Queen requests for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to return to UK for Commonwealth Day in final round of royal engagements

Daily Mail ^ | Feb 2020 | Jack Elsom

[CondoleezzaProtege]

The Queen has requested Harry and Meghan attend the annual Commonwealth Service with the rest of the royals next month.

Government representatives of the 53 member nations will gather at Westminster Abbey for the one-hour event on the afternoon of March 9.

For the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, it will be wrapped into a wider whistle stop schedule which will mark their final duties on the Family frontline.

On Thursday night they were keynote speakers at a star-studded JP Morgan conference which wealth experts believe could have netted them up to $1million.

Friends have told the newspaper the Queen is 'remarkably relaxed' and 'unfazed' by the couple's money-making ventures.

Ronn Torossian, CEO of New York-based firm 5W Public Relations, said he expects the couple to have made between $500,000 and $1million (£387,000 and £775,000) from the appearance.

'Harry and Meghan will be the highest-paid speakers that exist on the corporate market.'

[shanover]

My god,what a worthless society of garbage. Just wait until the queen dies.

[Tallguy]

You’re a ‘house painter’ too?

[PAR35]

To show that there are no hard feelings, Prince Phillip should gift Meg-hen a midnight drive to see the lights of Paris. I understand the drive through the tunnel is something you will remember for the rest of your life.

[Tallguy]

How do Harry, who will never ascend to the throne, and Meghan, a D list actress, warrant speaking fees of 500k to 1,000k??

Tremendous investing advice? In-touch with global economic trends? I doubt it. But it's not as bat inviting Hillary to speak at a conference on cyber security.

[Celtic Conservative]

A retired helicopter pilot and a D-List actress pulling in that kind of cash? What the hell for? I figured maybe Harry would get a job doing drive time traffic copter in a major city. Market him as "The High Prince of The Roadways" or something.😜

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[Moonmad27]

I’ll be in London March 9. Don’t know whether to avoid Westminster Abbey like the plague that day, or join the gawking crowd,

[dsrtsage]

Why would the queen want to see count skankula?

[Engedi]

Imagine all these rich corporate banks and businesses giving that money to help with homeless, housing, scholarships, etc. Instead they give to people who are already rich to come speak to them.

[yldstrk]

I highly doubt anyone is requesting these two sussexes come to anything, and if the media is smart, it won’t cover them.

[9YearLurker]

For now at least, as a freak show.

[libertylover]

What in God’s name in their history makes them such stunning speakers they get that kind of money for an appearance?

When Mrs. Bill Clinton was being paid big bucks by banks for a 30-minute speech I fully understood-it's called pay-to-play. But I have no idea what these two have to offer.