As grandchildren of the reigning Monarch, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are entitled to the titles. But with the updated line of succession under King Charles III, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, three, and Sister Libbet, one, are given the titles ‘Master’ and ‘Miss’. The King is known to be planning a weakened monarchy after his mother’s death, but it is unclear whether Lilibet and Archie could then take the titles.
While it shows that Archie and Lilibet have risen to the line of succession and are sixth and seventh in line to the throne, they will not be known as Prince and Princess. The Sussexes’ friend and preferred publicist Omid Scobie clarified on Twitter: “As the King’s son, Harry’s children are entitled to be HRH Prince Archie and HRH Princess Lilibet. “Right now, however, the two are listed in their original styles.” The royal family’s website published an updated list of the order of succession yesterday. While it shows that Archie and Lilibet have risen to the line of succession and are sixth and seventh in line to the throne, they will not be known as Prince and Princess. First photo of Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet released in a Christmas card 23 Dec 2021 Rules laid down by King George V in 1917 mean that Archie and Lily – as children of a sovereign’s son – also have an HRH style if they choose to use it. The king’s spokesman said the monarch announced William and Kate’s titles as Prince and Princess of Wales and expressed his love for Harry and Meghan in his address to the nation on Friday. “While the website has been updated for the Welsh, clearly updating love on a website doesn’t quite work, so we haven’t done enough, but clearly they like it. We will work to update the site as soon as we receive information,” he said on Saturday. The title issue was first raised publicly by Meghan in her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. She said that when she was pregnant with Archie: “They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or a princess – not knowing what the gender would be – which would be different from protocol.” Meghan described her “pain” as she claimed officials had denied Archie a princely title and accused Buckingham Palace of failing to protect him by denying him 24/7 security. When asked if it was “important” for Meghan to call Archie a prince, she said it had nothing to do with the “grandeur” of official titles. But he said it was about “the idea of ​​our son not being safe, and the idea of ​​the first member of color in this family not having the same title that the other grandchildren would have.” King Charles III greets members of the public outside Clarence House, London, after being officially proclaimed monarch by the Privy Council During the explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described her “pain” that officials denied Archie a princely title and accused Buckingham Palace of failing to protect him by denying him 24-hour security. In 2021, it was suggested Charles – in an attempt to limit the number of key royals – intended, when he became monarch, to prevent Archie becoming a prince. To do so, he would have to issue Letters Patent that would modify Archie’s right to be a prince and Lili’s right to be a princess. When Archie was born seventh in line to the throne in May 2019, he was well down the line of succession. Although he was a great-grandson of the monarch, he was not the first-born son of a future king, so he was not automatically a prince. He may have previously used the courtesy title Earl of Dumbarton or was Lord Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. But Buckingham Palace said the Duke and Duchess had made a personal decision that it should be plain Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. The Sussexes stopped using their own HRH styles after stepping down as senior royals for life in Los Angeles, and there were later calls for the duke and duchess titles to be removed.

What is the George V convention?

In 1917, the Queen’s grandfather issued new letters patent which limited the number of members of the Royal Family with the title of HRH.
These declared that “the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales shall have and hold and enjoy at all times the style, title or attribute of Their Royal Highnesses with their honorary dignity Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honor”. In 1917, the Queen’s grandfather issued new letters patent limiting the number of members of the royal family entitled HRH This means that when Prince Charles became king, his grandchildren – including Archie – automatically became princes or princesses.
It was also ordered that “the grandsons of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line … shall have and enjoy in all cases the style and title enjoyed by the children of the Dukes of these Our Realms” (ie, Lord or Lady before from their Christian name).’ Further, the letters declaring ‘except as aforesaid by the title or capacity of the style of Royal Highness, Highness, or Serene Highness, and the honorific dignity of Prince or Princess shall not hereafter be assumed or borne by any descendant of any Sovereign of these Realms.