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Archie's title, if changed, would be particularly noteworthy since Meghan told Oprah Winfrey in a 2021 televised interview that Archie's title, and subsequent security protection, had been a point of discussion within the royal family and was not a result of her and Harry choosing to forego a title for their firstborn son.

\"This went on for the last few months of our pregnancy, where I'm going, 'Hold on a second,'\" Meghan recalled to Winfrey at the time, adding there was \"no explanation\" for what she described as a \"change in protocol.\"

\"I thought, 'Can you just tell them the truth? Can you say to the world you're not giving him a title and we want to keep him safe, and that if he's not a prince, then it's not part of the tradition? Just tell people and then they'll understand,' but they wouldn't do that,\" she said.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s titles will not change but Harry and his kids have now moved up in the royal family’s line of succession.

Harry is now fifth in line to be king while Archie and Lili are sixth and seventh in line for the throne.

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Harry's older brother Prince William is first in line to the throne and William’s children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are second, third, and fourth in the line of succession, respectively.

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