Prince Harry is now being likened to Edward VIII after the initial announced his and wife Meghan Markle's plan to step down from their royal duties. In the unearthed letters of the late Duke of Windsor, it revealed his demands for financial help, which some feared that the Duke of Sussex might also experience.
Part of the Sussexes' plan is to live independently. However, Daily Express noted that Edward VIII proved that it was not easy as it sounded. When the former king of the United Kingdom abdicated the throne, he was posted as the Governor of the Bahamas with his new wife, Wallis Simpson.
However, in the 2001 article of The Telegraph, he still disturbed Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the time with endless demands about everything - from staffing to dental appointments. It caused high tension between the two and even resulted in angry exchanges when the Duke tried to advise the PM on how to conduct foreign policy.
Churchill then said that he couldn't accept advice from someone who gave the "greatest throne in world history." Anyhow, the unearthed letters were reportedly kept secret at the request of the royal family in 2001 but later revealed by academics to "contain content-sensitive" to those who were still alive at the time.
With this issue, there are a lot of people who want to know who will pay for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's security when they move to Canada. There are reports that Prince Charles' Duchy of Cornwall will fund them, but it seems to oppose their plan to be financially independent. It also remains to be seen if there will be the same tension between their new lives in the Great White North and their lives as royals.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family after much of speculations, per Business Times Online. This move reminded everyone of the time that Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. It then resulted in a big issue, called the 1936 abdication crisis.
Edward VIII made history and exiled from Britain due to the decision he made. However, things went far more complicated than that. Although he and his wife still carried their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after they got married in 1937, they mainly lived in France and spent the rest of their lives in retirement there.
