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Granting royal titles is a complicated exercise, especially concerning the great-grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning monarch of the United Kingdoms. And it is more convoluted if the British royalty is to anoint someone whose maternal side is of African American Descent.
The Duchess of Sussex recently made a jaw-dropping revelation in a celebrity interview claiming that Buckingham Palace refused to bestow the title of a prince to the first-born child. Meghan, wife of Prince Harry and born of African American descent, said that she was hurt by the racism still institutionalized within the Monarchy.
One can trace the protocol for bestowing title to Harry’s great-great-grandfather King George V in 1917. The rules laid by the king were designed to limit the number of titles of the royal family. This was limited to only those in direct succession to the throne who could get the HRH (His or Her Royal Highness)title.
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