From Berkshire to Buckingham

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Harry's BBC Interview Part II

Harry's BBC Interview Part II

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Turning back to Prince Harry’s BBC interview last week… In Part I, we reviewed how the Megxit departure really was a fight over freedom from accountability to the Crown. “Stepping down as senior royals” was misleading; it was a phrase that masked a very different desire. They did not want to step down as senior royals, rather Harry and Meghan wanted the impossible, to be autonomous—even rival royals—in the United Kingdom. An impossible ask.

In the BBC interview, Harry did something he has not explicitly said in the past, although we could all guess it. He articulated that he misses his royal life. Not just his family, not just his U.K. lifestyle—he misses his life as a senior royal undertaking public engagements in the U.K. and around the world. It is notable, because it is a break from the official line the Sussexes have been asserting since they left.

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