What do the bombshell statements mean?
Buckingham Palace has issued its latest statement concerning the crisis surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
What does it say?
Harry and Meghan are not any longer getting to be working royals, won't be completing royals duties and that they won't use their HRH styles.
What does this mean?
The couple have effectively stepped down, not even as senior royals, but as working royals generally .
The dual role they suggested in their bombshell statement - of earning their own money and completing royal duties - isn't getting to happen.
How will they be funded?
Buckingham Palace said they're going to not receive public funds for royal duties, because they're going to not be carrying any out.
When will the changes take place?
In the spring of 2020.
Will they be financially independent?
Not completely. they're going to the earn their own money, but the Prince of Wales also will still offer private support to the couple.
This is expected to return from his £21 million a year Duchy of Cornwall income.
Will they still get around the clock protection officers purchased by the taxpayers?
Buckingham Palace said it doesn't discuss security matters.
But it added: 'There are well established independent processes to work out the necessity for publicly funded security.'
And what about Frogmore Cottage?
Harry and Meghan can pay back £2.4 million in taxpayers' money spent on renovating their Berkshire home.
Will they still use it as their base when within the UK?
Yes. and that they can pay rent at a billboard rate on the property.
Where will they spend most time?
They will spend the bulk of their time in North America.
What about their patronages?
They will keep their royal patronages as private patronages and associations.
But Harry are going to be stepping down from his military appointments.
He will not be Captain General of the Royal Marines, Honorary Air Force Commandant of the Royal Air Force Base Honington, and Honorary Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Naval Commands' Small Ships and Diving.
What about their Commonwealth roles?
Harry is quitting his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.
But he will remain president of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, and Meghan will still be the Trust's vice-president.
What did the Queen say about the decision?
She said that they had her support and she or he recognised the 'challenges they need experienced as a results of intense scrutiny over the last two years'.
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