Meghan Markle Was Not a Part of the Queen’s Royal Family Summit

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's eventful January is finally over. After they announced on January 8 that they were stepping back from their duties as senior members of the royal family, the couple has been hit with an onslaught of media coverage, questions, and negotiations with the royal family.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shocked the world earlier this month when they announced their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family. Since then, the world media has been interested in the royal family more than ever.

Souvenir sabotage? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s official wedding memorabilia has been removed from the Royal Collection.

Gayle King commends her friend, Meghan Markle, on her recent decision regarding her life as a member of the royal family.

Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry will no longer use their royal titles (His/Her Royal Majesty) following their “Megxit” deal — but did one member of the British royal family help make this decision?

Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are stepping back from all royal duties, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday evening.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will no longer use their official titles, according to Buckingham Palace's website. This is all part of their plan to step back from their roles as "senior" members of the royal family and be financially independent from Harry's family.The Sussexes will also pay back Sovereign Grant expenditure that went into refurbishing Frogmore Cottage in Windsor last year, per the Palace's statement.

The saga that is Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Quit the Royal Family! continues, y'all. Just when you all thought that some of the dust was FINALLY beginning to settle, JK—you thought! We have yet another update, and this might be one of the most interesting ones to date. just released a report saying that Meghan and Harry knew for a while that they were going to , and that their bb Archie Harrison is pretty much the reason why.

The Duchess of Sussex has left the building. 

Despite earlier reports, Meghan Markle did not join Monday’s historic royal summit with the family, who were discussing her and Prince Harry's future, according to a new statement from Buckingham Palace.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry might be a team, but that doesn't mean the Duchess of Sussex is involved in everything. On Monday, Harry met with the senior members of his family to discuss the couple's future within the British monarchy. Harry met with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, his father, Prince Charles, and his brother, Prince William, at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, while his wife and son Archie were thousands of miles away on Vancouver Island in Canada.

A royal expert said that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s decision not to give their firstborn son a royal title may have been the public’s first clue about their plans to step away from the royal family.

Queen Elizabeth II called for a face-to-face meeting with Prince Harry and other members of the royal family Monday in order to iron out logistics of his and Meghan Markle’s decision to “step back” from their duties and become “financially independent” of the crown.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leaving the royal family appears to be the least of Buckingham Palace’s worries at the minute.

Meghan Markle already has new projects in the works. 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will host crisis talks with senior royals and Prince Harry on Monday in a bid to find a solution to Meghan and Harry’s future roles.

In this interesting newsy tidbit, Queen Elizabeth is still in Sandringham after her charge to the Royal Family (namely Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) to find a "workable solution" in the wake of Meghan and Harry resigning from their roles as senior royals. Her aides are assisting in the challenge, but the Queen herself has remained where she is during this fraught time.

Many sources have been speaking to U.S. and British outlets about why Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are stepping back from their senior royal family member roles.