Henry of England and Meghan Markle win: Buckingham grants the title of princes to their children

Henry of England and Meghan Markle have succeeded.

Six months and one day after the death of Elizabeth II, and not without some pressure on her part, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have managed to ensure that their two children, Archie, almost four years old, and Lilibet, one and a half years old, have finally been recognized by the British royal family as princes of the United Kingdom.

The change has occurred discreetly, with no announcements from Buckingham Palace and just a slight update to its website around 10:20 this morning.

In it, the children have stopped being called

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to be considered as

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in fact, as "princes of Sussex", officially.

Since the birth of the children (Archie was born in May 2019 and Lilibet, in June 2021), their parents have tried to seek their recognition as princes.

Something that intensified especially after Carlos III became king, and that they did almost unilaterally this Wednesday, March 8, one day before the official appointment.

Then they announced —as always, through a spokesperson, that is, by an intermediary and with a certain distance— that they had baptized, on the 3rd, “Princess Lilibet”.

They already took for granted a change that only took a few hours to become official, and with a certain sense.

A 1917 law—when George V reigned and tried to prevent his German relatives from using titles of British princes throughout the European continent—stated that “the sons of every sovereign of the United Kingdom and the sons of the sons of every sovereign [...] they will have, will hold and enjoy the title or attribute of Royal Highnesses with the dignity of prince or princess fixed to their baptismal names”.

With Carlos as monarch, and precisely now that Lilibet has been baptized, the Sussexes have achieved their goal.

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Henry of England and Meghan Markle baptize their daughter Lilibet without a royal presence and using the title of princess

The anger of Henry of England and Meghan Markle with the British royal family has been ongoing for months, as well as the taunts, attacks and constant challenges to Carlos III and his court, both with his Netflix documentary and with his memoir.

The dukes also wanted to go ahead of Buckingham on Tuesday, March 8, when they announced the baptism of Lilibet at almost two years of age.

No photos of the event or guest list were released, but a statement with a keyword was released: they called her "princess".

The detail did not go unnoticed by those who knew the distance between them and the palace, and they knew it.

Hence, less than a day later, the couple has sent another statement making it clear that their children, both Lilibet and her older brother, Archie, are princes.

And that, just a few hours later,

Archie and Lilibet, sons of Henry of England and Meghan Markle, appeared as 'Master' and 'Miss' Thursday morning on the British royal family's website.

A few hours later, their titles were Prince and Princess of Sussex.

“Children's titles are a birthright since their grandfather became monarch.

This matter has long since been established with the agreement of Buckingham Palace."

That is the brief note from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sent this Thursday morning, where they make clear their will when it comes to naming their children and where they assure that the British royal house agrees with them, as has just been shown. a couple of hours later with the change on the palace website.

However, the insistence and the times have revealed the insecurity of the Sussexes regarding the titles of their children.

The fact of taking out that brief note just one day after explaining the baptism of his daughter, and without time for that slight change to be made from the palace, he tried to clinch that this royal treatment be used with his children.

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already explain that the couple is upset with Carlos III for not having officially changed the name of the little ones before they announced it.

In this story there are three legs: that of the Sussexes, who have been waiting for years for their children to obtain the title of princes;

that of the royal house, which has clearly been slow to give up in this regard;

and the most formal, established by the 1917 law and which is complicated in the case of Enrique.

Because after his traumatic departure from the British royal family at the beginning of 2020, Carlos's youngest son lost his treatment of Royal Highness and, therefore, his children cannot be called as such either.

In fact, it's still up in the air if he's going to continue having that treatment in the future.

The naming of their children as princes has been the battle horse of Enrique and Meghan Markle for years.

According to them, this designation could help them to have more security, and that the children were protected.

However, that is not entirely true, because Harry himself, with the title of prince from him, is battling in the British courts to be granted official protection when he is in the UK.

If he has lost her, so have his children.

Because in the 21st century, beyond the bombastic name, being a prince has little effect in real life.