Download our new app<\/a> and never miss a headline<\/p>\nIn addition, the letter reasserts the couple are \u201cprivate citizens with commercial and charitable interests\u201d.<\/p>\n
As such, they would not be expected to carry out any official duties on behalf of the family.<\/p>\n
In that way, their geography may have changed \u2013 from the US to the UK \u2013 but their official circumstances have not.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess said: \u201cWe were a little surprised not to have been told about this in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n
However palace sources told the Daily Mail that it was not correct that the couple had not been informed about the letter, only that they were not made aware of its contents.<\/p>\n
The letter was also sent by Charles to the UK government, the military and other UK institutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of The Sovereign, and are no longer working Members of The Royal Family,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis position, distinct from the State and Royal duties undertaken by the working Royal Family, and with the personal latitude it brings the couple in respect of financial independence and protection of their privacy as they would wish, will continue to be fully respected.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt follows that there is no change to the current status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir styles as His and Her Royal Highness remain in abeyance and are not used.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been reported that the Meghan will, at least for a time, keep a low profile in the UK as she settles into her new home.<\/p>\n
Friends of the couple told The Sun they were \u201ctrying to avoid being spotted\u201d while they focus on settling their two children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, before school starts.<\/p>\n
Meghan is already planning ways to support new causes alongside ones she previously worked with, they added.<\/p>\n
This includes Smart Works, a charity which supports unemployed and vulnerable women looking for jobs.<\/p>\n
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