Prince Charles, 71, is second in line to the throne and the longest royal in waiting to reign. The Duke of Cornwall is believed to have been planning to reduce the number of working members of the Royal Family to optimise the number of duties carried out and costs. But despite a smaller family, Harry and his family will still be an “important part of it”, according to royal expert Rebecca English.
Speaking to Palace Confidential on MailPlus, she said: “It’s history, George V laid down some rules and regulations which basically said that the only family to the direct heir to the throne passed down through the male line would be entitled to be able HRH’s and Prince and Princesses.
“The simple fact is that as Harry’s son, Archie was not entitled to be an HRH or Prince when he was born unless they ask the Queen to issue letters patent to make a point of making him one.
“I have to say, we were very strongly briefed at the time as journalists by the people employed by the Sussexes that they were cool with this.
“They wanted Archie to be master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and to be able to live a life, if he so chose, like Zara and Peter Phillips and not conflated with the issues of security.”
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Ms English added: “Meghan saying very clearly, the only reason why she wanted him to be a prince was that came with a level of security and that would keep my child safe.
“But the point that’s been made to me is as…
