{"id":66049,"date":"2025-05-01T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66049\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:53:11","slug":"prince-william-will-take-action-against-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-when-he-becomes-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66049\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William &#8216;will take action&#8217; against Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when he becomes king"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William will take measures against Prince Harry and Meghan Markle once he is on the throne, according to insiders.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle has stirred up controversy by using her HRH title, despite agreeing not to after stepping back from royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess recently sent a gift basket to cosmetics entrepreneur Jamie Kern Lima containing homemade jam, organic ice cream and flowers.<\/p>\n<p>The package notably included a card reading: &#8220;With the compliments of HRH, The Duchess of Sussex&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"fa3af\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"3588af0ca876d542740ef5ab65899907\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prince-harry-and-prince-william.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Prince William\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince William to take measures against Prince Harry and Meghan Markle once he is on the throne, according to insiders.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Lima shared this detail in a YouTube video featuring an interview with Meghan, uploaded on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the visible use of the HRH title, Meghan&#8217;s representatives have denied she is using it for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time in recent weeks that the duchess has publicised her royal title.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan posted a message on her Instagram account from a Ukrainian government minister addressing her as &#8220;Your Royal Highness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ba88f\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"72ff52e90e5a085e5f271be19c8113a5\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203086%202057'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/meghan-markle.jpg\" width=\"3086\" height=\"2057\" alt=\"Meghan Markle\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle has stirred up controversy by using her HRH title despite agreeing not to after stepping back from royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>The decision to publish this message has been viewed as a deliberately provocative act by royal sources.<\/p>\n<p>A source told the Mail: &#8220;Harry and Meghan are like rebellious teenagers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another insider said: &#8220;They&#8217;re constantly pushing the boundaries to test what they can get away with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior courtiers have made clear they do not expect King Charles to take action against his son and daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch has traditionally avoided confrontation and has kept options open for the Sussexes should they seek to return to royal duties.<\/p>\n<p>He has not removed Harry from his role as a Counsellor of State, which could see him standing in for royal duties in emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the King requested that Princess Anne and Prince Edward be added to the list of Counsellors, reducing the need to call upon Harry or Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast cited sources who claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/prince-william-news-meghan-markle-hrh-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William wants to &#8220;strip&#8221; Harry and Meghan of their titles<\/a> when he takes the throne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST ROYAL NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"14d32\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"302f9ecf63420c1123f3b2ca6964436a\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205357%203688'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746114791_664_meghan-markle.jpg\" width=\"5357\" height=\"3688\" alt=\"Meghan Markle\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senior courtiers have made clear they do not expect King Charles to take action against his son and daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>While Kensington Palace has not commented on the claims, insiders told the Mail they expect the Prince of Wales to take some sort of action against his brother and sister-in-law once he is King.<\/p>\n<p>They cited the fact that William quickly denied Meghan and Harry&#8217;s claims the day after their Oprah Winfrey interview, telling a reporter: &#8220;We are very much not a racist family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The insider told the Mail: &#8220;That gives you a taste of the no-nonsense approach that he would take.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William will take measures against Prince Harry and Meghan Markle once he is on the throne, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1281,12,447,532,5105,7710,519,448,512,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-66049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-meghan-markle","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-prince-harry","11":"tag-prince-william","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals","16":"tag-sgg","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114433386383028288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66049","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=66049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}