Under British royal protocol, both Lilibet and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, the couple's 3-year-old son, are entitled to the titles of princess and prince as grandchildren of the sitting U.K. monarch.
Update: Following the death of Queen Elizabeth and King Charles III's accession to the throne, Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten Windsor immediately became Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet as grandchildren of the reigning monarch following the current Letters Patent.
The couple referred to their daughter as “Princess Lilibet” during her christening, ending speculation about their children's public titles. Prince Harry and Meghan's children have officially taken on royal titles.
However, when the Queen died and her son King Charles acceded to the throne, it meant Archie and Lilibet were entitled to be a prince and princess. They are also entitled to use the HRH style - although Harry and Meghan retain their HRH styles, they no longer use them after leaving the working monarchy.
The decision was made before Prince Harry's memoir Spare was published. Share this: King Charles agreed that the Duke of Sussex's children should use their royal titles at the end of 2022, HELLO! can exclusively reveal.
That is the agreement—they can be Prince and Princess but not HRH because they are not working royals.”
"King Charles will not strip royal titles away from Prince Harry as it would go against the gifts and wishes of the late Queen Elizabeth II," he notes.
HELLO! investigates… The monarch has no powers to remove titles and this would require an act of parliament. The last time this happened was in 1917 when King George V passed the Titles Deprivation Act to remove the British peerage titles of several German and Austrian royals during the First World War.
Can Harry and Meghan legally lose their Duke and Duchess titles? Legally, the monarch has no powers to remove a family member's royal titles - it would require an act of parliament to actually happen.
The couple welcomed their first child, son Peter, in 1977, and their second child, daughter Zara, in 1981. In an effort to give her kids normal childhoods, Princess Anne decided not to give them royal titles.
Zara and Peter's father Captain Mark Phillips is not a member of the royal family, and he declined the offer of an earldom, so the children were not given titles from birth.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
Harry remained a Prince, and the couple kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as His/Her Royal Highness (HRH). He also gave up his military titles and no longer wears army uniform in public.
Royal expert Christopher Andersen, author of The King: The Life of Charles III, tells Marie Claire exclusively that nothing will change in this regard: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will retain their titles, as will Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet,” he says.
King Charles will not strip Prince Harry of his Royal title as it was a gift from Queen Elizabeth II and removing the title would mean taking away a gift from a grandchild.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, KCVO (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Right now, King Charles III is not able to strip any Royal Family member of their titles because he doesn't have the authority to do so. Laws would have to change in order for him to do so. Which is what this bill is proposing. The Labour Party politician who proposed this bill is Rachel Maskell, the MP for York.
This means that yes, Harry no longer wishes to be referred to as 'Prince'. Interestingly, however, the Duke of Sussex is still fifth in line for the throne. So, there you have it. Ultimately, the Duke of Sussex is still technically considered to be a prince, even though he wishes otherwise.
Charles will keep his name.
Clarence House and then-Prime Minister Liz Truss confirmed shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth that Charles would go by the name King Charles III.
As explained in Halsbury's Laws of England, the Crown does not have the power to cancel a peerage once it has been created. A peerage can only be removed by an act of parliament. The most recent act that did this was the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 (TDA). The TDA received royal assent on 8 November 1917.
Prince Harry attended the coronation of his father, King Charles III, on Saturday, May 6.
The meeting between Queen Elizabeth and Lilibet, who was named after her great-grandmother's childhood nickname, likely occurred in June, when Prince Harry and Meghan traveled from California to the U.K. with their children to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Harry and Markle no longer receive money from Harry's royal relatives. The pair announced in early 2020 they would step down as working members of the royal family, and they no longer receive money from the royal family.
Titles, styles, and succession
At the accession of Charles III, Lilibet became entitled to use the title "princess" and style "royal highness" as the child of a son of the monarch, pursuant to letters patent issued by King George V in 1917.
Prince Harry and Meghan no longer receive money from the Royal Family and have a series of commercial arrangements with a number of companies.