Here comes the royal tone police! In Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s long process of withdrawing from the royal family, both sides seemed to have finally reached an impasse, with the Queen declaring earlier this month that the Sussexes would always remain “much loved members of the family.” There’s no sugarcoating the fact that this was not a happy ending: Harry had wanted to hold on to his royal patronages and the Queen had wanted him to return to his post as a senior royal, and neither happened. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams was far from alone in noting to Us Weekly that the Sussexes’ final statement had assumed a more defiant tone than previous communications, but what he reads into that tone is unique and ultimately may be a mistake. Fitzwilliams asserts that this statement was the couple’s last attempt to “lecture” the Queen, but that’s not at all how we see their position.