A few days ago, Prince Harry jumped on a plane to visit his father, King Charles III, in London, after he had just learned that he was battling cancer. This February 14, 2024, with his wife, Meghan Markle, he was in Whistler, British Columbia, in anticipation of the Invictus Games in 2025, which will be held in Canada. And while the couple has relaunched their website sussex.com, one detail has not escaped the public.
They drop Mountbatten-Windsor to be called Sussex
Their children, previously named Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor according to their birth certificates, have changed their surnames. Remember, in 2021, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry lamented to Oprah Winfrey that their little boy, Archie, had not received a princely title, while the Duchess of Sussex was pregnant with her second child. Three years after this nasty stinking ball, the Sussexes, who now have a daughter, Lilibet, have received titles of prince and princess for their children.
On their official website as well as that of the Crown, they are now called “Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex”. As is customary within the British royal family, the sovereign’s direct grandchildren receive this honor. In fact, since the accession to the throne of Charles III, Prince Harry’s children have been in the same boat as their cousins George, Charlotte and Louis of Wales.
As for the choice of Sussex, instead of Mountbatten-Windsor (the names of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II), Prince Harry’s entourage assures that it results from a desire for unification of family. Evil tongues have detected a commercial desire on the part of the parents, who made their name a brand…
“Children’s titles are a birthright”
It should be remembered that when Archie was born in May 2019, he was seventh in line to the throne and – despite being a great-grandson of the monarch – he was not the eldest son of a future king and not He was therefore not automatically a prince. The coronation of Charles III changed the situation. And a spokesperson for the Sussexes therefore declared: “Children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch.This issue has been resolved for some time in agreement with Buckingham Palace.“.
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