{"id":17233,"date":"2025-04-13T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17233\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:55:09","slug":"outrage-as-meghan-markle-reasserts-her-royal-highness-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17233\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage as Meghan Markle Reasserts Her \u201cRoyal Highness\u201d Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle<\/a> has provoked outrage among friends of the royal family after publishing a message addressing herself as \u201cYour Royal Highness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Markle and Harry never formally surrendered their His\/Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles but agreed to stop using them after they quit the royal family and left the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Until now, this tenuous deal had held despite growing calls in the U.K. for the couple to be stripped of their titles.<\/p>\n

However, Markle has now called that agreement into question by publishing a letter from Ukraine\u2019s vice president on Instagram<\/a> using the greeting this weekend. <\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace declined to comment, but a friend of King Charles III<\/a> told The Daily Beast that he would be dismayed at Markle posting a screengrab to Instagram of a message from a senior Ukrainian\u2019s vice prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, that began, \u201cYour Royal Highness, I would like to express my sincere thanks for everything your family is doing for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s outrageous. Every time you think they can\u2019t make it worse, they make it worse,\u201d the friend of the king said. \u201cThe deal with the HRH was a way to stop them cashing in while letting them walk away with pride and dignity and trust, and now Markle is using her HRH on a website which seems to exist to sell jam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say they want reconciliation,\u201d the source added. \u201cI\u2019m sure the king\u2019s first reaction will be dismay, but he simply doesn\u2019t allow himself to get angry about things like this anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

A friend of Prince William\u2019s said: \u201cIt\u2019s actually quite a clever way of testing the water, because there is deniability there, she can say, \u2018Well, I just wanted to publish this nice letter to raise awareness for Ukraine, and oops! they got my name wrong\u2014but oh, actually, now I think of it, I never gave the title up anyway, and maybe I will start using it again.\u2018”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a step in the wrong direction, basically, away from the agreement. You\u2019d have to be an idiot to believe that she didn\u2019t know exactly what she was doing when she posted that message, unedited, to her stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

An expert in heraldry who knows the family told The Daily Beast: \u201cThere were plenty of people at the time who said it was a mistake to make not using the title a mere gentleman\u2019s agreement rather than just removing it. This post may not matter in and of itself, but it raises a bigger question: What are they going to do if she simply starts using her HRH again? She probably can\u2019t be stopped as things stand right now. The bottom line is, she is, officially, an HRH. It was never removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Markle\u2019s office did not respond to a query asking if the post meant either that she would henceforth not correct people using her HRH title or that she intended to actively start using it herself again.<\/p>\n

Harry seems lost in London<\/b><\/p>\n

Quite where it all went wrong for Prince Harry<\/a> is a matter of debate, but there is little doubt that he cut a sadly diminished figure in London\u2019s appeal court this week, where he was conducting yet another, extremely expensive court case<\/a> in pursuit of automatic, top-spec, armed security whenever he turns up in the U.K. <\/p>\n

The bitter interview<\/a> he gave afterward did little to help. He pleaded that he and Markle just wanted to create a \u201chappy home\u201d and that the Windsors should have supported them as it would have eased tensions more widely. He then basically accused his family of depriving him of security to control him (allegations that Harry sources have previously made to The Daily Beast) and to frustrate his and Markle\u2019s desire to leave the royal family and \u201ctrap\u201d them in the U.K. <\/p>\n

Friends of the royals say the opposite is true: The last thing anyone in the family wanted after the couple left in a blaze of recriminations was for Harry or Markle to step foot in the U.K. ever again. The queen, for example, made it very clear that they couldn\u2019t be half commercial and half royal, would have to give up their HRHs (see above), and wished them well with their life overseas. <\/p>\n

After the Oprah interview\u2014conducted, to the disgust of the family, as Prince Philip was dying\u2014in which they accused unnamed members of the family, later identified as the king and Kate Middleton<\/a>, of asking racist questions about their babies and skin color, attitudes hardened. The desire not to have them ever return intensified. <\/p>\n

The great advantage of the current system\u2014from the Windsor point of view\u2014some sources say, is that the Sussexes have to give 28 days\u2019 notice of their plans to be in the U.K. and a reason for their visit if they want official security. <\/p>\n

Even if Harry miraculously wins the narrowly focused challenge he is now engaged in, there is no way he will ever receive full-time security in the U.K. ever again, a source tells The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning the case won\u2019t restore his security,\u201d the source said. \u201cAll it will mean is that Harry will score a technical point that the way the decision was made was wrong. The end destination can be got to again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry has made his bed; gilded exile boosting his internet influencer wife in California is his lot for now, as a bit part appearances on Markle\u2019s Instagram make clear. <\/p>\n

Maybe publicly trashing his entire, extremely powerful, family, no matter how much he got paid or how ghastly and biased they had been, wasn\u2019t the smartest move? <\/p>\n

Prince William\u2019s football punditry impresses<\/b><\/p>\n

If Harry seemed a sad shade of his former self in London, Prince William, by contrast, emerged with his lad-credibility hugely enhanced from an unexpected guest appearance on TNT Sports during his beloved soccer club Aston Villa\u2019s Champions League quarter-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n

Before the game, he gave a lengthy interview and impressed with his sharp insight, authentic passion, and impressive knowledge on camera.<\/p>\n

A lifelong Aston Villa supporter, William delivered a rather good pre-match analysis as he broke down PSG\u2019s \u201chigh pressing\u201d game and praised Villa boss Unai Emery\u2019s tactical setup. \u201cI love the way Unai sets the team up \u2014 structured, intense, and really hard to break down,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll need to stay compact but try to nick a goal. That first goal is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prince also brought along his son, Prince George, for the historic night, saying, \u201cI want George to experience a night out away from home in a big European competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Villa lost 3\u20131 on the night, but William\u2019s performance in the pundit\u2019s chair left him the outright winner. <\/p>\n

King Charles \u201cis recovering\u201d from cancer and \u201cgetting better,\u201d Queen Camilla says<\/b><\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace has remained careful and cautious when it comes to public statements about King Charles\u2019 prognosis following his cancer diagnosis last year, but his wife, Queen Camilla, is now coming out and saying it: The king is \u201cgetting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite what sources called a \u201cminor bump in the road\u201d last month when the king was briefly hospitalized (for observation only, The Royalist understands) after an adverse reaction to his ongoing, weekly treatment, at Harley Street hospital the London Clinic, the king, and his aides, seemed remarkably chipper on their trip to Italy last week. <\/p>\n

The positive vibes extended to his wife, who gave the clearest indication yet that Charles\u2019 prognosis is trending positive in comments to the media, saying: \u201cHe loves his work, and it keeps him going. And I think it\u2019s wonderful, you know, if you\u2019ve been ill and you are recovering, you\u2019re getting better and now he wants to do more and more and more. That\u2019s what he\u2019s driven by, helping others.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the king certainly appears to have lost some weight and is careful about rationing his engagements and appearances quite, and there are some in his circle who believe the trip to Australasia last year was an unnecessary risk, few would disagree that he has appeared on terrific form in recent encounters with the public and other dignitaries (such as the convalescing Pope, who he and Camilla met this week).<\/p>\n

Also not in doubt: that he has tackled his diagnosis with extraordinary personal bravery and courage. <\/p>\n

A friend of the king tells The Daily Beast: \u201cHe is in a very different place now to where he was six months ago. Of course, there is an acceptance that he will have to be careful and that things could change, but fundamentally, he is brimming with optimism. It\u2019s wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

God save the king!<\/p>\n