Harry and Meghan are no more 'Royal'. Coronavirus will delay their rebrand

They had dramatically announced that they were planning on stepping back as senior ‘working’ royals, and published a bizarre website with a laundry list of demands setting out how they would like their new position to be framed. Such speculation of wild riches and a fabulous life as celebrity campaigners seemed a far cry on Tuesday, when, amidst a silence so absolute you could hear a metaphorical pin drop, they formally ceased to be senior royals. One particularly poorly edited paragraph that would have earned the ire of any English language teacher read,  “As we all find the part we are to play in this global shift and changing of habits, we are focusing this new chapter to understand how we can best contribute.” The astonishing lack of professionalism and attention to detail in this final post is typical of a seat-of-the-pants, it’ll all be OK attitude has characterized much of the Sussexes' tumultuous journey over the past three months. A spokesperson for the couple told People that the Instagram post marked their transition today from working members of the royal family to financially independent individuals, which will see them no longer use their HRH titles. The fact that on Sunday they considered it to be an appropriate use of their position to post messages advising people how to cope with the mental strain of isolation but on Tuesday they are arguing that to continue doing would be a distraction in the fight against Covid-19 rather shows that they are not opting for silence entirely voluntarily. As this public health disaster continues to unfold, shrewd celebrities will keep themselves out of the limelight, which makes sense of the current rumor circulating is that we might hear nothing from Meghan and Harry for several months. There is one little problem of course; the fact that having quit the royal family the couple now need to earn their own living, not least to pay for their expensive security detail that Donald Trump very publicly passed on. Gallery: Megxit: Autopsy of a royal fairy-tale (StarsInsider) Kick-starting Meghan’s film career could be hard to do when the economy has been shut down, and Harry’s apparent top source of income—giving speeches to rich bankers—is unlikely to work well in the time of social distancing.