updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\nScobe also writes of Meghan\u2019s tears as they \u2014 \u201ca couple very much hurting\u201d \u2014 said goodbye to their team, plus Prince Harry\u2019s heartbreak at giving up his military honors, describing it as \u201ca wound that will take time to heal.\u201d Harry served in the British Army for 10 years, completing two tours in Afghanistan and rising to the rank of captain before he founded the Invictus Games for wounded veterans.<\/p>\n
Scobie writes in his moving account of Harry and Meghan\u2019s final days as senior royals, \u201cTo say they were crushed is an understatement. It\u2019s a decision that the couple still feel wasn\u2019t necessary, but also wasn\u2019t a surprise, given the lack of support they received as they were relentlessly attacked by sections of the British press with almost daily mistruths and hateful commentary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile recent tabloid coverage has made it seem like the Sussexes\u2019 half-in-half-out bid was about wanting it all, the reality was a couple who were left with no other choice but to create their own change after being left to fend for themselves against impossible circumstances \u2014 even during her pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey knew something had to change, but they also didn\u2019t want to stop supporting the queen. One can\u2019t help but wonder if things might have been different if a family member or two had stood up for them during the darkest times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scobie accompanied Harry and Meghan during their final few royal engagements in the UK in the past few days, including their show-stopping appearance at the Mountbatten Festival of Music. He writes, \u201cHarry\u2019s lifelong commitment is why Saturday\u2019s Mountbatten Festival of Music was a particularly difficult moment, wearing his Captain General of the Royal Marines uniform for the last time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\u201cGiving up his royal duties has resulted in his military honors coming to an end \u2014 a particularly tough pill to swallow and something that has been just as difficult for his wife to witness. It is, a source close to the couple tells me, a wound that will take time to heal for Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, after Meghan had made a heartfelt speech to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day at a school in east London, Scobie described the couple\u2019s final moment in Buckingham Palace\u2019s 1844 Room \u2014 a distinguished room where the royal family receives important visitors. \u201cThe emotions finally set in as I give Meghan a goodbye hug. She\u2019s flying back to Canada on the last commercial flight of the day, eager to be back in Vancouver Island by the morning before Archie wakes up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a couple who only ever wanted to focus on their work and bring good to the world, it seems like an unnecessarily cruel ending to their royal lives. Forced to give up roles they\u2019re incredibly proud of after sacrificing so much to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scobie describes how a defiantly smiling-to-the-end Meghan could finally shed some tears: \u201cAt this point, the 1844 Room is almost empty and tears that the Duchess had been bravely holding back are free to flow among familiar faces. As she embraces some of the loyal staff she will most likely not see again, I can\u2019t help but feel sad for the dedicated team members whose tireless efforts \u2014 to promote the couple\u2019s work, launch landmark projects, and deal with the near-daily crises brought on by tabloid lies \u2014 have come to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGetting on with the work has always been what it\u2019s been about for Harry and Meghan, but behind the smiles of the photos has been a vulnerable couple who are still very much hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the weeks and months ahead will no doubt present new challenges for the Sussexes, the couple genuinely feel a sense of excitement about what\u2019s to come, which includes the freedom to work at a pace that suits them, no longer weighed down by protocol or threatened by toxic agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\u201cAnd while much has been (incorrectly) speculated about specific commercial endeavors they might be taking on, both Harry and Meghan are eager to get stuck into their work, which will still revolve around their humanitarian efforts and helping amplify the voices of young people around the world on a wide gamut of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe terrain may be a little different but their priorities are exactly the same as before,\u201d a well-placed source tells me. \u201cKeeping the family, most importantly Archie, safe is what will make all of this worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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