Among the European Royal families, various senior members have stepped back from duty over the years. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their decision to step back from their senior roles in 2020. The couple married in 2018 and they now spend their life mainly in the United States. They continuously receive a lot of media attention, with articles from all over the world reporting about their lives. In the first four months of 2021, Prince Harry was mentioned in 48,651 articles, and Meghan Markle was mentioned in 34,388 articles. A different story concerns Prince Andrew, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II. He suspended his public duties in 2019, as there are allegations of sexual abuse against him for his connections with Jeffrey Epstein. In 2019, Prince Andrew was mentioned in 58,620 news articles. For more information on European Royal families, please consult our report Celebrity Index - European royal families.
Number of articles mentioning European Royal Families' members who stepped back from their senior roles worldwide from 2017 to 2021
Total number of all articles GDELT monitored during that time interval which include at least once the search term. Search terms with spaces are handled as one word, e.g. "The Queen" is different from "Queen".
The mentions refer to the GDELT database which translates articles in 65 languages into English.
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