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The thing is, the time for Charles to have issued Letters Patent has already passed. It should have been done long ago, before ANY of the grandchildren (including William's children) were born.

I don't think anyone expected that Harry and wife would decide to step back as full time working royals and raise their children half a world away in the US. It was always assumed that they would work for the family, just as all the children of monarchs had done, and that they children would be...

I haven't followed them as closely since they've been in Florida, but I feel like rumors of Chris's business not doing well or Chris and Madeleine living beyond their means have persisted for years now. Basically every time they took their extended stays in Sweden rumors were cropping up that...

I don't think they should. Then you would get a situation like they have in Denmark currently which has caused all kinds of pain and hurt. I said in a prior post I think that the situation should have been firmly handled prior to any children of the new generation being born, but it wasn't, so...

Honestly I think it was a mistake for the family not to have set a precedent with the titles from the time the Letters Patent were issued back in 2012 (or whenever it was prior to George’s birth). It was well known Charles wanted things smaller, probably should have set a precedent of “After...

American who was raised in a religious mainstream Protestant home, and while I am not friends with anyone of Sussex-level wealth, it is not common for baptisms to happen at the family home. It’s something that happens at church and then you may have a celebration at home for family and friends.

I’m sure it will be nice to be closer to her family, but I have to say I’m a bit surprised simply for the fact that I didn’t think Chris wanted to move to Sweden permanently. They did a few extended stays there and the younger two were born in Sweden but they always left for somewhere else (NYC...

Do they get the full HRH Prince/Princess of Sussex titles?

I think you’re right. I can remember how chaotic things were and foreign nationals were basically being told to head back to their home countries and only had a number of days to pull things together and do so. I can remember lots of speculation about where they were going to go - back to the...

Meghan is a well-known figure by her own right and that of marriage, it would have garnered attention without her using the titles. Like I said, I wholeheartedly agree with her position on this and she has every right to write to her representatives as an American citizen, and every right to...

Totally agree with her position on this, but I don’t think it was appropriate to use the “Duke and Duchess of Sussex” title when doing so. It definitely muddles the waters between the role that members of a royal family can play in politics. It makes it seem like she was doing it in her official...

Lili is a German name. I though Lidl was a German supermarket?

I actually like the name Lili, the sentiment is sweet and Archie and Lili go well together as a sibling set. However, I don’t love using Lilibet as a full name, I think going straight for Lili or naming her Elizabeth and calling her Lili would have been better. I guess the “nickname of a...

Has it been announced which members of the family will be walking behind his coffin?

I personally think that it's a lovely name, but I honestly very highly doubt it will happen. Philippa is Pippa Middleton's full name, and while it doesn't seem like the couple have ever been particularly close with her, it's probably not an association that they want to be making given the...

Has a cause of death been released?

i just saw this. I had been avidly hoping that he would be able to make it to 100. He had such a long life and although it was not an easy life in many places, especially in his formative years, he left such an amazing legacy. I'm glad that two of his great-grandsons, born this year, were...

I'm just reading up on this- what a story! Seems like Hamzah is focusing on the "corruption" in Jordan under his brother's reign, but I have always gotten the impression that he and his mother weren't happy about Hamzah's Crown Prince title being rescinded. I guess that he was the favorite son...

They were apparently offered a "time out" period not once, but twice. A source told The Sun that before their wedding the Queen offered to let them live without the Duke and Duchess of Sussex title and to let Meghan carry on acting and have a slower transition to royal life, but that Meghan...

I think that’s their point though (even though they claim they don’t want to single that person out). Saying who it is puts the blame on one person, being vague puts the blame on the institution, and it’s the institution itself that they have a problem with.

It is still, officially, their UK residence. They had to pay back the costs of the refurbishment, which came from taxpayer money, which they have already done. However, they have moved the rest of their furniture to California as that's where they will be permanently settling and they are...

This interview truly demonstrated to me something that many of us here expressed worry about years ago at their engagement: Meghan was truly unprepared for the role that she was marrying into. She claims to have done very little preparation on her own, Harry didn't prepare her, and even after...

As for the christening/godparents I think it will be even more secretive than Archie's christening was. No UK christening and I think there will be no pictures, and just like with Archie's I don't expect them to release who the godparents are.

So much of what they've done feels like the actions of petulant toddlers rather than two adults approaching 40. It reminds me of a time where I wanted a whole cake but my mother said I could only have a slice... it wasn't what I wanted so I refused to eat any cake at all.

My question is, if they were so upset about Archie not having an HRH Prince title... why did they style him with nothing at all? Why not go with Earl of Dumbarton, which they could have easily used? That just strikes as an odd argument for me.