UK monarchy scrambles for solutions after Harry, Meghan bombshell

Newspaper headlines included The Sun's "Megxit", saying the couple had sparked civil war at the palace. [POOL/AFP/File / Aaron Chown]

The British monarchy scrambled Thursday to find urgent "workable solutions" for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan after their bombshell decision to quit front-line duties caught the royal family off guard.

Queen Elizabeth II, heir to the throne Prince Charles and his eldest son Prince William, Harry's brother, have ordered their aides to work with Harry's household and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government to come up with swift answers to the royal crisis.