Meghan Markle clarified his legal name and protocols for real names during a recent interview, addressing a generalized confusion about how British real titles work.
In statements to the journalist Emily Chang in “The Circuit”, the Duchess of Sussex explained that her legal name is “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex”, while Sussex serves as the family last name he shares with her children.
“When I got married, I changed my name, but it is complicated that people understand it because our last name is not typical in that construction,” Markle said during the interview.
The Duchess acknowledged that her American background initially contributed to confusion about British real conventions.
“What I learned about me is regardless of my name or what people call me, I’m still the same person,” he added.
His interview caused a debate on social networks, with some users questioning several aspects of real name protocols, while others make fun of Prince Harry’s wife.
“It is nice that Meghan and her friend here use” Meghan, Duchess of Sussex “, which is the right formula for a divorced wife. Both lost the (the) there,” an X user said jokingly.
Another said: “King Charles and Parliament can clarify this confusion at any time, if I am not sure that Prince William will do it with pleasure. I think Crown should clarify this for this woman.”
A user said: “He is a duchy, not a dukedom. And his legal name, according to Letters Patent, is Mountbatten-Windsor.”
