Now that their grandfather King Charles is, well, King, the Sussex kids could be looking at a major title change: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Emphasis on could, because it’s really up to Prince Charles and it’s unclear what he’ll do.
Under the 1917 Letters Patent by King George V, the title of Prince/Princess can be used by 1) the children of the sovereign, 2) the children of the sovereign’s sons, and 3) the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. Prince Harry is the second son of King Charles, so his kids previously were not guaranteed titles back when Charles was still a Prince.
However, now that Charles is King, Harry’s kids are eligible for titles. The thing is, Charles is said to want a “slimmed down monarchy” where only direct heirs and their families have a title (which in this case would mean Prince William and his family). And back in 2021, a source told the Daily Mail that “Harry and Meghan were told Archie would never be a Prince, even when Charles became King.”
Meghan previously spoke about Archie’s lack of title in an interview with Oprah, saying “They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn’t going to receive security. This went on for the last few months of our pregnancy, where I was going, ‘Hold on for a second.’ They said [he’s not going to get security] because he’s not going to be a prince. Okay, well, he needs to be safe so we’re not saying don’t make him a prince or princess, but if you’re saying the title is what’s going to affect that protection, we haven’t created this monster machine around us in terms of clickbait and tabloid fodder. You’ve allowed that to happen, which means our son needs to be safe.”
Charles hasn’t made any public decisions about titles as of yet, but stay tuned.
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