Queen Elizabeth II has responded to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s request to “step back” as senior members of the royal family.

“Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family,” the reigning monarch shared in a statement. “My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family. 【小题1】 we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a 【小题2】 (value) part of my family.”

“Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant 【小题3】 public funds in their new lives,” the 93-year-old continued. “It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition 【小题4】   the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK. These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions 【小题5】 (reach) in the coming days.”

Elizabeth had called for a face-to-face meeting with Harry, 35, and other members of the royal family in order to iron out logistics of his and Markle’s decision to become “financially independent” of the crown.

The meeting marked the first time the queen and her grandson met following the shocking announcement on social media last week. 【小题6】 reflected the queen’s desire to contain the fallout from Harry and Meghan’s decision. A palace insider previously said that the royal family were not informed of the couple’s announcement   【小题7】 it was made to the world.

The meeting comes after days of intense news coverage, in which supporters of the royal family’s feuding (长期不和) factions used the British media to paint 【小题8】 (conflict) pictures of who was to blame for the rift.

The royal brothers even issued a rare joint statement denying media claims 【小题9】 William is to blame for the couple’s move to split their time between the United Kingdom and North America.

Last week, Duke and Duchess of Sussex 【小题10】 (share) on social media that their decision came “after many months of reflection and internal discussions.”

A few days ago, the Cannes Film Festival officially 【小题1】(announce) that Tang Wei’s new film Decision to Leave was shortlisted (提名) for the main 【小题2】(compete). This is also the 【小题3】(six) time for Tang Wei to be shortlisted in Cannes. She is 【小题4】 old friend of the film festival. 【小题5】 the premiere (首映) at Cannes, the complexity of Tang Wei’s role has been 【小题6】(recognize) by many film critics, and she has also been locked as a candidate for the Cannes actress. Park Chan-wook is a Korean national treasure director. His 【小题7】(work) are often presented at international film festivals, and the 【小题8】(lead) actors are also national treasure actors. When 【小题9】(talk) about the special features of working with director Park Chan-wook, Tang Wei recalled that the director gave the actors a very complete amount of information, 【小题10】 made the actors feel safe and the filming was very good to enjoy.

Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934 in London and 【小题1】 (grow) up in Bournemouth on the southern coast of England. By the age of ten or eleven she had dreamed of going to Africa 【小题2】 (live) with animals. She had encouragement from her mother 【小题3】 told her, “Jane, if you really want something and if you work hard and never give up you will somehow find a way.”

When a friend invited her to Kenya in 1957, Jane 【小题4】 (ready) accepted the offer. Jane traveled to Kenya by boat at the age of 23 and 【小题5】 was there that she heard of Dr. Louis Leakey and managed to impress him with her knowledge of Africa and its wildlife. Dr. Leakey hired her as his assistant at Gombe National Park watching the wild chimpanzees and 【小题6】(record) everything she saw.

Goodall married Baron Hugo van Lawick in 1964. They broke 【小题7】 in 1974. In 1965 she earned her Ph. D. in Ethology (动物行动学) from Cambridge University and returned to Tanzania for her studies. One of her many observations was 【小题8】 chimpanzees make and use tools. This 【小题9】 (behave) was previously thought to separate humans from other animals. Over the years Goodall’s studies have continued to show the many striking similarities between humans 【小题10】 chimpanzees.