The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their children (Shutterstock)
In total, Queen Elizabeth II has nine great-grandchildren and they are all not princes and princesses apart from the three children of Prince William who is the second in line to the throne and is destined to be King one day.
When remarking, Meghan seemed to be aware of the letter patent issued by King George V but she pointed out that she had been told that “they wanted to change the convention for Archie” so that he would not become a prince.
There are a number of rules about who receives titles within the royal family but the head of the family, the monarchs, are known for turning these rules down from time to time.
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It emerged last week that the Duchess’ first two names ‘Rachel Meghan’ were removed from Archie s birth certificate three weeks after it was registered leaving simply ‘Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex’. Some royal experts claimed this had been a deliberate move to distance the Sussexes from the Cambridges, amid claims of a rift between the royal couples. Prince George and his siblings’ birth certificates feature Kate’s first and second names ‘Catherine Elizabeth’ as well as her title, Duchess of Cambridge.
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The Queen is said to be particularly fond of her youngest son and his wife they were even supposed to create a social bubble together over Christmas, prior to the last minute changes to the lockdown rules. Sophie wed Edward in 1999 and they now have two children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.