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The rift between Prince Harry and brother Prince William<\/a> has yet to be mended, and now, Harry reportedly fears it could impact his children. In his new book, Betrayal: Power, Deceit And The Fight For The Future Of The Royal Family, royal reporter Tom Bower claims that Harry worries that when his brother becomes king, he could choose to remove Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet\u2019s \u201cHRH\u201d titles, as Harry and Duchess Meghan<\/a> are no longer working royals.<\/p>\n Per the author, Harry is afraid that William will show \u201cno mercy\u201d toward his family when he has all the power.<\/p>\n The Duke of Sussex\u2019s alleged concern comes after King Charles III stripped brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his royal titles and honors<\/a> due to his ties to the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein (and Andrew was later arrested<\/a>). Bower claims that the historic move<\/a> made Harry realize that his own royal status is \u201cno longer invincible,\u201d and therefore his kids\u2019 titles could be at risk.<\/p>\n In 2022, after Princess Lilibet<\/a> was born, Charles and Harry agreed that both of Harry\u2019s kids, Archie<\/a>, 6, and Lili, 4, would use \u201cprince\u201d and \u201cprincess\u201d titles. But as we know, a reigning monarch can strip other royals of their titles if he or she decides to.<\/p>\n \u201cClearly, William was taking no prisoners. Once he was crowned as king, his brother might well show no mercy to him and Meghan,\u201d Bower writes. \u201cInsulted by all the criticism targeted from Montecito, Harry could anticipate that the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019s anger about Meghan\u2019s misuse of her royal title for profit would tip the balance. William would undoubtedly rail against her disloyalty. He might even strip Archie and Lilibet of their titles.\u201d<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Sussexes has denied the claims made in Bower\u2019s book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read The rift between Prince Harry and brother Prince William has yet to be mended, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[242656,1380,243091,1331,1381,226342,5105,7710,519,448,243090,231053],"class_list":{"0":"post-852188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-collection-latest-royal-news","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-7c3aa263-5737-49d0-bdf6-3e7f7adfefe2","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-locale-us","13":"tag-read_time-2","14":"tag-royal","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-royals","18":"tag-shorttitle-will-prince-william-remove-archie-lilis-titles","19":"tag-subsection-celebrity-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116297061250996341","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852188","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=852188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}