King Charles III on Monday said his son Harry and the prince’s wife Meghan are not to be considered “working members of the royal family” after they moved back to Britain from the United States.
They receive administrative and other support from the Royal Household to do so. “This position, distinct from the state and royal duties undertaken by the working royal family, and with the personal latitude it brings the couple in respect of financial independence and protection of their privacy as they would wish, will continue to be fully respected. The couple left Britain and quit royal duties in 2020 amid a royal family feud. But in a surprise move last month Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, returned to live in the UK with their two young children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five.
So-called “working royals” are members of the royal family who carry out official duties on behalf of the monarch. “It is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of the sovereign, and are no longer working members of the royal family,” it said. Harry and Meghan, formally known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are reportedly living in central England’s Cotswolds region and are said to have enrolled their children at private schools there for the coming academic year.
