THE DRAMA ROCKING THE
MONARCHY.
THE DECISION TO BE MORE
INDEPENDENT IS ROCKING
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Reporter: CHAOS FOR THE
CROWN.
HARRY AND MEGHAN'S SUDDEN
ANNOUNCEMENT TO RETREAT FROM
ROYAL DUTIES IS FRONT PAGE
HEADLINES.
IT'S A SHAME.
I THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL
TO HIS GRANDMOTHER AND TO
SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
AND NOW THERE'S WORD OF A
MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
UNFOLDING DRAMA.
THE QUEEN, PRINCE CHARLES, AND
PRINCE WILLIAM HAVE DIRECTED
TEAM TOSS FIND WORKABLE
SOLUTIONS IN THE COMING DAYS
AND WEEKS.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX
PLAN TO STEP BACK AS SENIOR
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
AND THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL
WITH THE REST OF THE ROYALS.
THE PALACE SAID DISCUSSIONS ARE
AT AN EARLY STAGE AND THESE ARE
COMPLICATED ISSUES.
I THINK THAT WHERE THEY MAY
HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BUZZ THE
TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT
BEFORE THE DETAILS WERE WORKED
OUT.
Reporter: BUCKINGHAM PALACE
LIKELY KNEW OF THE PLANS, JUST
NOT WHEN IT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED.
FULLY ACQUIRE THAT THIS
SABBATICAL WAS WHETHER THEY
WANTED TO BE IN OR OUT.
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
COUPLE'S INDEPENDENCE.
TO ME, THIS WAS INEVITABLE.
THIS DIRECTION BUT I THOUGHT IT
MIGHT COME IN TWO YEARS.
I'M QUITE SURPRISED IT HAPPENED
AT WARP SPEED.
AND A TELLING SIGN DURING
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE.
NO PICTURES ON THE DESK
THE PHOTOGRAPHS THEY REELED
BEFORE CHRISTMAS WAS THE FOUR
HEIRS.
THE QUEEN, CHARLES, WILLIAM,
AND PRINCE GEORGE.
THEY WANT TO SPLIT THEIR
TIME BETWEEN THE U.K.
AND NORTH AMERICA AND BECOME
