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[/news/prince_harry/index.html Harry] and [/tvshowbiz/meghan-markle/index.html Meghan] have today been blasted by aides who claim the [/news/royals/index.html royal family] 'bent over backwards for them' since they got together in 2016 only for the rebel couple to quit anyway without consulting [/news/the_queen/index.html the Queen], [/news/prince_charles/index.html Prince Charles] and [/news/prince_william/index.html Prince William].
Their dramatic decision was taken without the knowledge of their family, who learnt about the announcement as it broke on television news channels last night.
The couple, who plan to split their time between Britain and North America, 'pressed the nuclear button' and made the bombshell announcement just days after returning from a six-week break in [/news/canada/index.html Canada].
One exasperated aide said: 'People had bent over backwards for them.
They were given the wedding they wanted, the house they wanted, the office they wanted, the money they wanted, the staff they wanted, the tours they wanted and had the backing of their family. What more did they want?'
Another royal source said: 'It's deeply unfair to the Queen who doesn't deserve to be treated this way.
It is a shoddy way to treat her. The family understands that they want to do something different and is perfectly willing to help them. People are just devastated.'
A senior royal source said the Queen and https://momfuture.hpage.com/list-of-celebrities-raised-by-single-mothers.html her family were 'deeply disappointed'.
Another said the royals were 'shocked, saddened and downright furious' at the couple.
The Queen (right at King's Lynn railway station on December 20) is said to be furious at Harry and Meghan (left, at Canada House on January 7) as they step down as senior Royals
Pictured: The statement from Buckingham Palace following Harry and Meghan's social media announcement that they would be stepping down from senior Royal duties
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released this statement this evening announcing that they will be quitting as senior Royals
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In a terse statement, Buckingham Palace said: 'Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage. We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work though.'
Well-placed sources made clear that the shock announcement was a personal statement and 'members of the family were not consulted on the contents'.
The Mail has been told the couple 'secretly plotted' their decision during their stay in Canada, even conspiring to create a new website independent of the Royal Family and ready to launch it when they returned.
This was without the knowledge of their own loyal UK-based press team.
'The level of deceit has been staggering and everyone from the top of the royal household to the bottom feels like they have been stabbed in the back,' one source said.
It also emerged last night that:
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