As the Sussexes tried to find a way to serve the Queen while also leaving London so they could distance themselves from the Royal Rot. "The pack of the royal rota is based there in London, so if we're not there, they can't cover what we're doing. You guys can be on the front page of all the papers, and you can have it exactly the way you want it, and we can just go on doing the work in the name of the Queen," Meghan said. The royals planned to pay for their accommodations in Canada themselves so as not to be dependent on taxpayer money.
The couple and the Palace then came to a decision they would move to Canada, so Charles asked Harry to put the plan in writing despite Harry's concerns it would be leaked to the press. Sure enough, the email – in which Harry noted that "if this wasn't going to work out, then we would be willing to relinquish our Sussex titles if need be" – was leaked to the press.
"It became clear the institution leaked the fact that we were going to be moving back to Canada, and the key piece of that story that made me aware that the contents of the letter between me and my father had leaked is that we were willing to relinquish our Sussex titles. That was the giveaway."