{"id":31507,"date":"2021-08-19T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/the-real-reason-prince-harry-meghan-markle-cut-short-5-month-parental-leave\/"},"modified":"2021-08-19T08:11:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:41:33","slug":"the-real-reason-prince-harry-meghan-markle-cut-short-5-month-parental-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/the-real-reason-prince-harry-meghan-markle-cut-short-5-month-parental-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Prince Harry & Meghan Markle cut short \u20185-month\u2019 parental leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A ROYAL expert has revealed the “real reason” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are cutting short their “five month” parental leave – and it has everything to do with cash.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the couple’s preferred reporter Omid Scobie – who co-authored the biography Finding Freedom – claimed they are “thriving” and “really excited” about their busy schedule.<\/p>\n

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The couple welcomed their daughter Lilibet in June and have been on shared on parental leave<\/span>Credit: The Mega Agency<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“They’re a couple who do very well in those moments of human interaction. They need to be on the ground,” Scobie told\u00a0PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the birth of their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor in June, it was claimed the Duke and Duchess wanted to “lead by example” by taking shared parental leave of up to 20 weeks.<\/p>\n

However, royal expert Phil Dampier – who wrote Royally Suited : Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words – says the couple’s early return from their parental leave could also be financially motivated.<\/p>\n

The expert told Fabulous: “I thought Harry and Meghan were taking five months off but it seems they are coming back to work much earlier.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sure they will want to get out and about and meet people, make speeches to live audiences and get stuck into the causes they believe in.<\/p>\n

“During the pandemic, like everyone else, they have been restricted to Zoom calls and it rather made their pronouncements look a bit staged and repetitive.”<\/p>\n

“So they will both want to have human contact. Harry was always at his best meeting people, interacting with them, particularly children.”<\/p>\n

What’s more, the expert highlighted how the couple’s decision to step down as senior members of the Royal Family means they have to continue finding new sources of income.<\/p>\n

The expert continued: “They will want to look after their young family, but they will want to find more projects and of course make some money.<\/p>\n

“They need to pay for their own security and staff and the bills keep coming so they are now stuck on a treadmill to some extent.<\/p>\n

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“Now that they are not bound by royal protocol or schedules they can do what they like and support any cause they like, as they have been doing.<\/p>\n

“If I was doing their PR I would tell them not to spread themselves too thinly and get involved in too many projects, and rather concentrate on\u00a0 a couple of issues.<\/p>\n

“It will be interesting to see if they do many joint jobs or appear separately on some occasions.”<\/p>\n

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Royal expert Phil Dampier says the couple’s early return from parental leave could be financially motivated<\/span>Credit: PA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since stepping back as senior members of the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan have reportedly signed a number of multimillion-dollar streaming and publishing deals.<\/p>\n

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