Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s titles on the royal family website have been removed, and it’s drawing a lot of conversation.
U.K. publication Express noted on August 4th that the Duke of Sussex was still referred to as “His Royal Highness” in two different areas on his page, the website was updated to exclude the title.
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 27: Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle during an official photocall to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017 in London, England. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been a couple officially since November 2016 and are due to marry in Spring 2018. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
The mentions have been replaced with his Sussex title, one given to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after the late queen passed in 2018.
This update comes after the two walked away roughly three years after the couple announced they would take a backseat as senior members of the royal family and relocate to North America.
DUBLIN, IRELAND – JULY 11: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex visits Croke Park, home of Ireland’s largest sporting organisation, the Gaelic Athletic Association on July 11, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)
At the time, Buckingham Palace announced the couple would not be using their “HRH titles” moving forward “as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family.”
WINDSOR, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 10: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive on the long Walk at Windsor Castle arrive to view flowers and tributes to HM Queen Elizabeth on September 10, 2022 in Windsor, England. Crowds have gathered and tributes left at the gates of Windsor Castle to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Balmoral Castle on 8 September, 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Harry’s title change was not apparently the only update needed according site as well. As Express reported, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed in September, was still referred to as the current monarch.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 06: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrives to give evidence at the Mirror Group Phone hacking trial at the Rolls Building at High Court on June 06, 2023 in London, England. Prince Harry is one of several claimants in a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers related to allegations of unlawful information gathering in previous decades. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Additionally, Express reported that King Charles and Queen Camilla, who coronation took place earlier in the year, were also referred to as older titles: Prince Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
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LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 04: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the “Our Planet” global premiere at Natural History Museum on April 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)
In a statement, the Buckingham Palace explained the maintenance of the royal family remained a work in progress.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 10: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London, England. The 100th birthday of the RAF, which was founded on on 1 April 1918, was marked with a centenary parade with the presentation of a new Queen’s Colour and flypast of 100 aircraft over Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“The Royal Family website contains over five thousand pages of information about the life and work of the Royal Family,” the Aug. 4 statement to Express read. “Following the death of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, content has been revisited and updated periodically. Some content may be out of date until this process is complete.”
