Cambridges and Sussexes breaking up their Charity work

One thing is certain, when the four appear together at any public event Megan’s position is a few steps behind Kate. Just as Kate’s position is a few steps behind Camilla .

I'll be glad that the media can no longer call them "The Fab Four". That really grated on me. They are four very different people in their 30's with families of their own - not joined at the hip, thank heavens.

People with mental illnesses are ill not potty

I think Meghan hates being upstaged by William and Kate. She perhaps thought Harry was a lot more important than he actually is.

Harry was happy to work with William and Kate, before Meghan came on the scene. The great relationship they had seems to have changed dramatically.

Meghan no doubt is whispering in Harry's ear about how wonderful ,important and world humanitarian figure he is.

Such a shame to see the very special relationship between William Kate and Harry disintegrate. I guess the Palace will still stick to the story of no falling out between the brothers! Tosh.

Kate and Meghan were chatting to each other in the carriage at Tropping the colour. I thought Harry looked a bit fed up. I really hope he is happy with his new family.

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Tilybelle: The bet is that Wiliam has seen through Miss Markle and would rather not be associated. How long do you give the Sussex marriage?

I'm guessing both the princes feel they have different interests and, dare I say, different standards. William recognises the importance of his future role whereas Harry is a reluctant, petulant player and no longer seems committed to the cause. I'm sure Meghan in particular
has had a lot of influence in this decision and, as someone has already said, she wants to do things her own way and wants the attention for herself not for the charity.

Its been suggested that Kate and Meghan don't get on, but we have only the newspapers' word for that. Logically it makes sense to spread the royals out between more charities, in theory this gives a wider spread for raising money.
Harry is growing up and has new responsibilities - its not surprising that he is not always the happy go lucky young man that he used to be. He and his brother were perhaps specially close because of the loss of their mother, but he was always bound to move away a little once he had a wife.
We really know nothing about any of their relationships and this speculation must be tiresome for them, particularly if it is not true.
Its really none of our business.

Absolutely nothing at all ! I just think they have agreed that they can cover more ground if they work separately , and will obviously have different interests. Must be a nightmare getting themselves synchronised to appear anywhere now they are all parents!

I can't stand all this talk about the royal couples not getting on........how Megan is causing a rift between the brothers..........how she doesn't get on with Kate.........how long before Harry and Megan split up. Leave them alone for goodness sake to get on with their lives because we don't know the truth. Until we hear for sure that their is reason to worry about our royal Princes and their wives stop speculating.

I agree Merlot .

I've seen this time and time again when brothers get married - unless their wives are very similar (and Kate and Meghan really aren't) they often drift apart and go in separate directions. I suspect that William and Kate looked after Harry and included him in their lives, but now he's married and has a son, so they can step back and focus on their own family and future? I don't see anything strange in this at all.

They should grow up. They undoubtedly employ people to do the proper work so as they’re figureheads I can’t see why they need to be pals. Strength in numbers so shouldn’t split the charity

I think they have different attitudes towards charity work. William and Kate will follow the usual route of royal patronage whilst promoting their own causes to support mental health.

Meghan (and therefore, Harry) wants to be a player on the global stage like the Clooneys and other celebrities. There's no way she would ever settle for being part of a team.

Both William and Harry are strong willed young men. When the Queen dies I think Charles might have a problem with Harry and his ambitious wife if he wants to keep 'the firm' on an even keel.

None of us know what goes on behind closed doors obviously, but it does seem (to me) that Meghan has very clear ideas about the role she wants to carve out for herself and she can't do that as one quarter of a charity. There does seem to be a cooling off between the 2 brothers, but whether that's because of problems between Kate and Meghan or whether they're naturally going their slightly separate ways as the grow older it's impossible to say.

I have a horrible feeling that H and M won't be together forever, but who knows.

No I don’t Anniebach I was just expressing my own opinion and am in no way commenting on the views of others
(Perhaps redressing the balance though )

you mean ‘no chatting ‘ Maw ? No threads on people we don’t know personally?

They are both married men with families and facing different futures, One day William will be King, while Harry slips down the pecking line.

They have different lives, why on earth should they want to keep trying to have a shared office with two different agendas to serve. Much simpler for both to run their lives entirely separately.

Doesn’t altogether surprise me that Prince Harry wants to do his own thing.
He is a grown up man with a wife and child and not just half of the “Wills and Harry” double act of his childhood. (Ant and Dec, Laurel and Hardie?)
I refuse to read more into it because a) we don’t know and b) it is none of our business.

I think Harry is a troubled man , before and since his marriage

I don't know if it's just me, but Harry seems to have lost that sparkle. And I don't like his beard either. If you look at that photo of 4 of them sitting together for theRoyal Foundation, there's one photo in which Harry decidedly sad.

I always thought Harry looked like the spare part when the three of them were together and now he has to step away and let William step up as prince in waiting. Phillip and Charles both have their own (Duke of Edinburgh challenge, etc) and now these two will have their own. Also all they have to do is stifle a sneeze and immediately the cameras shout hate etc so it's better to keep apart as much as possible!

Future proofing ?

Both couples had apartments in KP , both had country residences .

Harry and Megan want an official royal residence but not in town so move to Windsor.

Harry and Megan need a town residence so now have an apartment in Buck House.

Calendargirl. That is what Radio 4 BBC seemed to say. The report on the News quite openly mentioned Meghan not getting on with Kate. The News went something like "Meghan does not get along with Kate.
This has upset the Princes.
The Princes' Charities work together.
Meghan Harry has decided to make his Charity Independent.
The Princes' Charities are splitting for entirely practical administrative reasons."

So we take our pick!!

What actually upsets me is that since Harry fell in love with Meghan and more recently she became part of the family, there has been a split between the two young men. This is extremely sad, I feel. I think they were so good together, so supportive of each other, and they need each other. It upsets me that someone can put a wedge between them. I am not a Royalist and don't follow the Royal Family but this just touches my heart.

I imagine many of us who had children about the same age as the Princes were when Diana died see them in a different way and perhaps feel more deeply about them than we might have done otherwise.