Why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are clinging on to ‘His Royal Highness’ titles?

In 2020, Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals. But decided to retain the ‘His Royal Highness’ titles for their two children. They moved to the U.S. in 2020 by washing a lot of dirty linin in public of the British Royal family and blamed the British Royal media too for the toxicity and Harry too stated in the Netflix controversial show, ‘Harry & Meghan’, how the British press often acted the PR arm of the royal family.

According to reports published in yahoo.com, a source close to the couple explained that the prince plans to keep the title for Archie and Lilibet and leave them with the choice to become working royals or pursue other interests when they get older. However, the report claimed, that the possibility of William holding his grudge with Meghan and Harry over their kids is somewhat high.

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Archie and Lilibet got their titles after their grandfather became King

Archie and Lilibet didn’t immediately become prince and princess at birth, as they were not grandchildren of a monarch at the time. Charles was not a king yet. However, after King Charles took over as the head of the monarchy, Archie and Lilibet got their titles.

Spencer as their children’2s last name as backup plan

Harry shared recently that he approached his maternal uncle, Earl Spencer, for advice on a backup surname if the royal surname doesn’t through.

According to the yahoo report, the conversation happened on Harry’s recent trip to the United Kingdom. Harry reportedly asked Earl for permission to officially adopt Spencer as his children’s last name if the family insisted on refusing Sussex as a replacement for their traditional last name.

However, his uncle advised against making such a move, and it appears Harry’s patience paid off.

(With inputs from agencies)