POLL OF THE DAY: Should Harry and Meghan be stripped of their royal titles? YOUR VERDICT

POLL OF THE DAY: Should Harry and Meghan be stripped of their royal titles? YOUR VERDICT

Prince Harry and Meghan under spotlight in latest royal row

GB News
Dimitris Kouimtsidis

By Dimitris Kouimtsidis


Published: 16/02/2024

- 05:00

Updated: 16/02/2024

- 20:50

GB News membership readers were asked whether they thought that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be stripped of their royal titles

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have come under fire recently after rebranding their official website earlier this week.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved away from their former Archewell website, opting instead for a new Sussex themed brand, featuring their royal crest.


Prior to their trip to Canada, the couple launched the new-look site which included their royal titles, alongside a biography of the pair.

A number of royal experts have come out against the couple's new website, blasting them for including their royal titles despite no longer being working members of the Royal Family.

POLL OF THE DAY: Should Harry and Meghan be stripped of their royal titles? YOUR VERDICT

POLL OF THE DAY: Should Harry and Meghan be stripped of their royal titles? YOUR VERDICT

GB News

In an exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, 97 per cent of voters said that the pair should be stripped of their royal titles, while only three per cent said that shouldn't.

One of the experts who slammed them was Michael Cole who claimed that Harry and Meghan had made an "illegal" move to keep their regal titles on the Sussex website.

He stated that the decision "undermines the status of King Charles and the immediate Royal Family".

Cole told GB News host Patrick Christys: "It's illegal to use the royal title or even the name of a royal palace for commercial purposes, with punishments attached if that is transgressed.

Meghan and Harry in CanadaMeghan and Harry arrived in Canada for the Invictus GamesREUTERS

"When they made a hurried exit with their newly born son Prince Archie to Canada and then to California, which may have been her intended destination all along, they were told that they would keep their titles HRH, but they were not permitted to use them in their work.

"They could be the Duke and Duchess of Sussex but they were explicitly warned not to use their royal status for commercial purposes."

He added: "This will not have gone down well at Buckingham Palace. They'll be watching things very closely and if there is any transgression, they will certainly be taking sanctions."

The new website includes a biography of the duo, with Harry's failing to mention the Royal Family, instead promoting his work with the Invictus Games, the military and his memoir, Spare.

Meghan and Harry in Canada

Meghan and Harry changed rebranded their website

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The website reads: "The Duke is the New York Times Bestselling author of Spare, a memoir of his life told with compassion, vulnerability, and unflinching honesty."

Meghan Markle's page boasts her as a "champion of human rights and gender equity", and briefly mentions her acting career.

The Duchess's bio states: "The Duchess hopes to be a cultural catalyst for positive change, reflecting her core belief that representation matters, and that communities can be enhanced through learning, healing, and inspirational support."

Regarding the biographies on the site, Cole claimed that they're "obviously written by somebody who was intoxicated with the exuberance of their own verbosity", and are "very grand, eloquent and overwritten".

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