{"id":510599,"date":"2025-10-18T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/510599\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:49:10","slug":"prince-andrew-sarah-fergusons-decision-seen-as-boost-for-harry-and-meghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/510599\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson&#8217;s decision seen as boost for Harry and Meghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/629258_4595577_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: File photo\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: File photo<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson\u2019s decision to stop using their royal titles has reignited debate over the monarchy\u2019s handling of royal status\u00a0 and, according to analysts, may ultimately embolden Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n<p>The move followed a statement from Buckingham Palace announcing that Andrew and his ex-wife would no longer use their titles amid continuing scrutiny of the Duke\u2019s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/629258_1934279_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson: File photo\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson: File photo<\/p>\n<p>But as CNN\u2019s Max Foster noted, \u201cPrince Andrew has not been stripped of his titles. He\u2019s only agreed to stop using most of them anyway\u2026 Nothing has been taken from him at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foster said Andrew \u201cremains Prince Andrew\u201d since that title, as the son of a monarch, \u201ccan\u2019t be taken away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clarification, royal observers say, is likely to reassure Harry and Meghan that their own titles, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, remain secure despite ongoing public pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the California-based couple have repeatedly called on King Charles to revoke their titles, with some hoping Prince William might do so when he becomes king.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Foster\u2019s explanation underscores a key royal reality: while usage can be restricted, hereditary titles cannot be removed without Parliament\u2019s intervention, a move seen as highly unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: File photo Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson\u2019s decision to stop using their royal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-510599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-meghan","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115397850978964696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}