Why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Kids Receiving Titles 'Matters Enormously' to Royal Family (Exclusive)
etonline.comKing Charles is considering the importance of each of his family members having royal titles. According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, the matter of royal titles is «enormously important» to the new monarch.
As for how this affects two of his granchildren, Archie and Lilibet -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children — remains to be seen. “We’re told by the palace the issue of titles is going to be something that is going to be sorted out after the official mourning period,” Nicholl tells ET, noting that «the royals have a further seven full days of mourning after the funeral on Monday.»Unlike Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, Meghan and Harry’s children were not born with the HRH titles.
Prior to Queen Elizabeth’s death, Archie and Lilibet did not get titles because they were not the heirs to someone in the immediate line of succession. “By law, now that Charles is king, any sons of the sovereign are entitled to take the prince title, the HRH title, and their children are entitled to take the HRH title," she adds. «It is why Prince Andrew's daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie are their royal highnesses, Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York.»Still, the decision for Archie and Lilibet’s title change has yet to be made, and can possibly be tricky, considering their parents officially scaled back from royal duties in 2020. “Archie and Lilibet are not Prince and Princess Archie and Lilibet yet, they are still Master and Miss.
Because I think a formal decision hasn't been taken yet as to the announcement of those titles,” Nicholl adds. “Are they going to be HRH?
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