When they married in May 2018, Harry and Meghan were made the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – a historic county in Southeast England. However, in the UK and abroad, people have asked that they be stripped of their titles. For instance, according to a new poll from MailOnline, 56% of Britons believe that Harry and Meghan should lose all their remaining royal patronages and honorary titles. They have also recently had a lot of controversy over their Netflix documentary, the publication of Harry’s autobiography, Spare, and interviews with people like Oprah. Harry has additionally just mentioned that he will likely never leave his Montecito, California mansion to return to his homeland or work as an active royal.
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However mad the monarch may be at Harry and Meghan, “the monarch has no powers to remove titles, and this would require an act of parliament. The last time this happened was in 1917 when King George V passed the Titles Deprivation Act to remove the British peerage titles of several German and Austrian royals during the First World War”. That being said, Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior royals in 2020, and in February 2021, Buckingham Palace confirmed that the couple would not return as working members of the royal family, and that they were required to give up several military, honorary, and charitable patronages, and appointments. Regardless, Harry is fifth in line to the British throne.
Today, Harry and Meghan make their money in several different ways. For example, they own Archewell Productions that makes various programs on Netflix and podcasts on Spotify, worth millions of dollars. They also make money on books like Harry’s Spare and Meghan’s The Bench. Further, when Princess Diana died in 1997, William and Harry received most of their mother’s fortune, which Harry told Oprah helped finance their move to California. Also, Meghan made good money as an actress on the drama series Suits and has a lifestyle blog.
Despite their financial independence and their distancing from the Royal family, they still hold the royal titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex today. When interviewing with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes,” Harry reportedly said that if they were to renounce their titles “what difference would it make?”. Also, purportedly, Harry and Meghan want to believe their children, Archie, 3, and 1-year-old Lilibet will have use of royal titles. At the end of the day, with titles or not, Harry and Meghan are dedicated to serving the public. Harry has been quoted saying, “We can all live a life of service. Service is universal”.