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I grew up in a household with four surnames. My mum had her maiden name, my stepdad his name, my brother his dad’s name, and I had my mum and my dad’s names. From a young age this meant I knew that not all families share a name, and that this has no effect on how loved we necessarily feel or how connected to each other we are. But growing up in a household with four surnames also meant that I witnessed just how much multi-name households can unsettle people observing our family from the outside.
Bringing up the topic of surnames in 2021 can still produce quite visceral reactions. Anyone who’s discussed the subject with friends and family knows this. So why does it continue to surprise me that many adults become uncomfortable when presented with even the slightest hint of a disruption or challenge to heteronormative behaviours in relation to surnames in marriage, and, especially, when it comes to children.
How Kate Middleton parents the Cambridge kids and stops tantrums from code words to head taps
The Duchess of Cambridge has a few parenting tricks up her sleeve to keep Prince George, 7, Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3, in check.
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Harry and Charles had an awkward reunion during Prince Philip s funeral last month.
Harry had claimed his father and brother Prince William were trapped in the Royal Family during his interview with Oprah.
He also claimed Charles had used palace staff to carry out his parental responsibilities and that he had been cut off financially.
Charles was said to be devastated , despairing and deeply saddened by Harry s comments in the interview.
Things got worse when Gayle King, the host of CBS s This Morning TV show and a friend of the Sussexes, revealed on air that calls between Harry and Charles had been unproductive .