A lot of things changed for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when they walked away from royal life more than five years ago, along with losing privileges that came with working for The Firm. At the time, the couple agreed that included the ability to use their HRH titles (or “his/her royal highness”), but now that Meghan seems to be back to using it anyway, Prince William is reportedly angrier with the Sussexes than ever – and that’s really saying something.
Just this month, Meghan has received backlash on the topic: once, when she reposted a message from Ukraine’s vice president that referred to her as “your royal highness,” and again when her podcast guest, Jamie Kern Lima, shared a note that Meghan sent her with a gift that was signed “HRH The Duchess of Sussex.”
Meghan apparently still uses her HRH title when sending gifts to her friends 🧐
— royal watcher (@royalnewsss) April 28, 2025
This is from a new interview with Jamie Kern Lima. pic.twitter.com/rF8uOwJ9Ba
Although Harry and Meghan were never formally stripped of the HRH title, they did agree that they’d no longer use it when they moved from the UK to the US, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace shared on the royals’ official website in 2020.
“The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family,” read the statement.
Obviously, Meghan is still using the title – at least for personal interactions – and a former courtier told The Daily Beast that this is filling William with rage.
“Charles might be happy to put up with this, but William won’t,” the insider said. “He loathes and despises Harry and Meghan with every bone in his body, he believes they have betrayed everything the family stands for and the idea that they are using their royal status as a calling card will enrage him.”
Sources told the news outlet that even though King Charles does not have any intention of formally stripping Meghan and Harry of their HRH titles, William is planning to make it happen as soon as he takes the throne and becomes king.
A friend of William’s told The Daily Beast that because Charles has “lost control” of the situation, his oldest son will take care of it for him.
“It’s apparent that Harry and Meghan have every intention of making his final years a misery, just as he feared they would,” the friend said. “Meghan using her HRH exposes how weak and enfeebled he is. She knows he won’t do anything. There is no way King William will stand for this. The titles will simply be removed when he is king. A way will be found.”
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