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Prince Harry and Meghan鈥檚 announcement that they will step back from their royal duties is not the first time the British royal family has tried to reform itself from within. In 1992 Queen Elizabeth had what she called her 鈥渁nnus horribilis鈥� . It was the year that her sons Prince Charles and Prince Andrew both separated from their wives, while her daughter Princess Anne got divorced - and it was also the year that Windsor Castle caught fire. The Way Ahead group was set up by senior members of the royal family and some of their closest advisors to make sure that Britain鈥檚 monarchy stayed relevant in the modern age. Lucy Burns speaks to Charles Anson, who was the Queen鈥檚 press secretary at the time.

(Photo: Queen Elizabeth II makes her "annus horribilis" speech at London's Guildhall, November 1992. Credit: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)