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Callum Parke

Harry and Meghan ‘felt forced to step back’ from royal family, court told

The Duke of Sussex arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice, central London, on Tuesday (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex “felt forced to step back” from their roles as senior working royals as they felt they “were not being protected by the institution”, the Court of Appeal has been told.

Harry and his wife Meghan quit as senior working royals in January 2020 but “wished to continue their duties in support of the late Queen as privately funded members of the royal family”, the duke’s barristers told a hearing on Tuesday.

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