The couple hit headlines when they launched their new site sus𝓈ℯ𝓍.com this week. Now fans have seen little Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie’s names have had a makeover too.
Instead of being known as Mountbatten-Windsors, Archie and Lilibet have taken the surname Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍 since the Coronation. The new look website was launched on Monday, replacing their old Archwell site.
The surname Mountbatten-Windsor was decreed by the Privy Counsel – the official advisors to the late Queen Elizabeth II – in 1960 and applied to male-line descendants of Her Majesty and Prince Philip.
A source told The Times: “The reality behind the new site is very simple — it’s a hub for the work the Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍es do and it reflectsthe fact the family have, since the King’s coronation, the same surname for the first time. That’s a big deal for any family. It represents their unification and it’s a proud moment.”
Harry and Meghan have been on a publicity blitz
Meanwhile the decision to use their children’s royal titles on their new website has been branded as “surprising”. It has divided fan and sparked a royal row accusing them of boasting of their links to the Royal Family.
The main homepage welcomes visitors to the site of “The Office of Prince Harry & Meghan, The Duke & Duchess of Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍” and features a special coat of arms designed for Meghan. The site also has detailed bios for each of the couple.
Harry’s reads: “Prince Harry lives in California with his wife Meghan, and their two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.” While Meghan’s says: “Meghan lives in California with her husband and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.” And according to a royal source, mentioning their children by referring to them as Prince and Princess has caused ‘surprise’.
Archie, four, and two-year-old Lilibet weren’t given prince/princess or HRH titles at birth as they were not at the time grandchildren of the monarch.
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When Charles became King in September 2022, Archie and Lilibet became the grandchildren of a Monarch which changed their status. It was then revealed last March, when Lilibet was christened, that the children would be given Prince and Princess titles.
It has been an eventful few weeks for their family. King Charles was “touched” by Prince Harry’s huge gesture of flying in from the States to see him in the UK following his cancer diagnosis.
Harry jetted in from California for a 30 minute reunion with his father, putting aside their bitter estrangement to be by his side. The Daily Mail’s Robert Jobson revealed: “Charles was widely reported to have been touched by the gesture. Perhaps he was.”
Back in the States, shattered Prince Harry appeared to have a ‘haunted‘ look in his eyes in a new picture, according to a body language expert.
His intense look was a stark contrast to his energetic appearance at the NFL Honours in Las Vegas. The Duke of Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍 was seen leaving the awards in an underground parking lift at Resorts World Theatre in Sin City.
