Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should savor the time they have with their royal titles.
After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost his titles over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, biographer Tom Bower thinks the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be concerned they’re next.
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“For Harry, it was an unbelievable shock that the king could strip Andrew of his titles — including prince — and it changes everything,” Bower told The Mirror.
“He must really fear that William will strip him, Meghan and [their two] children of their titles when he succeeds to the throne,” he continued.
“They are on borrowed time and vulnerable now, because I don’t think there is anything they can do to reverse the hurt they have caused Kate [Middleton] and William, and William is still furious,” he added.
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“The Sussexes have a real problem because Meghan isn’t making any serious money. Nor is Harry really, so the threat is they’ll do something foolish and damaging to the royal family,” Bower said.
“They are uncontrolled, so the danger lies in Meghan maybe writing her own memoir, or doing another interview like Oprah Winfrey,” Bower continued, referencing the couple’s headline-making 2021 sit-down with the media mogul. “The legacy of that interview cannot be overestimated, and Meghan’s accusations that the royal family is racist still echo. Who knows what else she might say in the future?”
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Meghan using her title
The Spare author and the Suits actress allegedly agreed to refrain from using their royal titles — His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness — when they retired from The Firm, but Meghan reportedly continues to refer to herself as “HRH The Duchess of Sussex.”
“[The title is] a great trading asset, and she uses it ruthlessly and with impunity,” Bower said.
“It’s nothing to do with the royal family — she couldn’t care two hoots about that,” he continued. “She just uses it to give herself the status she craves.”
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The mother of two continues to profit off her ties to the royal family, so the prospect of losing her title is likely deeply concerning for her.
“I don’t think Meghan realized until Harry told her that his uncle had lost his title, that that is a reality,” Bower said. “I don’t think she, or any of us, realized they could be so ruthless. I can only imagine she’s now sitting there thinking, ‘What are we going to do?’ Because without the titles, who is she? But she is betraying the royal family every time she uses the title.”
“With the Sussexes’ titles, it’s a rock and a hard place for the royal family. The only way to undermine Meghan’s status, although it would look like sour grapes, is to take away her title,” he continued.
“It won’t happen during Charles’s lifetime,” he added. “He will only act on William’s pressure and there’s no reason ostensibly at the moment to strip them of their titles — they haven’t done anything embarrassing, other than using it to trade on. They would have to be very careful about how they do it, but I think it is inevitable.”
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