Season 3 of "The Crown" covers the years 1960-1970. - Netflix

Thunderbolt in the royal family. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announced on Tuesday that they are giving up "their prominent role" in the royal family. Having just returned from a break in Canada, far from the British tabloids, the couple said that they would now seek "to become financially independent".

This is an "unprecedented" announcement in the history of the royal family, said BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond. The Crown is upset, according to the declaration of Queen Elizabeth II published by Buckingham Palace. She does not seem to have been aware of her grandson's decision.

Meghan and Harry, the ideal subject for "The Crown"

Fans of The Crown , which tells the story of Elizabeth II and the Windsors, did not fail to note that this unprecedented affair, and that the relationship of Harry and Meghan in general, would make a very good subject for a future season of the series.

meghan and prince harry singlehandedly giving the crown 8772 more seasons as they should pic.twitter.com/60amRUuE6x

- 𝐤𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 ✰ (@sophiesblair) January 8, 2020

"Harry and Meghan withdraw from the royal family"

The producers of The Crown: pic.twitter.com/mHDDOIrasH

- 茉莉 ✨ (@sxctumsxmpra_) January 8, 2020

The crown season on Harry and Meghan is going to be DOPED https://t.co/PvrGQDL9w7

- baby iỗta (@chaleurhumaine_) January 8, 2020

But there will likely be no The Crown season on Harry and Meghan, Entertainment Weekly estimates. For one simple reason: the creator of the series, Peter Morgan, does not intend to venture into the recent events of the Windsor family.

"We are too close to this moment"

"I know how my streak is going to end - but it will be well before where we are now," Peter Morgan told EW in December 2018. "I'm not comfortable writing about events from 'a certain period. I think there are certain periods for which, if you write about it, what you do becomes journalistic. Because we're too close to this moment. "

For the screenwriter and producer, it would take at least a generation before telling the story of Meghan and Harry. "Let's wait twenty years and see what there is to say about Meghan Markle. I don't know what to say about Meghan Markle right now. I can't know, and I don't want to presume. It will only become interesting when we have had 20 years to digest who it is and what its impact has been. "

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