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Many things that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said and done since they quit Britain five years ago have left members of the Royal Household shocked.
They include their accusations of racism in their Oprah Winfrey interview, to Meghan’s recent posting of a video of her twerking in a maternity suite.
Now, however, the couple have managed to spring a fresh surprise on their royal relations. The Guardian newspaper, a favourite of Left-wing republicans, was the unusual recipient of a briefing from ‘sources close to the Sussexes’ last week.
These apparently well-informed sources were keen to share private details of the passports of the couple’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Passport applications, it reported, included the titles HRH (His /Her Royal Highness), as well as the surname Sussex.
Buried in this strange report was a revelation which, I am told, left palace insiders ‘utterly bewildered’.
It read: ‘The Guardian understands that Harry wants to keep the HRH titles for his children so that when they grow older they can decide for themselves whether they want to become working royals or stay out of public life.’
So the Sussexes, who chose to give up public duties to seek their fortune in America, may stage a return to the royal fold via their children.‘I find this very hard to understand,’ one royal source told me this week.
‘Harry and Meghan apparently found official duties and life within the Royal Family unbearable, yet they want this for their children. It doesn’t make sense.’
My suspicion is that this is less about the future roles of their children and more about keeping up Harry and Meghan’s royal links now.
Just last week, the duchess was publicly voicing her dream of potentially running a company with her daughter.
How much better for business for Lily to be an American princess who could be in line for a dramatic return to the Royal Family?
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