It’s been nearly five days since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey was aired.
Some shocking revelations were made during the tell-all, one of which pertained to the royal title of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
When he was born in May 2019, it was announced that he would not be receiving a royal title, something that many thought was down to the decision of Harry and Meghan.
However, in the interview, Meghan claimed ‘The Firm’ did not want Archie to receive a title.
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“They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or a princess — not knowing what the gender would be — which would be different from protocol,” she said.
But the real reason why Archie doesn’t currently have a title is down to the fact that royal rules state that only grandchildren of the Queen automatically becomes a prince or a princess.
So a grandchild of a Monarch automatically becomes Prince or Princess.
Archie is GREAT-grandchild of the Queen. Therefore Meghan is alleging that the Institution was trying to change the future rule when Charles becomes King-and Archie (and sister) are the Monarch’s grandchildren— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 8, 2021
Since Archie is a great-grandchild of the monarch, a title was not extended to him. However,…
