But after all, who deleted Meghan Markle's first name from Archie's birth certificate?
On January 31, a Sussex spokesperson said Buckingham was responsible for removing the Duchess's first name from her son's birth certificate. However, the royal palace denied being at the origin of this decision in the columns of the Daily Mail, this Tuesday, February 2.
Meghan Markle is keen to let it be known: she has nothing to do with the changes made to her son's birth certificate. On January 30, the British newspaper The Sun indeed unveiled a document showing that the first name of the Duchess of Sussex, "Rachel Meghan", had been deleted from the birth certificate of little Archie Harrison, giving way to rumors about dark designs of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
On the said birth certificate is now only inscribed: "Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex". The day after this discovery, the royal experts were already betting on a Sussex strategy: a first step towards “Megxit” or a new way of differentiating from the Cambridge (the first name of Kate Middleton appearing on each of the birth certificates of his children).
The responsibility of Buckingham Palace?
So the wife of Prince Harry wanted to restore some truths. "The name change on public documents carried out in 2019 was demanded by the Palace (of Buckingham, Editor's note), as documents from senior officials confirm," she said in a press release. “This was not requested by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, nor by the Duke of Sussex,” continues the spokesperson for the latter.
However, a Buckingham Palace official has categorically denied that Elizabeth II and her teams were at the origin of this decision. "The certificate was changed by the former office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (at Kensington Palace, editor's note), said the anonymous witness in the columns of the Daily Mail, this Tuesday, February 2. It has been amended to ensure the consistency of the name and nobility title chosen for Meghan Markle with other private documents. "
Another anonymous source told The Telegraph that the error came from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's US team. The witness assumed that information had been "lost on the way". US spokespersons for the Sussexes have indeed claimed that the changes to the birth certificate had been "dictated" by Buckingham Palace. An unfortunate choice of term, according to the source close to the Palace.
As a reminder, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019 and his birth certificate was signed on May 17. Barely three weeks later, on June 5, 2019, when the relationship between Harry and his brother William is, according to the English press, very tense, the information concerning Archie's mother has been changed. Each party is now responsible for these changes.
