Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s alleged future plans for their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have been questioned by royal expert Jennie Bond.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may no longer be working royals or carry out duties for the King. But the couple reportedly don’t want to rule out their children opting to support the monarchy, despite their bombshell move to quit their royal roles.
Insiders close to the Sussexes have said they want Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to retain their titles and HRH styles so they can choose to become working royals if they so wish when they are adults. It came after the source spoke out and claimed the Sussexes feared passports for their children were being held up due to the use of their royal titles.
The couple are said to have been left exasperated as they waited months for British passports to arrive and reportedly believed it was due to the fact they included their children’s royal titles on the application. But former BBC royal expert Jennie Bond has questioned why Harry and Meghan appear so keen to cling onto titles for their children – even though they have previously railed against the institution of monarchy.
She told the Mirror : “I really don’t understand why, having extricated themselves from a life they did not enjoy and in which Harry has publicly spoken of ‘feeling trapped’, they want to give their children the option of re-joining. It makes no sense.
“Who knows what’s going to happen in the future? But it’s very hard to see how two children who are clearly now more American than British would want to change their whole way of life and become working members of the royal family.”
Archie and Lilibet got prince and princess titles when their grandfather King Charles became monarch in 2022. The first time their titles were formally announced was after Lilibet’s christening in March 2023.
Due to the reported hold-up in their British passports, it is said that Harry started to explore the possibility of changing his family surname to Spencer in a nod to his late mother, Princess Diana.
And Jennie continued, “I believe Harry has always been more Spencer than Windsor, so it would be Spencer if he wanted to change his name.”
“But this would be the culmination of his relationship with his brother and father,” he said. He would make the declaration in front of the entire royal family, which would be in public.
Since the Sussexes dumped their royal roles five years ago, there has been ongoing controversy over their HRH titles. Meghan and the Duke of Sussex agreed to end using “Her Royal Highness” and “His Royal Highness” at the end of March 2020 as part of their Megxit negotiations with the Palace. Harry has had his since birth, but they are essentially held in abeyance, despite the fact that they still have the styles.
However, earlier this year, it became clear Meghan had used her HRH style on a monogrammed card that was sent to make-up artist Jamie Kern Lima. It read, “With Compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex.”
In the footage from her podcast interview with Meghan, Kern Lima showed a picture of the present. Meghan’s jam was in a jar as part of her As Ever lifestyle business, which she has started selling.
The basket was referred to as a “personal gift,” according to a source. The couple’s representatives denied using them, but a source later revealed that the Sussexes did not use HRH in public but did so in a manner that was both respectful and commercial.
Source: Mirror
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