Tom Bradby, ITV reporter has aired his thoughts on the reason the The Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to step back from royal duties.
During ITV News broadcast on Thursday evening, the friend of the couple said the Sussex’s felt “driven out”. He mentioned also that there were prior discussions about the Sussex’s roles “for some weeks” among members of the Royal family had a clue of what was looming.
Speaking on ITV News, Tom explained:
“And certainly as I understand it what happened is he was asked by members of his family — or at least his officials — to put some of these ideas in writing. He said, ‘I really don’t want to do that because it normally leaks.’ And they were very insistent in order to go forward and discuss it properly it had to be put in writing. He did put it in writing, and it did leak. So yes, I don’t think [the royal family] got much heads-up as to the actual announcement, but they certainly knew what was going on. I think [Harry] felt once it had been leaked all bets were off. There’ve been a lot of fallouts; a lot of harsh things were said around the time of the wedding. And it’s gone a bit too far. And certainly the rest of the family find Harry and Meghan very difficult and, from Harry and Meghan’s point of view, they’re just being driven out as they see it. And it’s sad.”
More so, after observing how tailored the monarchy is to the direct heirs, they felt it’s okay to “make a break for independence and freedom”.
Tom further added:
“‘You wanted a slimmed-down monarchy. There’s no place for us in it, we need to learn to live on our own. We want to get on and do that.'”
