Meghan
Markle has flown back to Canada leaving husband Harry to deal with crisis talks
in the UK, according to reports.
Eight-month-old
son Archie is said to have stayed with his nanny there while his parents flew
home to London to release their bombshell statement that they would be quitting
as senior royals.
Sources told
the Daily Mail that she had not planned to stay long in Britain after arriving
on Monday, following the family’s seven week break in Vancouver. The news comes
as the Queen ordered all four royal households to find ‘workable solutions’ to
the crisis ‘within days not weeks’.
A Buckingham Palace source said the royal
family was working ‘at pace’ to sort out the couple’s new situation. The royal
family will talk to multiple governments which suggests US and Canadian
officials may be involved.
One of the
complicated issues will be where funding for the couple’s round-the-clock
security will come from. Their statement – and a new official Sussexroyal.com
website – has also raised questions about media access to their royal events
and how they will pay for their future lifestyles.
If the
royals barring Meghan were to meet in person, they seem to have the next five
days free of any public engagements. The Duke of Cambridge is due to be in
Yorkshire for a number of appearances next Wednesday, alongside the Duchess of
Cambridge.
Meanwhile,
Harry is not expected to be seen in public again until next Thursday, when he
will do the draw for the Rugby League World Cup in 2021. Given the Queen’s
timetable of ‘days’ it is likely they will want any talks concluded before
Prince Charles travels to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories at
the end of the month, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the
former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
