The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a stunning announcement on Wednesday evening as they said they would “step back” as “senior” members of the Royal Family. The Queen was reportedly not told prior to the statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Buckingham Palace was reportedly “disappointed”. The Queen will now hold a crisis meeting with all four royal households, expected to take just “days not weeks” to resolve.

Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge have directed their teams to work together at pace with Governments and The Sussex Household to find workable solutions. Expected to take days not weeks.”

It comes just a day after a statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in which the pair announced the would “step back” as “senior” members of the Royal Family.

The duke and duchess, who have only recently returned from a six-week stay in Canada with eight-month-old son Archie, said in their statement: “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.

“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty the Queen.”

Shortly after the statement, Buckingham Palace said discussions with Harry and Meghan were at an early stage and that such complicated issues took time to work out.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly ignored instructions from the Queen not to go public with their bombshell announcement, the Evening Standard newspaper reported.

The Queen, Prince of Wales and other senior royals were not consulted about the content of the couple’s statement or knew it was to be issued.

But according to the Standard, Charles and the Duke of Cambridge only received the statement 10 minutes before it was released.

Over the festive period the newspaper claimed Charles told his son to come up with a thought out plan for his wish to spend more time in Canada and America, and when he put forward a draft proposal was told time was needed to consider its implications, particularly funding.

The Queen agreed to Harry’s request to meet when he returned from Canada but the duke was told his grandmother would not discuss his proposals before he had talked them through with his father.

Despite the request not to make any announcements the Sussexes published their statement on Wednesday evening.

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A YouGov poll has found 45 percent of the British public support the Sussexes’ decision to step back as senior royals, but 63 percent say their funding from the Prince of Wales’s Duchy of Cornwall should stop.

More than a quarter (26 percent) oppose Harry and Meghan’s decision.

Almost half (49 percent) of Britons think that the couple’s decision will not damage the royal family, while nearly a third (32 percent) think it will.

More to follow…

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