Harry & Meghan ‘setting up a royal family for hire’ with ‘insulting’ name change, says expert
HARRY and Meghan are “setting up a royal family for hire” with an “insulting” name change, an expert has said.
The couple have reportedly changed Archie and Lilibet’s names as they move to “unify” the family.
The children had been known as Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.
But the children have reportedly been known as Archie and Lilibet Sussex since the King’s coronation.
Royal expert Angela Levin told The Sun: “They’re setting themselves up as a freelance royal family available for the highest offer.
“They’re taking a huge step back from the royal family – it’s disgraceful.
“Of course it’s a terrible snub to the late Queen and Prince Philip.
“She insisted the couple did not use their royal names to make money and Harry agreed.
“They’re absolutely untrustworthy. I don’t believe all this about how it’s lovely the family have their own name.
“Sussex is a title, not a name. They’re cashing in on their titles – it’s all they think about.
“They’ve been making money by attacking the royal family and now they’ve done this. It’s ghastly.
“I don’t know if they’ll formally change the birth certificates but I’m sure they’ll get whatever it is they want.
“They’ll find lawyers to help them do that.”
Archie and Lilibet will both go by the last name Sussex in a “proud moment” for the family which represents their “unification”, sources said.
Last year it was revealed Meghan and Harry intended to use prince and princess for both kids in formal settings as Charles was now King, calling it the kids’ “birthright”.
A spokesperson for the Sussexes said: “The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch.
“This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace.”
Yesterday Prince Harry tried his hand at sit-skiing as wife Meghan watched on during their visit to Canada.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in Whistler, British Columbia, to mark one year until the Invictus Games are held there in 2025.
The pair made their way across the snow hand in hand, while hugging and greeting people on the way.
During the the Valentine’s Day outing, Harry, 39, was given a demonstration of how to sit-ski while Meghan, 42, waited for him at the bottom of the slope.
The couple – who donned wool hats and snow boots – chatted and joked around as they with groups of sit-skiers, standing skiers and visually impaired athletes.
Among those they spoke with was Canadian para alpine sit-skier Alex Cairns.
Born with Spina Bifida, the 32-year-old competed at his first Paralympic Winter Games in 2018.
He and Meghan are tomorrow expected to attend a wheelchair curling demonstration in nearby Vancouver.