Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, culminated months of publicly moaning about the woes of the monarchy with a bombshell announcement that they would be stepping down from their position as “senior royals,” splitting their time between their U.K. residence in Frogmore Cottage and North America. They clearly couldn’t handle the actual responsibilities of royalty, so their decision to quit would be the eminently correct one — if they weren’t trying to have their cake and eat it too.

As it turns out, the Sussexes not only disrespected future kings Prince Charles and Prince William by warning them of their announcement just 10 minutes before the fact, but they also outright defied Queen Elizabeth II, who had explicitly told Harry not to go forward with any announcement or even debate the details until he had negotiated them with Charles. Buckingham Palace published a statement attempting to backtrack the Sussex’s declaration as “complicated” and described discussions as still at “an early stage,” but the message became clear enough overnight. Meghan and Harry declared war on the House of Windsor, and that means it’s time for them not to merely “step back” but abdicate entirely.