King Charles should have ‘refused’ Archie and Lilibet’s royal titles

King Charles should “never have allowed” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to use royal titles for their children, one royal biographer has claimed. The Sussexes revealed for the first time that they would be using royal titles for their children in June during the christening of their daughter in a private ceremony in California. The revelation that Archie , 4, and his sister Lilibet , 2, were to become Prince and Princess respectively ended years of fierce debate. Many fans of the Royal Family regarded the move as unconscionable given Harry and Meghan’s decision to step down as working royals and pursue projects that threw the monarchy into disrepute. King Charles has a lot to answer for in this regard, Tom Bower, author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, tells Daily Express US. Tom Bower: King Charles should ‘never have allowed’ Harry and Meghan to royal titles for their kids (Image: Getty Images) He explained: “Harry and Meghan have undermined the monarchy and Charles has made a terrible mistake. “He should have cut them off straight away. He should never have allowed their children to be made a prince and princess.” The royal biographer continued: “And he shouldn’t have invited Harry to the coronation. He should have just cut them off.” Where did it all go wrong? Tensions had been brewing between the Firm and the Sussexes for years but the Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021 brought them into sharp relief. Pictured: Meghan and Harry with their baby son Prince Archie (Image: Getty Images) During the now-infamous interview, Meghan insinuated that a member of the family had subjected her to racism – a claim that would soon engulf the institution in a race row. Harry later attempted to walk back the allegation in an interview but it appeared the damage was done by this point. A YouGov poll conducted shortly after the interview aired found 48 percent of Britons said they had a negative view of Harry, compared with 45 percent with a positive view – giving him a -3 net score. It marked the first time attitudes had been more negative than positive towards him, and was a 15-point drop from March 2 of that same year. Family divide: Spare brought tensions between the Firm and the Sussexes into sharp focus (Image: Getty Images) Meghan’s popularity also took a hit after the interview, with only 31 percent of Britons holding a positive opinion of the Duchess of Sussex, while 58 percent of the survey’s 1,664 British respondents viewed her negatively. Public sentiment appeared to go from bad to worse for the Sussexes following the release of their Netflix series last December, where the couple made further claims of racism, with the British press also coming in the crosshairs. But it was the release of Harry’s tell-all memoir Spare in January that took the royal rift to a whole new level. Harry’s memoir was littered with explosive claims about members of the family, including the accusation that William physically attacked him. Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com/ExpressUSNews and @expressusnews