The Royal Family were said to be angry, disappointed and upset when Meghan Markle and Prince Harry decided enough was enough and quit their senior roles.
While the couple said they had been thinking about their life-changing statement for months, it came a complete surprise to the Queen, Prince Charles and Duke of Cambridge.
In the days that followed the family worked with their most trusted aides to work out the logistics of Meghan and Harry's new lives, with the couple reportedly disappointed by the final conditions of their arrangement.
This included the Queen's decision that they could not use the word 'royal' in their new branding for future business projects, meaning they would have to scrap their SussexRoyal account and website.
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