January 10th, 2020 – Inflating The Issues
As expected, media outlets were in a frenzy thanks to the announcement by the couple. People decided to blow up the issue of their failure to give Queen Elizabeth or Buckingham Palace any heads up. Tabloids claimed that Her Majesty was “furious,” “sad,” and “dismayed” to hear about it. This did not make things any better for them. The press favored a negative take on the story and made it look like Harry and Meghan were being defiant and uncooperative, so folks waited to hear about their intentions.
January 10th, 2020 – Inflating The Issues
January 12th, 2020 – Only 5%
The negative attention from the press only intensified in the next few days. They were starting to catch on to how they might plan to only leave 5% of their allowance behind. They outlined their wish to be free of the Sovereign Grant and let go of royal duties, but this only makes up a small part of their overall income. The Duke and Duchess get 95% of their income from Charles, who gets it from the Duchy of Cornwall. They did not mention any plans of giving this up. People called them disingenuous for cherry-picking a definition of “independent.” We will only know about the state of their finances in the future.
January 12th, 2020 – Only 5%