Harry and Meghan: Boris Johnson ‘assured’ over future position

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Harry and Meghan: Boris Johnson ‘assured’ over future position

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’s “completely assured” the Royal Household goes to “kind out” a future position for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Harry and Meghan need to “step again” from being full-time working royals.

Mr Johnson informed BBC Breakfast: “I feel they will kind it out all the better with none commentary from me.”

It got here as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned additional talks have been wanted over who pays for Prince Harry and Meghan’s safety.

Mr Trudeau mentioned the funding and form of the couple’s plans to re-locate to North America are to be mentioned.

The Queen has agreed a “interval of transition” during which Prince Harry and Meghan will likely be in Canada and the UK.

She mentioned she was “solely supportive” of their want for a brand new position however “would have most popular” them to stay full-time working royals.

In a statement following talks at Sandringham, the Queen’s residence in Norfolk, on Monday involving senior royals, the Queen mentioned she anticipated closing selections to be made within the coming days.

In his first main TV interview following December’s common election, Mr Johnson was requested by BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker what he considered Prince Harry and Meghan’s resolution to “step again as ‘senior members of the Royal Household” and divide their time between the UK and North America.

Mr Johnson mentioned that whereas “all people has received an opinion” on the state of affairs, “the Royal Household is among the nice, nice belongings of this nation and I am positive they may kind it out”.

When requested about media intrusion and whether or not there have been any colonial undertones within the protection of Meghan, the PM mentioned: “I do not assume that is helped by operating commentary by politicians”.

Questions over funding

Among the many questions being requested concerning the Sussexes’ future is who will fund their safety.

Mr Trudeau mentioned most Canadians are “very supportive” of getting royals reside there, however there are “nonetheless numerous discussions to have” over “how that appears and what sort of prices are concerned”.

He mentioned the federal Canadian authorities had not been concerned “up till this level” about what the couple’s transfer to the nation will contain.

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Justin Trudeau’s feedback got here after the Queen’s assertion

Talking to International Information, a Canadian TV community, he added: “There are nonetheless a variety of selections to be taken by the Royal Household, by the Sussexes themselves, as to what stage of engagement they select to have.

“We’re clearly supportive of their reflections however have obligations in that as properly.”

Earlier the Queen mentioned the talks at Sandringham which additionally concerned the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, had been “very constructive”.

“My household and I are solely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s want to create a brand new life as a younger household,” she mentioned.

“Though we might have most popular them to stay full-time working members of the Royal Household, we respect and perceive their want to reside a extra impartial life as a household whereas remaining a valued a part of my household.”

She mentioned it had been agreed there could be “a interval of transition during which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK” after Harry and Meghan “made clear that they don’t need to be reliant on public funds of their new lives”.

The pressing talks have been convened after the Sussexes shocked the remainder of the Royal Household final week with their assertion.

Additionally they mentioned they wished a “progressive new position” inside the establishment, the place they’d be financially impartial.

Each Prince Harry and Meghan spoke of the difficulties of royal life and media consideration in latest months, with the duke saying he feared his spouse would fall sufferer to “the same powerful forces” that led to his mother’s death.

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‘The Queen’s remorse is apparent’

It is a remarkably candid and casual, nearly private, assertion from the Queen.

Her remorse over Harry and Meghan’s transfer is apparent – she would have most popular them to remain of their present roles.

However she additionally makes clear that they’re nonetheless royals and that they are going to be valued within the household as they change into a extra impartial couple.

There are buckets of questions excellent…



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