Archie and Lilibet's Official Titles Are Once Again Up in the Air
glamour.com, it was widely reported that as grandchildren of the new monarch, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's two children, . This is something King Charles surely knows, as it was his own grandfather King George who made the rule in 1917 that all children and grandchildren of the current monarch would automatically be granted titles of prince and princess and use the HRH (his or her royal highness), if they wanted it.
Except now there's word going around that even if the Sussex children become Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, they still might not get the HRH—because they are not technically “working royals.” A source told the “That is the agreement—they can be prince and princess but not HRH because they are not working royals,” which reportedly left Harry and Meghan “furious.” Toddlers probably shouldn't be “working” anything, to be honest, but even abiding by confusing royals rules, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie aren't “working royals” either and they still get the HRH title.
Harry and Meghan have long maintained that it's not the title itself that's important, it's the fact that having royal titles entitles them to certain increased security measures. , and Harry is still elbow-deep in lawsuits with the UK government in order to get enhanced security for his family while they're in the country.
The Sussexes may not be “working royals” but that doesn't make them any less famous or a security risk than the rest of The Firm, after all.
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