Harry and Meghan were surprised by a letter from the King which made clear that they remain non-working members of the Royal Family, according to a spokesman for the couple.
The spokesman said they had not been informed in advance that the letter was being sent. The correspondence is described as setting out that their position as non-working royals has not changed.
Palace sources have denied the claim that Harry and Meghan were not told beforehand, leaving differing accounts over what was communicated before the letter was issued.
The exchange centres on the couple’s continuing status outside the group of working royals. The letter is said to have clarified that they remain in that position.
No further official detail has been provided in the supplied material about the timing of the letter, its full contents, or any next steps. The latest known position is that the couple’s spokesman says they were taken by surprise, while palace sources reject that account.
