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After the birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019, Prince Harry and Meghan made clear that they had chosen not to use a title for their son.
At the time, sycophantic journalists such as Omid Scobie gushed that this decision was ‘all part’ of their desire to give their son ‘as normal a life as possible’.
Yet, after moving to the egalitarian US, the couple seemed to have a change of heart.
So insistent were they that he deserved a regal title that they whined about in their explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
And they referred to their daughter as ‘Princess Lilibet’ for the first time after her christening in California was announced in 2023.
Not apparently content with these titles, however, they wanted their children to be known as His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness to boot.
We know this because a ‘source close’ to them informed the Guardian newspaper that the couple had applied for British passports for their children and requested that HRH was printed on them.
The source said this was ‘so that when they grow older they can decide for themselves whether they want to become working royals, or stay out of public life’.
The report failed to attract much attention until I wrote about it in the Daily Mail.According to Tom Sykes, of US news website Daily Beast, my article spurred the heir to the throne into action.
‘Prince William will strip Prince Harry’s children of their HRH titles when he becomes King after a provocative briefing by the exiled royal “flabbergasted” royal insiders,’ he reported.
From what I am told, the removal of their HRHs could be part of a wider ‘slimming down’ of the monarchy when William becomes King.
‘Why on earth are Harry and Meghan so bothered about all these titles?’ a courtier asks me.
‘They are meant to be pursuing a new life in America.’
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After Meghan Markle’s explosive comments to a podcast about ‘LIES’ told about her our royal experts Rebecca English and Richard Eden look at the claims and take us on a history of her fall out with the Royal Family and say why she might regret airing these claims again.
Richard Eden meanwhile reveals why he believes that Prince William will remove Prince Harry and Meghans’ titles when he’s king AND those of Archie and Lilibet.
PLUS Rebecca English explains her fascinating story on Princess Catherine’s recovery after her surprise withdrawal from Royal Ascot.
AND don’t miss our montage for Prince William’s 43rd birthday!
Just click the video above to watch.
Why Trump WILL get his State Visit … but a stay with Charles at Balmoral is off the cards
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has reportedly ‘gone against the wishes of the King’ in bringing Donald Trump’s historic second UK State Visit forward to September.
What Kate’s friends tell me after she missed Royal Ascot, how she’s been ‘to hell and back’ – and why we’re ‘very likely’ to see her at Wimbledon
As drama surrounds Catherine’s absence from Royal Ascot last week, the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English speaks with the future Queen’s friends and associates about what is really going on behind the scenes.
What a twerk! Jamie brings Meghan’s craze into the Palace
Made In Chelsea couple Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo film themselves mimicking Harry and Meghan’s infamous ‘Baby Mama’ dance in the heart of Buckingham Palace.
Hollywood royalty meets the real thing
King Charles chats to George and Amal Clooney at Buckingham Palace event where Kenyan teen Alice Ngitira won Amal’s Women’s Empowerment Award.
America’s queen of jams savages Meghan’s latest ‘As Ever’ fruit spread
Champion jam-maker Donna Collins said: ‘It’s a real disappointment that Meghan is selling a fruit spread, which is what you make when your jam fails.’
Don’t look Harry, your father’s a Netflix star too
Streaming giant Netflix announces ‘major new documentary partnership’ between King Charles and Hollywood star Idris Elba. The pair are working on a film exploring the impact of The King’s Trust as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
William’s on duty… with a different Cate
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett joins Prince William on visit to sustainable clothing dye firm Colorifix, which was a finalist in the Prince of Wales’s Earthshot Prize awards.
Harry’s olive branch as he invites the King and senior Royals to next Invictus Games
The Invictus Games finale is, however, set to clash with Queen Camilla’s 80th birthday celebrations. Read this exclusive story from the Mail on Sunday’s Editor at Large Charlotte Griffiths.
Many yappy returns, Wills!
Prince William gazes at a puppy as another scrambles over his legs in a photo released to mark his 43rd birthday.
