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In this Monday, June 18, 2018 file photo, Britain's Prince Edward, center, in his roles as Knight Companion and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, leave in a carriage after the Order of The Garter Service at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. As the British royal family wrestles with the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, it could look to Europe for examples of how princes and princesses have tried to carve out careers away from the pomp and ceremony of their families’ traditional duties. Prince Edward, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1993 launched a TV production firm that failed in 2011, and his wife Sophie tried to keep her established public relations firm going after she married Edward in 1999. (Matt Dunham/AP, pool, file)

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As the British royal family wrestles with the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, it could look to Europe for examples of how princes and princesses have tried, with varying degrees of success, to carve out careers away from the pomp and ceremony of their families’ traditional duties.

By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press January 15, 2020