Circle Creative Studio/iStock(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, plan to close their Buckingham Palace office as they step back from their roles as working members of the royal family, a royal source told ABC News. The source confirmed the closing of office means some members of Harry and Meghan’s staff will lose their jobs, saying, “While the details are still being finalized and efforts are being made to redeploy people within the Royal household, unfortunately there will be some redundancies.” Harry and Meghan’s office has been based at Buckingham Palace since last year, when Harry and his brother Prince William split their households.In their new roles that will begin this spring, Harry and Meghan plan to spend “the majority of their time” in North America, according to Buckingham Palace. They are currently in Canada with their 9-month-old son Archie but there is speculation that could also spend time in the Los Angeles area, where Meghan was born and raised.Harry and Meghan, who will no longer use their HRH titles, will also no longer represent Queen Elizabeth and no longer receive public funds for royal duties, freeing them to earn money on their own. Copyright © 2020, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
