At the time when Harry and Meghan dramatically announced their departure from the UK, that decision came as a surprise even to those who closely observed events on the British Royal Court, and like a bolt out of the blue to others. Although a plethora of articles in the media and even books have been published on Megxit over the past four years, the real reasons for this phenomenon have yet to be fully ascertained. This research into Harry and Meghan’s chronicle started immediately after Megxit happened, but the insight into the real story gets more complicated with every new and different perspective on the event. As soon as the couple revealed their decision, a case study was carried out with third-year students at the English Department of Belgrade Faculty of Philology, with one simple task: to describe what they saw as the main cause or causes for Megxit. Students were given the liberty to choose the form and length of their writing, so the results ranged from short one-sentence answers to entire essays. It is important to underline that the respondents had already completed three courses in British Studies, about UK's history, institutions and culture, and were starting the fourth course, so their knowledge about the British Royal Family was quite adequate. Nowadays, after a sufficiently long time distance, it is rather interesting to analyse the views of Serbian students regarding Megxit and to compare them with what has been revealed so far.

Authors:
Biljana Djoric Francuski, University of Belgrade, Serbia

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Biljana Djoric Francuski is a University Postdoctoral Fellow or Instructor at University of Belgrade in Serbia

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