Prince Harry finds way to live half-in, half-out life Queen Elizabeth refused to endorse: experts

Prince Harry may have finally found a way to live the life that his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, refused to endorse.

On Sept. 8, 2022, Britain's longest-reigning monarch died after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. On Aug. 26 this year, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, returned to the U.K., where their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will attend school.

As the Sussexes settle into their new life in Britain, with details about their private home and their children's school closely guarded, royal experts told Fox News Digital that the arrangement recalls the "half-in, half-out" proposal the late queen rejected.

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"Harry may feel vindicated because, superficially, he has created something resembling the freedom he originally wanted," Kinsey Schofield, host of the YouTube show "Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered," told Fox News Digital. "But I think calling it a victory misunderstands what the queen rejected."

"I see absolutely no reason to believe she would have changed her mind," Schofield said. " spent 70 years protecting the distinction between the crown and the individual. It seems unlikely that one of the defining judgements of her final years would suddenly have become negotiable."

While the Sussexes have returned to the U.K. for an extended stay, they won't resume their roles as working royals. They will live in a private, non-royal residence outside London while maintaining their California home and a property in Portugal. People magazine reported that Meghan is in early talks for a role in the Netflix drama "The Gentlemen."

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On Monday, the Lord Chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, sent a letter to senior officials in the government and military, as well as lord lieutenants, the king's personal representatives around the country.

The letter drew a firm line around the Sussexes homecoming, reaffirming that the couple will not resume official duties. 

"It is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of The Sovereign, and are no longer working Members of The Royal Family," a letter sent on behalf of King Charles III read, Fox News can confirm. "This position, distinct from the State and Royal duties undertaken by the working Royal Family, and with the personal latitude it brings the couple in respect of financial independence and protection of their privacy as they would wish, will continue to be fully respected."

"It follows that there is no change to the current status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex," the letter added. "Their styles as His and Her Royal Highness remain in abeyance and are not used. The charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as in 2020 after describing intense scrutiny from the British press and saying they lacked support from the palace.

"Following conversations with the duke, the queen has written confirming that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service," a statement from Buckingham Palace read at the time.

In response, the couple issued a state