When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to British soil after years abroad, the monarchy responded not with quiet diplomacy but with a public letter — a formal restatement that their place outside the working royal family remains unchanged. King Charles's communication, released directly to the world rather than delivered in private, raises an older and more enduring question about how institutions manage those who have chosen to leave them. The surprise felt by the Sussexes was not about the message itself, but about the manner of its telling — a reminder that in royal life, the medium i