Meghan Markleand Prince Harry debuted their sonArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsorto the world on Wednesday, but unlike his royal cousins, Archie will not receive a royal title.
While there are courtesy titles that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex could apply to their son, they have chosen not to give him a “courtesy titles” at this time, a royal source tells PEOPLE.
Harry and Meghan werenamed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day, and it is traditional for the eldest son of a duke to eventually inherit his father’s title. Down the line, Archie could be given the secondary Sussex title, before inheriting the dukedom.
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Queen Elizabethgranted Prince Andrew’s request that his daughters,BeatriceandEugenie, receive the title of “princess” rather than “lady.” In 2016, Andrew refuted reports that he had demanded titles for “any future husbands” of his daughters, stating he simply wanted his children to be considered “modern, working young women who happen to be members of the royal family.”
Eugenie andJack Brooksbankdid not receive any titlesfollowing theirroyal weddingin October, however, meaning their future children will not inherit any titles themselves.
Their father, Captain Mark Phillips, was a commoner and also turned down a title that would have been given to him as a wedding gift from the Queen when he wed Princess Anne.
“I’m very lucky that both my parents decided to not use the title and we grew up and did all the things that gave us the opportunity to do,” Anne’s daughter, Zara Tindall, said in 2015.
source: people.com
