It seems that the infamous royal feud is back in full swing, especially over those HRH titles. As many royal fans know, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left the royal family years ago, and when they left, Queen Elizabeth II reportedly asked them to remove HRHs from their monikers, to no avail. And now, something else has happened, and it’s allegedly got Prince William steaming.
Earlier this month, the U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported: “The Guardian understands that Prince Harry wants to keep the HRH titles for his children so that when they grow older they can decide for themselves whether they want to become working royals, or stay out of public life.”
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While this seems harmless, the Daily Beast noted that the wording is often a report from PR teams, or authorized sources similar to PR teams of the person being talked about.
This went under the radar for some time, royals, royal pals, and royal insiders are now talking about this nonstop. And it turns out, William will allegedly put a stop to it as soon as he can, affecting his niece and nephew’s royal future.
One friend of William’s told The Daily Beast, “William obviously isn’t going to hire Archie and Lilibet. This is just trolling on the part of Harry and Meghan. It’s actually hilarious that no one even noticed it for ten days, until the Mail did it. The idea that somehow having a vestigial HRH as a baby later entitles you to be a working royal is beyond parody, even for them.”
So, Archie and Lilibet will allegedly not be any part of the royal family, if it’s up to William.
“Harry and Meghan were asked by the queen to stop using their HRHs, and agreed. Obviously, any reasonable person would understand that would mean your kids don’t use them either,” insiders claimed to the outlet. “The simple fact is that Meghan has gone back on the deal by using her HRH. It’s a straightforward betrayal of the deal, and if she now intends to start parading the kids as HRHs to aggrandize herself, it just adds to the case to remove them, legally, altogether. They have asked the Sussexes politely to stop using the style, to no avail, so I imagine William will simply issue new letters patent to formally remove the entire family’s right to use HRH when he becomes king.”
WINDSOR, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 10: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on the long Walk at Windsor Castle arrive to view flowers and tributes to HM Queen Elizabeth on September 10, 2022 in Windsor, England. Crowds have gathered and tributes left at the gates of Windsor Castle to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Balmoral Castle on 8 September, 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Now, Harry and Meghan losing their titles isn’t a new debate. The Queen allowed Prince Harry and Meghan to keep their titles (that’s His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness, of course) after Megxit, but it was later revoked. Since then, it’s been a highly debated topic, and now the Sussex kids are getting involved.
Now, is William close with his niece and nephew? Allegedly, no.
Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker talked to GB News’ flagship podcast The Royal Record with presenter Ellie Costello and GBNews.com’s Royal Editor Svar Nanan-Sen, about how William has virtually no relationship with Lilibet and Archie.
“William and Kate don’t have any relationship with Archie and Lilibet either. We know that King Charles has only met Lilibet once – the same probably goes for William and Kate,” Svar said. “Archie and Lilibet have no relationship with George, Charlotte and Louis – and they’re cousins.”
Svar added, “So this feud between Harry and William and Kate and Meghan is creating a rift down the entire family that is crossing generations.”
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