Whatever Meghan and Harry do, they will be cashing in their 'royal' status

A life where they pick and choose the royal obligations that suit them, while benefiting from the perks afforded by their status, would not go down too well with the British public

There’s a hypocrisy at the heart of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s assertion that they will strive to become “financially independent.” No matter what they do, they’re likely to be cashing in on their status as A-list members of the royal family.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want “space to focus on the next chapter,” they said in a bombshell statement this week. It’s an effort to cut themselves free of the worst vicissitudes of life as members of the British monarchy, not least the unwanted scrutiny of the country’s fearsome tabloid press.

But it’s hard to conceive of