In case you somehow missed it, here’s the #Megxit timeline so far.

Harry and Meghan arrived back in the UK after a holiday in Canada for their first royal engagement of 2020, at Canada House in London.

Then they released a statement on Instagram declaring their independence from the Royal Family, blindsiding the Queen and setting off a media storm that’s still in full swing.

Naturally, Piers Morgan used the opportunity to write about that time Meghan ghosted him.

Harry went on to set up a meeting with the Queen to talk everything out, while Meghan went back to the Waterfront mansion, reportedly owned by Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra, where the couple had spent their holiday.

Which brings us to Harry’s meeting with the Queen on Monday, at Sandringham, which had those interested in the Royal Family on the edge of their seats.

The Telegraph sets the scene:

Staff had been told to prepare Long Library, used to house a bowling alley and where, as children, Princes William and Harry would take tea while staying at the Queen’s Norfolk estate.

With his father having flown in by helicopter on Sunday night, Harry, 35, was the first of the brothers to arrive, having been lobbying for a meeting before he and Meghan dropped their bombshell last Wednesday evening.

Harry rolled up in a blacked-out Range Rover, following which he and William released their first joint statement denying the claim that they were feuding.

The meeting started at 2PM, following lunch. The Queen purposefully organised the meeting between meals so that nobody would get ‘hangry’.

Prince Philip didn’t attend the meeting. He was recently in hospital, apparently rarely leaves the palace now, and never fully recovered from the ‘foot in mouth’ disease that seems to have plagued him his entire life.

It is still not known whether the Duchess of Sussex participated in the discussions via telephone link from Canada where she is currently staying with baby Archie, although it is thought the 2pm start time was designed to accommodate the eight-hour time lag.

So far, so good.

Then a man with a megaphone arrived.

Just after 3pm, with the royal pow-wow an hour under way, a man pulled up in front of the Sandringham Visitor Centre and climbed on top of his car with a red megaphone while many broadcasters were transmitting live. It was unclear what the man, who wore a white hoodie, navy joggers and a hooded coat, was there to achieve but he insisted he was not a protester.

The police were called and they managed to get him to climb off his vehicle and leave, but he came back less than half an hour later.

The whole thing was over by 3:30PM, and the Queen had tea at 5PM. I would guess she washed it down with a beverage or two, as she is known to do.

Right, on to the results of the meeting:

Revealing her support for the couple’s “desire to create a new life as a young family”, the sovereign admitted that she would have “preferred them to remain full-time working members of the Royal family.”

Stressing that she had asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days, there were echoes of the Queen’s 1997 televised address following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, as she conceded: “We respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.

“These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done.”

Yes, it was all very civilised, but what were you expecting? They’re British.

There’s some speculation that Meghan and Harry could lose the HRH title, but no confirmation on that yet.

If they’re no longer ‘Royal Highnesses’, we’ll all just have to find a way to carry on.

[source:telegraph]