Meghan Markle and Harry: will their 2nd baby have a royal title?
If they have already revealed the sex of their second child, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are careful not to say if the future member of their family will be entitled to his own royal title. Town and Country magazine has found the answer.
What title for the second child of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry? Carolyn Harris ventured to guess at Town and Country magazine. "The new baby would normally have the title of Lord or Lady" as the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex according to this royal historian, cited before the Sussexes face-to-face with Oprah Winfrey (during which they confirmed that they were expecting a baby girl). However, it would be unlikely that this new royal baby would get a title. Like Archie, the last member of the Sussex family could have the title of Master or rather Miss, in this case, followed by his first name and the last name Mountbatten-Windsor.
No princess title in sight for the daughter of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. During their interview with Oprah Winfrey, the former actress felt that her first child was also deprived of the title of prince because of his skin color. Hasty conclusion: only the children of an heir to the Crown can obtain this title. Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor - a surname which honors the lineages of Her Majesty Elizabeth II and Prince Philip - is however eligible to use his father's subsidiary title, that of Earl of Dumbarton. Seventh in line in the order of succession to the throne, the toddler could well become a prince once his grandfather, Prince Charles, ascends to the throne. The Sussex children, boy as well as girl, will then become eligible for the title of royal highness of which their parents were deprived after having slammed the door of the Firm.
The choice will be with the Crown
The Duke of Cornwall will have his say since these titles depend entirely on the sovereign. Regretting that her son could not become a prince with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle forgot to specify that His Royal Highness can, possibly, offer the title of prince or princess to his descendants. Such was the case when the Queen made the proposal to Princess Anne for her children Zara and Peter Philips. Offer refused by the royal princess. Little Cambridge children, George, Charlotte and Louis, were nevertheless able to become princes and princesses, as the children of a future monarch.
