Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly paranoid King Charles is blocking Archie and Lilibet's British passports
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle believe King Charles "blocked" attempts to issue new passports for Archie and Lilibet due to the King's fury over their use of the HRH title, an insider has claimed.
The Sussexes legally retain the 'His/Her Royal Highness' titles but are under strict agreement not to use the prestigious honours in their commercial ventures.
Nevertheless, references to Meghan as an 'HRH' have recently crept into her social media posts, reportedly infuriating Charles and the Prince of Wales.
Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4, are also legally entitled to the HRH designation.
According to a bombshell new report in the Guardian newspaper, the Sussexes applied for new British passports for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, which used both the surname Sussex and an HRH designation.
It is understood that until 2023, Archie and Lilibet had both US and British passports under the family name Mountbatten-Windsor.
However, the new passports never materialised and the Sussexes suspect the King directly blocked the documents because he did not want his grandchildren to have the titles.
'There was clear reluctance to issue passports for the kids,' a source close to the Sussexes told the newspaper on Thursday.
The standard wait time for a British passport is about three weeks.
After three months without receiving the documents because of 'technical issues', it is understood Harry and Meghan reapplied using an urgent 24-hour passport service.
That meeting was cancelled at the last minute due to a 'systems failure.'
'The King hadn't wanted Archie and Lili to carry the titles, most of all the HRH, and the British passports, once created, would be the first and perhaps the only legal proof of their names,' the source said.
The mysterious delays are allegedly what prompted Harry to approach his uncle Earl Spencer for his advice on possibly using the Spencer family name.
'Out of sheer exasperation he went to his uncle to effectively say: 'My family are supposed to have the same name and they're stopping that from happening because the kids are legally HRH, so if push comes to shove, if this blows up and they won't let the kids be called Sussex, then can we use Spencer as a surname?,'' the source said.
The update comes days after it was first revealed Harry allegedly discussed plans to use his mother's maiden name with his uncle Earl Spencer.
'They had a very amicable conversation, and Spencer advised him against taking such a step," a source told the Daily Mail.
It is understood that the legal and logistical challenges were ultimately considered too great and the family appear to have settled on 'Sussex' as a family name.
It is still unclear if Archie and Lilibet's British passports ever materialised, but the children have not joined their parents on recent overseas trips, including the recent Invictus Games in Canada.
The official Mountbatten-Windsor surname is a combination of the late Queen Elizabeth II's family name and the late Prince Philip's adopted surname.
Philip took on the name Mountbatten after becoming a naturalised British citizen and renouncing his Greek and Danish royal titles in 1947.
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