With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle no longer classified as working members of the Royal Family, the argument for his or her “Royal Highness” attributions for Archie and Lilibet is moot.
However, the use of Prince and Princess is very much up in the air, titles that should be automatically bestowed upon the grandchildren of the current reigning monarch, according to Royal expert Duncan Larcombe.
“It’s the official rubber stamp that matters and if the King is objecting to them using their titles as Prince and Princess, then he can only be doing that really to punish Harry and Meghan,” Larcombe told Fox News Digital.
Larcombe, who finds it peculiar that a formal announcement has yet to be made by the King or Buckingham Palace, says that a decision could come any day now, likely this week.
However, what is happening in the interim is essentially a messy and potentially strategic game of chess.
Whoever moves first will force their opponent, a family member, to either acquiesce or up the ante.
“I think possibly what we’re seeing from the palace, and I’m not saying this is their new strategy yet, but it’s beginning to look like a strategy: King Charles declares his love, reaffirms his love for Harry and mentions Meghan by name in his first ever speech — a huge, huge olive branch. William then reaches out to his brother, and low and behold, the ‘Fab Four’ are reunited, albeit temporarily in grief. But it certainly feels in this country now that Harry and Meghan presumably are returning home, it feels as though everything really hinges on their next move. The ball is in their court.
