Prince Harry, Meghan Markle ridiculed for changing surname Archie, Lilibet

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have sparked yet another controversy after changing their children’s surnames, Prince Archie and Princess Lillibet, to Sussex.

Since the coronation of King Charles in May 2023, Archie and Lillibet have been identified as Archie Sussex and Lillibet Sussex instead of bearing the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

The BBC’s royal correspondent, Michael Cole, said on the matter GB News who said it was “nonsense” that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex changed their children’s surnames.

“I’m afraid there’s more talk than Camelot in California. Let’s move on to the copper hairstyles,” she added. “The name of the royal family was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, this was changed by King George the Fifth to Windsor in 1917.”

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“The late Duke of Edinburgh lobbied for years to change to Mountbatten-Windsor because he said I was the only man in Britain who couldn’t give his name to his children.

“Eventually, the Queen relented. Now if you looked at the passport of, say, the Princess Royal, it would say Anne Mountbatten – Windsor, the Princess Dominion of the United Kingdom,” he continued.

“I know because I’ve seen it. If you looked at Harry it would say Henry Batten, Prince Windsor of the United Kingdom.

“Now they want to change their name to Sussex or whatever for around £200,” he added. “Maybe they’d like to call themselves Harry and Meghan, please look at us. We do not know.”

“They could if they wanted to, but it’s nonsense to say their surname is Sussex because it’s not. That’s a royal title,” the expert claimed.

“The way in which royal titles can legally be used is very limited, and the way in which the names of royal palaces can be used.”