin Vovk said in an interview.
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But now they're back, and even though there has been much telegraphing of the idea that Harry and Meghan are not going to be working royals again, the move carries broader implications for both the institution of the monarchy and other members of the Royal Family.
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"Regardless of whatever their reasons are, their return creates massive shockwaves," Vovk said.
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"What does this mean for Harry and Meghan as a couple?
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What does this mean for Harry and Meghan and their children as a family unit?
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How will this impact relations with the rest of the Royals?
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"How will the monarchy respond to this?
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How will the British public respond to this?
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How will in particular the tabloid and the predatory media respond to this?
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How will Harry engage with the media in light of his wins and losses in court over the past year regarding media intrusions?
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Harry and Meghan have their supporters and detractors, and as much as they have stepped back from official royal duties, what they do and say continues to draw attention.
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"They may not be working royals, but they're still members of the Royal Family," Craig Prescott, a constitutional expert and lecturer in law at Royal Holloway, University of London, said in an interview.
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For the monarchy, Harry and Meghan's return could divert attention from day-to-day activities of the House of Windsor.
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"Officially, nothing changes," Prescott said.
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"But clearly, Harry will get attention wherever he goes, whatever he does, and so there is a sort of risk of that being a distraction from the work of the monarchy."
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To avert that, Prescott sees a need for "some element" of communication between Buckingham Palace and Harry and Meghan.
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Vovk sees their return as potentially a new "crisis point" for the monarchy.
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"It all depends on how things are handled on both sides.
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We know the palace is going to — and they've already taken the position — that [Harry and Meghan are] not working royals, 'we won't be commenting on their lives now that they're back.'
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"So a lot will depend on how Harry and Meghan proceed."
How they proceeded over the past few years — in what became a visible estrangement from the wider Royal Family — included several instances of pointed criticism of the monarchy and the family itself, whether through their interview with Oprah Winfrey, a Netflix docuseries or publication of Harry's memoir Spare.
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Harry, Meghan and their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, visited with the King and Queen Camilla privately when they were in the U.K. last month, prior to word breaking of their return.
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"You can imagine at the personal level [King Charles] would want to see his son and the children, as I assume Camilla would at one level," Prescott said.
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"But … Harry did single Camilla out for criticism in [Spare] and … that dynamic would be interesting to know more about, how Camilla views all this."
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There is, however, no sense that Harry's estrangement from his elder brother, Prince William, has thawed in any way.
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Much media speculation since the return has focused on how William and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, will be feeling about it.
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"We're probably not going to hear a word about anything from them because anything that is said, people will jump on, people will try to read into it," Vovk said.
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For William, Prescott suggested, there could be a risk that there would come a point when — particularly if Charles is seen to be a bit more forgiving — that the lack of contact with his brother could start to look "quite surly and sulky."
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"At some point, you may have to just let bygones be bygones and just move on and not hold a grudge for forever and a day.
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The return also spawns numerous questions around issues that have been at the heart of some of Harry's most vocal grievances, whether over actions of the media — particularly the tabloids — or security for him and his family.
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Still, it seems likely that whatever Harry and Meghan do will draw headlines, fuel much conversation on social media and continue to divide opinion.
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"Anything that they do creates a public response because whether people like them or people hate them … there is clearly something about them that still activates public opinion," said Vovk.
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Prince Harry and wife Meghan arrive in U.K.
How will the British press cover Harry and Meghan this time around?
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He sees multiple reasons for that, one of the biggest being Harry is the younger son of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
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People who have felt like they connected with Harry after his mother's death in 1997 have continued to feel that connection, said Vovk.
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He likens Harry to "a reflecting mirror that has a billion different reflecting facets on it, because there are so many millions and millions of people who take an interest in him.
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"It says more about us … consuming celebrity culture than it does necessarily about Harry personally."
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A new royal face on Canada's $20 bill
Canadians just got their first glimpse of King Charles on the $20 bill.
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