Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s lengthy biographies were originally removed from the Buckingham Palace website and were later updated and replaced with a short 500-word joint section
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were initially removed entirely from the Buckingham Palace site before their lengthy individual bios were replaced by a 500-word joint section.
While the Sussexes’ stepped away from the Royal Family back in January of 2020, their detailed bios remained on the Buckingham Palace website for over four years up until today. The first sentence of their new profile explained that they “have stepped back as working members of The Royal Family” and goes on to give brief summaries of both of their most notable lifelong accomplishments. This now means they are now the only married members of the Royal Family that do not have their own individual profiles.
Before the update, the Duke of Sussexes’ biography was over 2,700 words long and touched on nearly every aspect of his life from his early life, education, time serving in the army, working alongside his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth, an extended description of his long line of charity work, and more. Prince Harry’s profile also previously described him as being fifth in line to the throne.
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As for Meghan, her previous bio on the website sat around 1,300 words and detailed her education, impressive charity work, and successful career as an actress. Her original bio, as well as her current, did not explain her early life or include anything about her own family.
Now, the pair share a short-and-sweet joint profile together with a photo of them beaming arm-in-arm on a beach together in South Africa with colorful leis hanging around their necks. Prince Harry’s profile is then written first and gives a short summary of his relation to the Royal Family, his tours of duty while working in the Armed Forces, his accomplishment of co-finding the charity Sentebale, and his work on creating and organising the Invictus Games.
Meghan’s profile is much shorter and started with highlighting her career as an actress before joining the Royal Family with a special shoutout to her most famous role as Rachel Zane in the hit legal drama Suits. The bio went on to mention her lifestyle website ‘The Tig’ and concluded with her greatest accomplishments as a working member of the Royal Family. This included the Duchess of Sussex becoming a Patron of The National Theatre, The Association of Commonwealth Universities, Smart Works – which helps long term unemployed and vulnerable women return to employment – and animal welfare charity, Mayhew.
While the pair’s profile was significantly shortened, Buckingham Palace made sure to make clear that they are still in good graces with the administrative headquarters. They expressed this by concluding the couple’s profile with a statement from them back in February of 2021. In this, Buckingham Palace confirmed that while they are not returning to their royal duties, they “remain much loved members of the family.”
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