King Charlesmay be invacation modeat Balmoral Castle, but his team is busy behind the scenes.
On Tuesday, Gert’s Royals pointed out onX(formerly Twitter) that the royal family’s Royal.UK website has been refreshed to feature four other official web pages. The update comes afterPrince Harry’s “His Royal Highness” title wasstripped from the royal family’s websitein early August.
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The drop-down has a prominent spot at the top of the website and debuted alongside another new feature. Readers can now click on “Their Majesties' work as Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall,” which links to an archive of speeches, messages, press releases and news from the Clarence House website.
The Royal.UK website.www.royal.uk
King Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 76, havelived at Clarence Housesince 2003 and operated their office under the banner of the same name until Charles’ accession in September 2022. Days after Queen Elizabeth’s death, courtiers announced that the couple wouldpivot to usingthe official Royal Family social media pages instead. While the Clarence House accounts are still accessible onTwitterandInstagram, the bios now read, “This account is no longer being updated. Please follow@theroyalfamilyfor updates on His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.”
The Royal.UK website has yet to be updated in full following the death of Queen Elizabeth, and an explainer onproper protocolfor greeting a member of the royal family still refers to her as the sovereign.
The latest tweaks to the royal family website come two weeks after Prince Harry’s “His Royal Highness” title was removed from his bio. According to theExpress, sometime between Aug. 4 and Aug. 9, two mentions of the appellation werepulled from his page. Both references were tied to his work to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in 2016. The title is now replaced with “the Duke” or “the Duke of Sussex” — although he did not receive hisdukedomfrom his grandmother Queen Elizabeth until his May 2018 wedding toMeghan Markle.
Meghan and Harry’s biographies remain on the mainRoyal Family tabof the Royal.UK site, with their profiles last on the landing page.
The fate of the couple’s Sussex titles was revealed shortly after they announced they werestepping back as working members of the royal familyin 2020.
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Prince Harry and Meghan, 42, would still be referred to formally as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and called Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the National Service of Thanksgiving during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, June 2022.Karwai Tang/WireImage
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Today, they use the titles on theirArchewellwebsite but have often introduced themselves as"Harry"and"Meghan"since relocating to her home state of California. The couple first referred to theirchildren’s royal titles—Prince Archie, 4, andPrincess Lilibet, 2 — while confirming the news of their daughter’s christening in March.
“The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch,” a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told PEOPLE at the time. “This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace.”
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth in September, Harry’s father became King Charles — and as grandchildren of the monarch, Archie and Liliwere afforded the titles of prince and princess. PEOPLE understands that the titles will be used in formal settings and not in everyday use.
source: people.com
