Buckingham Palace today denied having “dictated” that Meghan Markle should remove her first names from Archie’s son’s birth certificate a month after he was born.
‘Rachel Meghan’ was removed from the document to leave only ‘Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex’ with the royal protocol blamed by the public relations team of the Los Angeles couple in the United States.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment, but a royal source said it was Prince Harry and Meghan’s own advisers at Kensington Palace who made the changes – and had nothing to do with the Queen or her team.
“The certificate was altered by the former position of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It has been changed to ensure the consistency of the Duchess’s name and title with other private documents, ‘a source confirmed to MailOnline.
Another source told The Telegraph that the United States media team in the Sussexes made a mistake and suggested that something had been ‘lost in translation’. The unnamed source said his angry statement “raised more questions than it answered” and the use of “dictated” work was unfortunate.
The aide added: ‘These are civil documents, there is no protocol.’
Archie’s birth was recorded on May 17, 2019, after his birth on May 6. A month later, on June 6, the name was changed on the certificate (photo before the change)
In June, the entry was changed and ‘Rachel Meghan’ was removed to leave only ‘Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex’
The American media team of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said the change in Archie’s birth certificate was “dictated” by the palace. Buckingham Palace denied that it had anything to do with them
Prince Harry pays tribute to “key frontline workers” in an exciting video, announcing that the 2020 Invictus Games will be postponed AGAIN until 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic
The Duke of Sussex appears in the video, shared to announce the postponement
Prince Harry today paid tribute to the ‘key frontline workers’ in an exciting video announcing that the 2020 Invictus games would be postponed again.
The Duke of Sussex appears in the uplifting video, shared to announce the latest postponement of games – in which wounded, wounded or sick military personnel from around the world compete in a variety of sports.
The event was originally scheduled to take place in The Hague, the Netherlands, in May 2020. But the games were rescheduled until May this year due to the Covid pandemic.
Now the event has been postponed again, this time until 2022, after the organizers decided not to make a digital version.
The most recent postponement announcement was posted alongside a video featuring Invictus competitors sharing their support for key workers and promising to be ready to compete once the pandemic is over.
In the video, Prince Harry, who created the games, said: ‘To the main frontline workers in the battle against the pandemic, we are with you.’
Announcing the postponement of the 2020 Invictus Games on its website today, the organizers said: ‘The Organizing Committee is making plans to reschedule the Invictus Games for the spring of 2022, and a date will be confirmed soon.
‘Game delivery options this year, including digitally or later in 2021, have not been pursued by the respective boards of the Organizing Committee or the Invictus Games Foundation based on identifying the best opportunity to host physical Games in The Hague that would bring the community together Invictus.
“The competitor’s recovery journey and the desire to provide them with as much certainty as possible are at the heart of decision making.”
Harry and Meghan’s son Archie was born on May 6, 2019 and the birth was registered on May 17. The name change was made on June 5, but only now has it surfaced.
The revelation of the name change on The Sun on Sunday surprised many royalty and sparked speculation as to why Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, made the change in June 2019.
Harry and Meghan’s public relations team in the United States later said it was “dictated by the palace” in an attack on the British press.
The spokesman criticized the newspapers “and his carnival of alleged experts” and said that the removal of Rachel Meghan “was dictated by the palace, as confirmed by documents from senior palace officials. This was not requested by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex , nor by the Duke of Sussex.
The couple’s spokesman did not reveal which palace required it.
The highly unusual move has baffled real observers.
Michael Rhodes, editor of Peerage News, said: ‘I can’t see why Archie’s certificate required any changes. No status is changed because of this. Meghan became HRH, the Duchess of Sussex, after the wedding and remains so ‘.
Royal specialist Ingrid Seward told The Sun: ‘For a real to change a birth certificate is unprecedented, but removing proper names is remarkable’.
Others have suggested it may be a nod to Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, who was called Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.
15 days after the certificate was changed, Harry and Meghan formally separated from the Royal Foundation, which coordinated their charity work with that of Prince William and his wife Kate – the so-called Fab Four.
On July 1, they registered a private company under the title ‘Sussex Royal, the Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’. However, after the couple revealed their intention to become a member of senior royalty, they agreed not to use ‘Sussex Royal’ as a brand.
In January 2020, they announced that they would no longer be frontline royalty.
They later announced that their foundation would be called Archewell, which is registered in the United States and is not endorsed by the royal family.
The postponed Prince Harry Invictus 2020 Games have been postponed again, it was announced today.
The rescheduled event was due to take place in The Hague, the Netherlands, in May this year, after being postponed in March last year due to the Covid pandemic.
Now it has been postponed again, this time until the spring of 2022, after the organizers chose not to make a digital version of the games.
In a statement on the Invictus Games website, the organizers said: “The Organizing Committee is conducting plans to reschedule the Invictus Games for the spring of 2022, and a date will be confirmed soon.”
Mail revealed on Saturday that Meghan, 39, was ‘unlikely’ to accompany her husband when he returned to the UK in July.
It will be the first time that Harry, 36, will see his family after the couple stopped working as a member of royalty.
He’s back for the inauguration of a London statue that he and William commissioned from Diana.
Meghan, pictured here with her husband and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is expected to miss the Duke of Edinburgh’s 100th birthday, Trooping of the Color and the opening of a memorial to Princess Diana this summer, with Harry reportedly traveling alone to the Kingdom United in july
The prince must stay at Frogmore Cottage (pictured) in Windsor, the home he and Meghan decided to keep as a base in the UK
A source said: ‘It must be strongly emphasized that there is still an element of uncertainty about this because of Covid’s unpredictable situation, but the understanding is that the duke will likely return on his own.
“This is a personal and practical decision for the couple, but it would certainly help the authorities navigate what is likely to be a very complicated situation.”
Will Archie ever meet his British family? It is ‘unlikely’ that Meghan Markle will join Prince Harry when he returns to the UK to see his family for the first time since Megxit
In June and July, there are some important dates on the royal calendar that Meghan can miss
It is “unlikely” that the Duchess of Sussex will accompany her husband, Prince Harry, when he plans to return to the UK in early summer.
Insiders point out that the couple’s plans have not yet been finalized and much depends on the pandemic and whether travel restrictions will remain in effect at the moment.
But their understanding, at the moment, is that Harry, 36, will fly to the UK to see the queen, Prince Charles and Prince William – along with his niece and nephews – without Meghan and probably his son Archie.
The sources went to great lengths to emphasize that Meghan’s attempted decision not to accompany her husband is for “personal and practical” reasons and is in no way being interpreted as “contempt.”
But if she decides not to travel, it will save real officials a kind of diplomatic headache.
The couple were expected to attend major royal events in June, including Prince Philip’s 100th birthday celebrations and Trooping The Color, the official celebration of the queen’s 95th birthday.
Harry is also due to be in the UK in July for the long-awaited inauguration of the statue that he and William commissioned in memory of Diana at Kensington Palace.
A source said: ‘It must be strongly emphasized that there is still an element of uncertainty about this because of Covid’s unpredictable situation, but the understanding is that the duke will likely return on his own.
“This is a personal and practical decision for the couple, but it would certainly help the authorities navigate what is likely to be a very complicated situation.”