FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, PLEASE.

PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE

DETAILING THEIR NEXT MOVE IN A

NEW POST FOLLOWING THE COUPLE'S

SURPRISE DECISION TO STEP BACK

AS SENIOR ROYALS.

ASHLEY WEBSTER IS ROYAL HIMSELF

AND HE IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH

ALL OF THE DETAILS.

ASHLEY, I CALL HOGWASH ON THIS

WHOLE THING.

>> YEAH, I'M WITH YOU.

MELISSA: FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE

GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY

INDEPENDENT, WHICH MEANS THAT

THEY ARE GOING TO BE LIVING OFF

THE PROFITS FROM A DUTCHCHY THAT

HAS BEEN GIFTED TO THEM BY

PRINCE CHARLES.

>> YEAH.

MELISSA: WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS A

DUTCHY.

>> A DUTCY IF YOU LIKE.

PRINCE CHARLES HAS HUGE ESTATE

IN SOUTHWEST OF ENGLAND, DUCHY

OF CORNWALL.

IT GENERATES A LOT OF MONEY.

PROBABLY 20 TO 23 MILLION A

YEAR.

FIVE TO SIX MILLION OF THAT GOES

TO WILLIAM AND HARRY TO HELP

THEM WITH THEIR COSTS, TO HELP

THEM WITH THEIR COSTS I SAY.

THE 95%.

THE OTHER 5% COMES FROM THE

MONARCHY THEMSELVES TO COVER ALL

COSTS INCURRED WHEN THEY TRAVEL

AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD

REPRESENTING THE ROYAL FAMILY.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THAT?

THE 5% GOES AWAY BUT STILL, THAT

MONEY FROM THE DUCHY IS STILL IN

PLAY.

WHEN THEY WANT TO BE FINANCIALLY

INDEPENDENT, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.

THEY WILL BE STAYING AT SOME

POINT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN,

THEY WILL SPLIT THEIR TIME

BETWEEN THE UK AND

NORTH AMERICA.

THEY WILL STAY ATING FROGMORE

COTTAGE.

ON GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE.

THEY PAID 3 MILLION THE TAXPAYER

PAID FOR THAT RENOVATION.

IT WILL BE A HARD DEAL.

HOW DO THEY GET A REGULAR JOB?

RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T, BECAUSE

THEY'RE PROHIBITED EARNING ANY

MONEY AS A ROYAL.

MELISSA: THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

EARN -- EARNING A LIVING FOR

THEM LIVING OFF INHERITANCE FROM

LAND.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

>> YEAH.

MELISSA: DIDN'T THEY TRADEMARK

SUSSEX ROYALS GOING TO BE THEIR

BRAND?

>> THEY DID.

MELISSA: MAYBE THIS IS ALL

MARKETING ANYWAY, IF THEY SAY

THEY STEP BACK FROM BEING SENIOR

ROYALS, GO TO CANADA, THEY CAN

MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR NAME.

>> IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, TO

BE HONEST THEY HAVE TO HAVE

SECURITY WHETHER THEY'RE A

SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ROYAL

FAMILY OR NOT.

THAT WILL COST A REAL PENNY.

THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY OF

THAT.

COULD THEY GET A JOB DOWN THE

ROAD IF THEY REALLY LEFT THE

ROYAL FAMILY?

THEY PROBABLY COULD.

WORK FOR CHARITIES, GET A SALARY

FORFEIT IN THE PURVIEW.

BE HONEST, IS THAT GOING TO

HAPPEN?

MELISSA: NO.

>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS WORTH ABOUT

FIVE MILLION AS OF 2018.

HARRY IS WORTH THREE, FOUR TIMES

THAT.

TO BE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT

THEY ALREADY ARE, TO BE HONEST

WITH YOU.

THEY WANT OUT OF ROYAL FAMILY

AND DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS BEING

UNDER THE SCRUTINY AND GEIR BE

GLARE OF THE PRESS.

APPARENTLY PRICE SIS TALKS

BETWEEN THE QUEEN, CHARLES, AND

HARRY, VIA CONFERENCE CALL.

HARRY SENT A DRAFT OF THIS

STATEMENT TO HIS FATHER BEFORE

HE RELEASED IT, HE SAID, WHAT DO

YOU THINK?

HE SAID WHOA, WHOA, WE HAVE A

LOT OF DETAILS TO WORK OUT BUT

HE WENT AHEAD AND POSTED IT ANY

WAY WHEN HE RETURNED FROM

CANADA.

BY THE WAY ALL OF THIS COULD

MEAN THE DUKE OF SUSSEX POSITION

IS OPEN.

MELISSA: OH.

>> GUESS WHAT?

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SUSSEX.

CONNELL: OH, STOP.

>> I HAVE KIND OF THROWN OUT MY

RESUME' AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MELISSA: YOU WOULD BE INFINITELY

MORE COOPERATIVE AND GRACIOUS.

>> I WILL THROW MY SCEPTER IN

THE RING.

AMAZING MY HAIR WILL LET

ANYTHING SIT ON IT EVEN A CROWN.

MELISSA: A ROLE YOU WERE BORN

FOR.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO.