And duchess’s children HAVE got royal titles

PRINCE Harry’s children have now become a prince and princess – despite Meghan’s claim that her son would be denied the title.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s threeyear-old son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is now Prince Archie, while his one-yearold sister is Princess Lilibet.

In last year’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, the couple suggested Archie might be blocked from becoming a prince.

Meghan spoke of her shock at being told her son would not get police protection because he did not have a title, revealing there were also ‘concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be’.

The Sussexes indicated to Oprah that they had been told protocols would be changed once Charles became King, so that Archie would be excluded from becoming an HRH and a prince.

However, the death of the Queen means they are now the grandchildren of the monarch, rather than the great-grandchildren, and are entitled to be addressed as prince and princess, and to use HRH.

It is not known if the Sussexes want Archie and Lilibet to be addressed as a prince and princess. Harry and Meghan stopped using HRH since they quit their roles as senior working royals, but still retain them.

Being a prince or princess does not automatically mean royals have police bodyguards paid for by the taxpayer, and the Sussexes have chosen to live in the US.