Royals Meeting to Discuss Harry and Meghan's Future Roles
ANDERSON: Royal romance turning into a crisis. Almost 100 years ago. Britain's King Edward VIII coming under severe pressure to abdicate the throne after falling in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Sound familiar? Well, it ought to fast forward to today. Britain's most senior royals meeting to figure out how to handle a tough family affair of their own. Discussing plans for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan see in here to take a step back from their royal duties. CNN's World Correspondent Max Foster, he was sources through the royal court just outside with the meeting is taking place for is it one of the Queen's private houses. What do we know at this point, Max?</s>MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We don't know whether it's started or not because we know the Duchess in Canada, we don't know which part of Canada</s>ANDERSON: This is massive, right? So who exactly is to blame for Harry and Megan's decision if anyone -- well, they believe as far as I understand it, the British tabloids have been vicious towards them and Megan, in particular. Peggy Drexler, Max, a research psychologist and author, wrote an op ed for CNN on exactly that subject in it. She writes, they ran her out of town and now they are mad, she is leaving. Are those accusations that she was or has been run out of town fair?</s>FOSTER: You know, a lot of Meghan in particular has got a huge online support base, and they certainly feel that the royal family didn't support her and forced her out, they didn't accept her, and that the Duchess simply wouldn't accept that. So therefore, she wants out and she wants to forge her own career outside the Royal folds. Obviously, within the family, they don't feel that that's the case at all. They very much did support her. And this just isn't the role for her. She perhaps misunderstood what it mean to join the royal family. It's not a celebrity culture. Yes, they're famous, but they're not celebrities. They've got public duties. And those duties fall above the individual. And I think that's the -- there is a clash there. I think actually, Harry is the one trying to bridge all of this because he does understand that public service aspect of it. And he does want to continue in a royal role. We just don't know how much the Duchess wants to continue. Some suggestion in the papers today that she's the one that wants out more than Harry.</s>ANDERSON: Yes. I mean, 2019 was another anisole</s>FOSTER: Well, you know, neither of them, I think necessarily damage the core monarchy, which is that direct line of succession because we've seen in both of those cases, we've seen the Queen and Charles and William lock horns and work together as one cohesive unit. And that's the direct line of succession on which the monarchy is built. So I think that part of it is strong. But obviously, in terms of family crises, we've had two very big ones, indeed, is whether or not they can get through this latest one. Andrew was very compliant effectively, he did step back immediately from a public role, which is what the Queen advised him to having taken soundings from William and Charles. This is going to be the test about today's meeting. If the Duchess, for example, says, I'm not accepting this new deal you're presenting today, they're an impasse, and that is a crisis and it could turn into a crisis for the monarchy or the monarch at least. But she might be left with some sort of -- she might have to choose between what Charles William I feel is right. And what Meghan and Harry feel is right.</s>FOSTER: And that's going to be a horrible dilemma for her. But ultimately whenever we've seen her in these situations she put service above everything else. So I suggest that she would probably go with her direct as whatever they view.</s>ANDERSON: Picture of happier times for Meghan and Prince Harry. Their trip to South Africa late last year. Max was on that trip of course. So, Max, thank you for that. That's the summit at Sandringham and more on that as we get it. Well, still come this hour. We'll get back to one of our top stories. Protesters out in the streets once again in Tehran. Anger and grief escalating and spreading it seems after the government admitted to shooting down a passenger jet. More after this.