Prince Philip 'would be sad' to see Prince Harry abandon 64-year-old royal tradition
20.02.2024 - 19:16
/ ok.co.uk
Prince Philip would have been upset in the afterlife, after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to deviate from a 64 year old Royal naming tradition for their children, says a Royal commentator.
Their kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, had been known by the last name of Mountbatten-Windsor.
This surname was given to male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, as established by the Privy Council in 1960. But now, their little ones will be called Sussex.
Professional Royal watcher Ingrid Seward believes the late Duke of Edinburgh wouldn't have taken kindly to Meghan and Harry's decision, as he fought hard for the Mountbatten-Windsor name. Going by a new surname "will only serve to further distance the prince and his children from the Royal Family," Ingrid said.
Once his wife Princess Elizabeth took up the role of queen in 1952, Prince Philip became quite upset upon learning that his children wouldn't carry his surname, Mountbatten. Instead, they were assigned as Windsors, in acknowledgement of the Queen's lineage.
A solution was found by Winston Churchill and the Queen's private secretary Tommy Lascelles, suggesting the family use Mountbatten-Windsor for male descendants. However, Ingrid lamented in the Daily Mail: "How sad, therefore, that only three generations later, Harry should so blatantly disregard his grandfather's wishes and effectively abandon the family name for which Philip had fought." She mentioned that the fuss over the kids' last name would have upset Philip a lot.
Archie and Lilibet's new last name was announced on Meghan and Harry's fresh website. A soruce told The Times: "The reality behind the new site is very simple - it's a hub for the work the Sussexes do and it reflects
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