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Commentary: Do Harry and Meghan want to have their royal gateau and eat it, too?

... So tune in next time to watch "As the Tiara Turns":

Do Harry and Meghan want to have their royal gateau and eat it, too? Could the family matriarch kick them out of the palace before they can leave on their own? Will little Archie grow up with an American accent, or even a Canadian one, eh?

If this were almost any other family, the story would be "30-Something Couple Leave Home, Look for Work." But this is the British royal family, and from inside the palace looking out, the conscious uncoupling of Harry and Meghan from other "senior royals" probably looks unsettlingly revolutionary.

Harry and Meghan were to be the new, fresh image of the royal family - British and American, a royal duchess

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