The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their intention to step back as working members of the Royal Family in January 2020 and undertook their last official engagement in March. It's widely reported that this came after Harry and Meghan's supposed hope for a half-in, half-out arrangement was rejected by Queen Elizabeth.
At the time, the Sussexes' announcement came as a shock to many, though there was a crucial moment the year before that signalled the couple were already edging away from "royal norms" towards their own way of doing things. Writing in his new book, The Windsor Legacy, author Robert Jobson described the birth of Prince Archie as a "shift".
