{"id":2389089,"date":"2026-04-25T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2389089"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:45:09","slug":"prince-harry-denies-claims-hes-not-a-working-royal-despite-stepping-back-from-senior-royal-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-denies-claims-hes-not-a-working-royal-despite-stepping-back-from-senior-royal-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Denies Claims He\u2019s \u201cNot a Working Royal\u201d Despite Stepping Back From Senior Royal Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prince Harry recently slammed a claim that he is \u201cnot a working royal\u201d during an interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry also defended his royal status, saying that he will always be a member of the British Royal Family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry and wife Meghan Markle notably stepped back from their senior royal duties in January 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lives were changed (AKA mine) when Meghan Markle and Prince Harry dropped the mega-bombshell news that they were <a target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a30496404\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-quitting-royal-family-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British Royal Family;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British Royal Family<\/a>. As a refresher, here\u2019s how it went down:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAfter many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution. We intend to step back as \u2018senior\u2019 members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen,\u201d the pair wrote in a January 8, 2020 statement on Instagram. \u201cIt is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment. We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fast forward to today, over six years later, Harry is disagreeing with claims that he\u2019s not a working member of the royal family in an interview with <a target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sW4gOOVMFvk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ITV;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>ITV<\/em><\/a>, during which the the reporter discussed his and Meghan\u2019s recent trips to Australia and Jordan (which have looked p similar to the work trips they took while still senior royals. But when the interviewer as if the \u201cnot a working royal,\u201d Harry had a pretty interesting response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo. I will always be part of the royal family,\u201d he told the reporter. \u201cI am here working doing the things that I was born to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry even doubled down on his statement\u2014\u201cI enjoy doing it. I enjoy coming to do these trips and supporting that \u2026 the friends that I&#8217;ve made, and hopefully, bringing attention to issues that, for one reason or another, drop out of the news because something else has popped up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Glad we\u2019ve cleared that up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>You Might Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry recently slammed a claim that he is \u201cnot a working royal\u201d during an interview. Harry also defended his royal status, saying that he will always be a member of the British Royal Family. Harry and wife Meghan Markle notably stepped back from their senior royal duties in January 2020. 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