Queen Elizabeth II ended 2019 with a public plea for global harmony.
She’s starting 2020 addressing disharmony within her own family after Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, decided to “step back” as senior royals and announced the news without consulting the monarch.
The royal matriarch moved quickly to take back control, ordering courtiers to sort out a future role for the couple within days.
British media reported Saturday that the queen wants a solution found before Harry’s next scheduled public appearance, a rugby event at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
Elizabeth has weathered family crises before, and is determined not to let her restless grandson and granddaughter-in-law weaken the House of Windsor or undermine the monarchy.
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