Meghan Markle Drops Royal Title On Lilibet Diana's Birth Certificate, But Prince Harry Keeps HRH Style
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor's birth certificate has been revealed. three weeks after her birth at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - and there are some notable differences between her and hers brother of hers. Archie's.
The legal document, which has been discovered by the US news site TMZ, shows that Meghan Markle has dropped her royal title in the "First Name" and "Last Name" box. When Archie checked in, she identified herself as "Rachel Meghan the Royal Highness of her the Duchess of Sussex."
This time, however, she has simply written "Rachel" in her birth name box, "Meghan" as her middle name and "Markle" as her last name, without mentioning her royal title.
As for Harry, she has chosen "The Duke of Sussex" as her first name and, surprisingly, "His Royal Highness" as her last name.
Both Prince Harry and Meghan were told in January 2020 that they could no longer use their RHS status.
A statement issued by Buckingham Palace on behalf of the Sussexes at the time read: "The Sussexes will not use their SAR titles as they are no longer active members of the Royal Family."
Just a few weeks ago, HRH Prince Harry's style was removed from the Princess Diana Exhibition at Kensington Palace.
When the exhibition opened, a poster describing the exhibition read: "On loan from his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex." It was soon changed to "Lent by the Royal Highness from him the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex."
The Royal Collection Trust explained the error in a statement, saying: "Due to a clerical error, for which The Royal Collection Trust was responsible, the labels were incorrect and will be updated."
