Meghan Markle’s name change to Sussex explained — and what it means for her kids

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cringy conversation with Mindy Kaling on her new Netflix series “With Love, Meghan.”“It’s so funny that you keep saying ‘Meghan Markle.’ You know I’m Sussex now,” Markle told the “Mindy Project” star, 45.The “Suits” alum was then called “Meghan Sussex” during her interview on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Thursday.So, what is her real last name?Markle technically became “Meghan Sussex,” and Harry became “Harry Sussex,” after their royal wedding.

They received the Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles from the late Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding present.When the couple left the royal family in 2020 and moved to the US, the queen let them keep their Sussex titles, but banned them for using the name “Sussex Royal” for their projects outside the royal family.On her Netflix show, Markle told Kaling, 45, that she wants to share the same last name as her kids Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3. “You have kids and you go, ‘No, I share my name with my children,’” she told the “Office” alum. “I didn’t know how meaningful that would be to me, but it just means so much to go, this is our family name, our little family name.”The couple’s children were named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor when they were born in 2019 and 2021, respectively.