As the fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan’s desire to ‘step back’ from the monarchy and Buckingham Palace’s response continues, CTV News royal commentator Richard Berthelsen reads between the lines to decipher what the royals may have meant in their extraordinary statements.
Berthelsen said Prince Harry and Meghan want to disassociate from Buckingham Palace’s press office so they can make their own arrangements with media outlets. Under the current “Royal Rota” system, accredited media gain access to royal engagements on a sharing pool basis.
“The reality is, is that Prince Charles's money is fundamentally public money for complex reasons,” Berthelsen said. If they want to move the United States, where Meghan is a citizen, Berthelsen said they will have to figure out the tax and immigration issues that go along with that. “This is like basically a public figure filing for divorce and making their demands on their spouse public and using that as a bargaining chip to negotiate a settlement,” he said.Berthelsen said he thinks the palace used the word “complicated” in its statement because it really is a “complicated” matter.
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