Following their May of 2018, Queen Elizabeth II gave Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the royal titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Since then, the duo have faced heavy scrutiny and eventually stepped down from their senior royal roles in 2020 and relocated to Montecito, California. Following the controversial move, there have been several petitions made online requesting that the couple be stripped of their Duke and Duchess titles.
The British Citizens Want Harry And Meghan Stripped Of Their Titles As The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex
Royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital that the Duke and Duchess were “welcomed with open arms at the time” when they were appointed. “We saw the royal wedding, we saw the outpouring from the public in support of them. She was welcomed with open arms at that time. Don’t forget Prince Harry was one of the favorites. He’s plummeted in the polls now but he was one of the Royal favorites.”
Since the step down from his royal role, Prince Harry has faced backlash from the media and British citizens. After they moved to America, the Parallel Parliament filed a petition that read, “The title was given to them at marriage on the basis that they would be working royals serving the monarchy. As this is no longer the case, this title cannot be used for personal financial gain. It therefore has no purpose and must be removed.”
Since te couple left, they’ve attacked and made claims against the royal family. In Apple TV+’s mental health docuseries, “The Me You Can’t See,” Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey that he received “total silence and total neglect” from the royal family in response to his wife’s difficulty adjusting.
He said that he and Meghan decided to leave after asking for help for years and receiving “total silence.” “We spent four years trying to make it work,” he continued. “We did everything that we possibly could to stay there and carry on doing the role and doing the job. But Meghan was struggling.”
In 2021, Markle told Oprah that there was a conversation with a member of the family and the Duke of Duchess around “how dark their baby was going to be.” “They didn’t want him to be a prince, or princess, depending on what the gender would be,” Markle said of Archie before he was born.
“He wasn’t going to receive security.” Following the death of the Queen, King Charles III addressed his nation and the commonwealth for the first time as Britain’s sovereign on Friday, September 9 and talked about the change, or lack thereof, in royal titles within the family. He named Prince William and Kate Middleton the Prince and Princess of Wales and went on to express his “love” for Harry and Meghan “as they continue to build their lives overseas.”
Royal expert Fordwich has told Fox News Digital that Harry and Meghan will continue to keep their royal titles. “They’ll remain Duke and Duchess or Sussex unless Parliament says otherwise. They can also keep the His Royal Highness/Her Royal Highness, currently, but that could be changed. Diana, Princess of Wales had hers rescinded. She lost the HRH honorific,” Fordwich said.
