PM Justin Trudeau Should Turn Prince Harry and Meghan Down, Popular Canadian Paper Says

The British media’s treatment of former US actress-turned-royal Meghan Markle has prompted her husband to launch a legal battle. Following the announcements that the two want to step back as senior royals and split their time between the UK and Canada, one of the latter country’s leading outlets has signalled that they are not welcome there either.

One of Canada’s most popular newspapers, The Globe and Mail, has published an editorial claiming that the royal “runaways”, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, can’t live in the land of maple syrup, which is a Commonwealth nation and former British colony.

After the couple blindsided the rest of the royal family with a bombshell Instagram post in which they said that they plan to be “financially independent” and split their time between Britain and North America, Queen Elizabeth II agreed "that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK". Following the monarch’s statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that there are “a lot of decisions to be taken by the royal family” and discussions about who will pay the costs of the Duke and Duchess’ security.

However, the notion that there is public support for Meghan and Harry’s desire to move to Canada has come into collision with The Globe and Mail’s stance on the matter. An article in the newspaper says that as to the plan for the Sussexes to “move to Canada while remaining part of the Royal Family, the Trudeau government’s response should be simple and succinct: No”. According to the paper, the financial question is “not really at issue” and it “goes deeper”.

“You are welcome to visit, but so long as you are senior royals, Canada cannot allow you to come to stay. This isn’t about breaking up with the Crown. On the contrary, it’s about maintaining Canada’s unique and highly successful monarchy”, the outlet concluded, explaining their point: “The Canadian monarchy is virtual; it neither rules nor resides. Our royals don’t live here. They reign from a distance”.