Six years after resigning from their roles as members of the British royal family and moving to Canada and then California to start a new life, the British press announced yesterday that the Dukes of Sussex will return to reside in the United Kingdom in the coming days or weeks on a stable and permanent basis.
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Since they fled in January 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had given no indication of their desire to return to England. They barely visited the country while fighting a legal battle to have the British Home Office cover their security costs when they were in the United Kingdom, a lawsuit in which they have not yet obtained a single favorable ruling, and this new move shows why.
The conclusion to these six years of geographical, institutional, and family distance, during which they have also been at odds with the British tabloids over their privacy, is to return to the country they left and which they have been stating every time they had the chance is not a safe place for them or their children. Prince Harry even declared that he felt safer visiting war-torn Ukraine than in London.
While the Sussexes were part of the working royal family, they operated in a dangerous territory between the privileges of the British court and their intention to have as private a life as possible, with their own agenda and a way of proceeding very different from the rigid institution that is the British crown.
But this return to the United Kingdom does not reverse the clauses of Megxit. The Sussexes will not have an official agenda and face a very uncertain position in the royal family hierarchy. We will see to what extent they are willing to endure possible snubs.
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Apparently, the British prince and his family will establish their new home in a private residence, separate from the Windsor royal properties, outside London, and they would have already enrolled Prince Archie (7) and Princess Lilibet (5) in British schools for the imminent start of the school year.
The estrangement between Harry and William is total after the private revelations of recent years and the Sussexes’ move
As for the family disputes, with things quite calm in recent months due to an ocean and several time zones between them, it is expected that they will flare up again. The estrangement between Harry and William is total after the private revelations of recent years, and the Sussexes’ move creates an uncomfortable situation for both the Princes of Wales and the king. Every future gesture, family meeting, invitation, or absence will be scrutinized closely.
The last time the Princes of Wales were seen in public with the Sussexes was after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, and British media suggest that William, who has just arrived at Balmoral Castle for the final stage of his vacation, is furious about his brother’s sudden decision, which, apparently, he communicated to their father last Sunday.
Only the reason that led them to return to the kingdom they fled remains to be known. Part of the British press points out that they want to raise their children there, while others more pointedly highlight their lack of business and financial success in the United States, which would have brought the couple back to square one. Whether they return by their own will or resignedly, the truth is that new chapters are looming for a royal family that has never quite closed the Sussex file.
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