Why wouldn't Archie, the son of Meghan and Prince Harry, be a prince?
The conversation between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with Oprah Winfrey fired a powerful bullet involving little Archie, almost two years old.
Meghan Markle opened a window of headlines during her interview with Oprah Winfrey last weekend. One of them was the title that little Archie should receive from her according to the "new" rules of the Crown. In fact, it was a topic of conversation during the Duchess of Sussex's pregnancy. "They said they didn't want him to be a prince or a princess, without knowing what the gender would be, that it would be different from protocol," Meghan told the American television host.
The reasons why Archie would not be a Prince are ...
Meghan's interview with Prince Harry also awakened him to delve into what the royal protocol stipulates, which comes from a letter patent issued by King George V in November 1917. It is an open letter from the monarch which is used for a royal declaration or the granting of titles. Regarding King George V, it was stated that the monarch's great-grandchildren would no longer be princes or princesses, so Archie would not receive that title when he grows up. However, an exception was considered: the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales would get it.
Yes, little George, Prince William's eldest son, did automatically become a prince, but not his cousin, his Archie, his; despite the fact that they are both great-grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II. The decision by the Crown has brought up assumptions about the history between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and how their relationship affected the protocols of the royal family. Although, according to the protocol, Prince George's brothers, Charlotte and Louis, would not have received the title either; it was the queen who issued a letter patent to rectify it and say that all of Prince William's children should be princes or princesses.
Now, if Archie wanted to become a prince, like his sister who is on the way, he would have to wait for Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, to become king, since being grandchildren of the monarch he would have that right . What captures the attention is that, although Meghan Markle knew the protocol, she confessed to Oprah Winfrey that when she was pregnant she wanted to change the convention for Archie so that her son does not become a prince. The Duchess of Sussex did not elaborate on it, however, it is presumed that it would be because of how painful and exhausting a title like this is.
