Prince Charles won’t make the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie a prince, according to the Daily Mail, and it’s become a case of ‘I told you so’ for those who doubted the claim in Meghan’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in March.
Back then, Meghan told the broadcaster about the “idea of the first member of colour in this family not being titled in the same way that other grandchildren would be”.
She said: “There’s a convention - I think it’s the George V or George VI convention - that when you’re the grandchild of the monarch, so when Harry’s dad becomes king, automatically, Archie and our next baby would become prince or princess.
“It’s not their right to take [that right] away. Even with that convention I’m talking about, while I was pregnant, they said they want to change the convention for Archie. Well, why?”
After several people claimed that many of Meghan’s remarks were inaccurate or false – not least a certain former Good Morning Britain presenter – people are now resharing a particular clip from the Oprah interview as apparent proof that what the duchess was saying may have been true all along:
Lest we forget this is precisely what Meghan said. They were discussing how they would change a 100+ year convention to prevent Archie and his future siblings, now Lili, from being Princes and Princesses.#RacistRoyalFamily pic.twitter.com/ufhhoU34U9
— Tennisfan aka Jacqueline (@tennisfanv3) June 19, 2021
DM "exclusive": CHARLES WON'T LET ARCHIE BE A PRINCE!
— Julieth 🌻 (@troubleshade) June 19, 2021
Me: Are you telling Meghan told the truth? pic.twitter.com/WdkEOhSGOF
The first mixed race grandson .. good move Charles .. that prove everything Meghan said is true 😌
— El Jad 🛡🕊 (@toufitriel) June 19, 2021
They just proved Meghan point. She told the truth about Charles rewriting the rules so that Archie wouldn't get a Prince title when he become King.
— ♡April A Brown 👠🍒 (@AprilABrown1) June 20, 2021
Royal Family reeks Desperation. Content fed to public re #MeghanMarkle #PrinceHarry is diabolical. Read some BS in my time but this about Prince William re Meghan ‘bullying’ is PREMIUM bullshit
— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) June 20, 2021
Charles decided BEFORE Archie was BORN he won’t be Prince: Meghan said & We Know Why. pic.twitter.com/3Hwrh5aF4J
How exactly can you REVEAL an exclusive that Meghan told the world 3 months ago? Just say she told the truth - the Firm didn’t want Harry’s kids to be HRHs.
— Royal Suitor / R.S. Locke (@royal_suitor) June 19, 2021
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According to the Mail on Sunday, Charles is determined to limit the number of key royals, largely due to cost. He has apparently told the Sussexes that he will change key legal documents to ensure Archie cannot get the title he would once have inherited by right.
