Key items on the table at Queen’s royal crisis summit in Sandringham

The Queen has called a high-stakes emergency summit to deal with Harry and Meghan’s bombshell decision. Here’s what they’re talking about.

The Queen, Prince Charles, and Prince William have all arrived in Sandringham ahead of Monday’s hugely significant – and historic – emergency summit to hammer out the details of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s exit from the royal front line.

It’s a momentous occasion – with incredibly high stakes.

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Ever since Harry and Meghan dropped the bombshell statement on Instagram that they had decided to “step back” – closely followed by a terse Buckingham Palace statement telling them to hold their horses – questions have been flying over how, exactly, this unprecedented situation would even work.

Keenly aware of the PR damage the ongoing uncertainty is causing the monarchy, the Queen reportedly called for the urgent meeting between the royal households to resolve the matter once and for all.

The Queen is said to be deeply ‘disappointed’ in her grandson. Picture: AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File

According to The Telegraph in the UK, aides have already drawn up a potential blueprint for Harry and Meghan’s new life in North America, but there are still “complicated issues” that need to be resolved. The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry will be presented with “a range of possibilities for the family to review” during Monday’s meeting.

Within days, if not hours, the general outcome of the talks will likely be made clear to the public.

Here are all the key items on the agenda:

FUNDING

The biggest question to arise in the aftermath of the Sussex announcement has been around funding for the high-profile couple. There’s no precedent to map out the path for their future payments from the monarchy – and there’s also confusion over how their plan to “work toward becoming financially independent” would actually work.

According to The Telegraph, it’s been suggested that Harry and Meghan may be offered a phase-out plan that allows them to “transition” to new roles outside of the royal family when they’ve become fully self-funded.

It would mean an interim funding plan involving the Duchy of Cornwall purse, but that stream of income would be reduced over time.

As future king, Prince Charles will have a large hand in shaping the deal. Picture: Niklas Halle’n/AFP

TITLES

Another issue to be resolved is whether or not the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will retain their HRH status.

While it’s unlikely their family will strip them of their titles, ITV news anchor Tom Bradby, who is also a friend of the couple, admitted they were “philosophical” about “the prospect of losing their titles and becoming, in the end, entirely self-funded”.

TAX

With Harry and Meghan eyeing off commercial deals and business ventures in the future, the issue of how much tax they will have to pay is something else to be worked out.

As an American citizen, Meghan already pays tax in the US on any global earnings. If the couple base themselves part-time in Canada, as is widely reported, they may have to adhere to the nation’s law that requires anyone spending 183 days or more there to pay income tax on their global earnings.

The UK allows just 90 days before the tax rules apply.

SECURITY

Harry and Meghan attempted to address the very significant question of who should pay their ongoing security costs on their new website last week – but as SussexRoyal.com wasn’t actually approved by the Queen, it’s hardly set in stone.

The paragraph read: “The provision of armed security by The Metropolitan Police is mandated by the Home Office, a ministerial department of Her Majesty’s Government, responsible for security and law & order. As stated on gov.uk, “No breakdown of security costs is available as disclosure of such information could compromise the integrity of these arrangements and affect the security of the individuals protected. It is long established policy not to comment upon the protective security arrangements and their related costs for members of the Royal Family or their residences.”

But the costs of taking care of Harry, Meghan and their eight-month-old son Archie outside of established royal residences in Britain could skyrocket – and will be a major part of the conversations during the emergency summit.

Prince Harry and baby Archie in Canada. Picture: Instagram

An option being discussed is the idea of scaling back the number of their taxpayer-funded protection officers and topping up the security team with private bodyguards, paid for by Harry and Meghan.

FROGMORE COTTAGE

A big sticking point with the frustrated British public is the £2.4 million ($A4.54 million) of taxpayers’ money used to renovate Frogmore Cottage at Windsor after Harry and Meghan made the “full-time” move from Kensington Palace last year. Just months later, and they’ve announced it’ll now only serve as their occasional UK pad.

Frogmore Cottage will become their part-time residence. Picture: GOR/Getty Images

ROYAL FUTURE

According The Telegraph, Sir Mark Sedwill, the head of the British Civil Service, has drafted a plan that would offer Harry and Meghan the opportunity to take on a high-profile Commonwealth role, whereby they could live in Canada and undertake a limited number of official trips each year.

It’s an ambitious plan and, as a source told the publication, the concern among aides is that this unprecedented blend of charitable royal ventures and commercial plans would be “very difficult to pull off”.