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Archie and Lilibet Diana go from “master” and “miss” to “prince” and “princess”

By on March 10, 2023

The two children of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Archie and Lilibet Diana are now officially listed as “prince” and “princess,” ending uncertainty over their royal titles.

The update made on the line of succession to Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet’s names happened on Thursday morning making them the sixth and seventh in line to the throne.

Princess Lilibet Diana was baptized last Friday according to the the PA news agency which  reportedly took place at the California home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Although the two children automatically became a prince and princess when Harry’s father King Charles III acceded to the throne in September, they had remained listed as plain master and miss on the website.

The once pending titles became a contentious issue after the Sussexes moved to California in 2020 to live as commoners after withdrawing from royal life.

In an interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Meghan said that Buckingham Palace didn’t want him (Archie) to become a prince.
In fact, Archie, now aged three, not being a prince was due to title rules set out by King George V in 1917.

Those rules state that the title of prince or princess is only accorded to the male line grandchildren of the monarch and one other member of the family, not the great grandchildren.

The status of Archie and 21-month-old Lilibet changed from great grandchildren to grandchildren of a monarch on the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year.

Under George V’s rules, the only other member of the family entitled to be a prince is the eldest great grandson in the direct line of succession.

This resulted in the first child of Harry’s brother Prince William and his wife Catherine being known as Prince George.

His younger sister and brother, Charlotte and Louis, also became a princess and prince after the late queen changed the rules in 2012 to include them.

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