{"id":116622,"date":"2025-05-20T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116622\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:42:09","slug":"royal-family-live-prince-george-was-wake-up-call-behind-megxit-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116622\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family LIVE: Prince George was ‘wake up call’ behind Megxit | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photograph of Prince George alongside Prince William, the then-Prince Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly the “catalyst” behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s final decision<\/a> to step down as senior working royals. According to one royal author, the image showing four generations of the Royal Family was a “final wake-up cal” as they debated their future in the Firm.<\/p>\n

In his book, Meghan: A Hollywood<\/a> Princess, royal author Andrew Morton, who famously penned Diana: Her True Story in 1992, writes about the photograph of George<\/a>, now aged 11, shared just days before Meghan and Harry’s decision<\/a> was made public.<\/p>\n

According to Morton, “The royal couple suspected that the entire institution was conspiring against them. As they saw it, the evidence was all around them.<\/p>\n

“The unspoken code was straightforward: the future of the monarchy was assured, with or without Meghan and Harry.”<\/p>\n

On January 8, 2020, Meghan and Harry took to their then-joint Instagram<\/a> account, @sussexroyal, to share the surprising news of their future. The couple later moved to the US with their son Archie, now aged six, before welcoming their daughter Lilibet the following year.<\/p>\n

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