AndiBar a completeaboutfacebytheSussexisitisfineforHarry.
Thenperhaps a senseoflongsortfreedomforWilliam, Oneimagines a deepsenseofdisappointment.
Today's newsisnotunexpected.
IntheyearsinceHarryandMeghanmadetheirlastappearanceat a formalroyalengagementatWestminsterAbbey, thegulfbetweenthemandtherestofHarrisfamilyhasgrowneverwider.
Thecouplehavebought a houseinCalifornianegotiateddealswithUSmediacompaniesandmadeitclearthattheyrelishtheirnewlife.
ThestatementsaidthatfollowingconversationswithHarry, theQueenhaswrittenconfirmingthatinsteppingawayfromtheworkoftheroyalfamily, itisnotpossibletocontinuewiththeresponsibilitiesanddutiesthatcomewith a lifeofpublicservice.
SupportersofMeghanunderstandwhyshewants a newlife.
Thepressdroveheroutofhere, and, um, ifshewasgoingtostayhereanylonger, I thinktheywouldhaveprobablymadeherill, becauseitisn't a relationshipthatmostAmericansareusedto.
Sooneoftheroyalfamily's mostpopularmembers, a manforwhomovertheyearsthere's Beangreatsympathyandadmiration, nowfaces a verydifferentfuture.
I thinkthepalacestatementrevealsthefeelingofexasperationthatthereistherethetellingreferencefromthepalaceorfromtheQueentodutiesthatcomewith a lifeofpublicservice.
Well, whoisthatremindingusoff a lifeofpublicservice?