Meghan Markle and Harry end 64yr Royal tradition with new surname for Archie and Lilibet

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly given their two children, Archie and Lilibet, a new surname. The couple, who recently attended the 2024 ESPY Awards together, made headlines earlier this year when they launched their new sussex.com website earlier this year, and now it seems that Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will no longer use Mountbatten-Windsor as a last name, the Mirror reports.

Instead, the duo will reportedly have Sussex as a surname – something they allegedly began using when King Charles III became monarch.

In 1960, it was declared in the Privy Council that descendants of Queen Elizabeth II, except those with a Prince or Princess title or women who’d go on to marry, would have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

Earlier this year, a source spoke to The Times about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s website design.They said: “The reality behind the new site is very simple – it’s a hub for the work the Sussexes do and it reflects the fact the family have, since the King’s coronation, the same surname for the first time. “That’s a big deal for any family.