On Monday, Jan. 13, Prince William and Prince Harry attended a crisis talk with Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth in Sandringham. After the royal meeting, which was supposed to thresh out Prince Harry's new role in the royal family, the Duke of Sussex was seen leaving the Queen's estate in a separate car from his older brother.
According to Us Weekly, Prince William was driving solo when he left Sandringham after the crisis talks. Prince Harry, on the other hand, rode a black Range Rover. Prince Charles also went his direction in a different vehicle.
Reports revealed that Prince Harry was two and a half hours early to the Sandringham meeting. It was the first time he saw his grandmother face-to-face after weeks of being away from London.
Queen Elizabeth summoned the Wales boys and their father for a face-to-face meeting at her Norfolk estate after Prince Harry announced that he and his wife, Meghan Markle, are stepping back from their royal duties. They also expressed their desire to separate their time between the United Kingdom and Canada.
Prince Harry and Meghan also asked to be released from the Sovereign Grant to be financially independent of taxpayers' money. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also said that they would no longer take part in the media's royal rota, which does exclusive coverage of the royal family's work.
Following the crisis talk, Her Majesty released an official statement to confirm that she is supporting Prince Harry and Meghan's decision to step back from the royal life. She also said that a period of transition would be set in place to accommodate the Sussex royals' plan to divide their time between Canada and the U.K.
Royalists, however, observed that the Queen referred to her grandson and granddaughter-in-law by their first names in her statement instead of the more formal name: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Speculations are that Prince Harry and Meghan could soon be stripped of their HRH titles.
Meanwhile, Prince William and Prince Harry released a joint statement before they had their crisis talk. In an unusual show of solidarity, the princes were on the same page to deny the report first published by The Times of London.
The story alleged that the brothers' feud was due to Prince William's bullying attitude. It stated that the Duke of Cambridge pushed his brother and wife away and that he didn't make attempts to befriend Meghan. A spokesperson for the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex said that the story was false and inflammatory.
