Ex: People ask about Harry & not my work
There are major issues ...this not something we can just magic up
property, not to mention a legal agreement with the royal institution over using the royal brand in the private sector.
“There are legal issues to contend with, how future deals will be presented and of course who will be working with them.”
Harry will meet advisers early next week to try to move the process on enough for him to join wife Meghan and eight-month-old son Archie in Canada.
The insider added: “So many questions need addressing, all of which will take up to six months to get over the line.
“The best there will be in the immediate future is a half-way house that will look like a deal is in place to placate all parties while everyone else puts their lives on hold until this is sorted.”
The delay will be a major blow to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have been told they need to submit a series of detailed plans before they can take their new “Sussex Royal” brand into the market. Harry, 35, appeared in public yesterday for the first time since the couple announced their decision to quit The Firm last week.
At first he seemed anxious, twisting his wedding ring and displaying cuticles that appeared bitten.
But he was in good spirits as he launched the draw for next year’s Rugby League World Cup, at Buckingham Palace with Sport UK chairwoman Dame Katherine Grainger and dual-code legend Jason Robinson.
He even laughed when a reporter asked: “How are the discussions going about your future?”
He looked relaxed as he chatted to children from a local school who gave a rugby demonstration in the
Meghan’s second public outing, to Justice for Girls
The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown garden at Buckingham Palace. Laughing, he told them: “Look after the grass though, yeah? Otherwise I’ll get in trouble.”
Jason Robinson said of the prince: “It doesn’t matter what’s going on in the background – wherever he goes he still delivers. He is very respectful, very warm, very endearing.”
A video clip of the event posted to Harry’s Instagram account was set to The Stone Roses track This Is the One, which includes the line about wanting to leave the country, as well as: “Burn the town where I was born. If only she’d believe me.”
Some saw it as a nod to his immiprivate nent departure for Canada. But aides insisted it was chosen for its popularity with Rugby League fans.
Meghan flew to the couple’s rented €13million hideaway on Vancouver Island last Thursday, less than 24 hours after the couple made their bombshell announcement that they wanted to step back from The Firm.
A palace source said: “It is widely accepted that Harry will leave for Canada as soon as he can but will return to honour some meetings in the coming months. Nothing has been confirmed with the Duchess.”
Meanwhile Meghan, 38, has made her second appearance in Canada, using a “mysterious” Hotmail account to set it up.
Her trip to the Justice for Girls group on Tuesday followed a visit to a women’s centre.
It was revealed that Meghan’s assistant, rather than a royal aide, had sent Hotmail emails to the centres asking if she could drop in.
Cressida modelled before acting
PRINCE Harry’s ex Cressida Bonas has said her past relationship with the Duke of Sussex has presented her with “hurdles and barriers” in her career.
The actress, 30, who has won rave reviews for her role in the ITV drama White House Farm, said she “still has to contend with” people asking about Harry instead of her job.
On her relationship with the Duke, Bonas said: “No one likes to be labelled, no matter what it is about or where they come from.
“The hurdles and barriers for me are when I’m trying to do my work and people want to talk about him.
“I work very hard and love what I do – I just want to continue. But it is still something I have to contend with.”
Bonas also refused to comment on Meghan and the current royal crisis, insisting: “I want to talk about my work. And also out of respect, what’s the expression? How would I feel if the shoe was on the other foot and it was an ex talking about me?
“It feels like a long time ago, so when it comes up it feels strange because I’m in a very different place now – I’m getting married, I’ve learned a lot.
“I’m much more comfortable in my own skin. I’m growing.”
Bonas started dating Harry in 2012, but the pair separated after two years.
She is now engaged to property developer Harry Wentworth-stanley, but said they “won’t have a huge wedding”.
Bonas is currently starring in the ITV true crime drama White House Farm, detailing the infamous case of Jeremy Bamber, who in 1985 slaughtered his family and blamed it on his sister. He was jailed for life.
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The pair dated for two years