May 6, 2026
Harry and Meghan Clash Over Archie’s Birthday as Trademarking Children's Names Raises Questions
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly divided over how to celebrate Archie’s birthday, with tensions over privacy and public image resurfacing. New reports suggest the couple have moved to secure trademarks tied to their children’s names, prompting fresh debate about commercialization. Plus, Tom Bower weighs in on the state of their relationship, Harry’s possible return to the UK raises questions about royal involvement, and old stories about Meghan’s time at Frogmore Cottage resurface. Meanwhile, Prince Andrew seeks a private meeting with the King, and a new auction offers a reminder of his Falklands War past.
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Low and welcome Toro Palace Intrigue. I am your host,
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Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan Minkle are reportedly at
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odds over how to mark Archie's birthday, with differing views
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on how visible their children should be in public life.
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It has been suggested that Megan Minkel is open to
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following a tradition often observed by senior royals where birthdays
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are marked with an official image released to the public. Meanwhile,
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Prince Harry is said to favor maintaining the couple's more
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private approach, particularly when it comes to their children and
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inside a told New Idea, this isn't the first time
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conflict has come up, and there are times it's been
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Meghan holding Harry back from showing off pictures of their kids.
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But Megan thinks it's the perfect time to release a
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formal set of pictures of Archie for his birthday, especially
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now her Archie's candle has been released. However, Harry's starting
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to worry about Archie and little Bit losing their titles
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if they keep pushing the lines between being royalty and
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monetizing it. The source continued, he's also fearful of trolls
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and putting a target mark on their young son's back.
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They added, he's got enough to deal with. Plastering his
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picture to the world online is going to change his life,
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and not necessarily in a good way. Royal biographer Tom
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Bauer commented on the couple's relationship during an appearance on
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The Daily Expresso podcast, where he was asked about speculation
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surrounding their future. He said, I don't believe they are
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going to divorce their attentions and relationships, but I think
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in the end, he needs her and she needs him.
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It's a relationship based on a good business standing, and
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so I'm not one of those people who think they
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are about to in any way break up. I think
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on the whole, he needs her because he's a lonely
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sad man and she needs the label. Megad and Harry
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have reportedly filed to trademark the names of their children,
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Prince Archie and Princess Lilibert. Reports suggest that the Sussexes
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have secured the names Archie and Lilibert across email addresses,
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social media handles and demand registrations. Some critics argue it
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points toward the commercialization of their children's identities, while others
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say it may be a precautionary step designed to prevent misuse,
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including what have been described as nefarious purposes. PR expert
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Chad tick Sarah, speaking to the express frame of the
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situation in terms of public perception, he said, this is
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exactly the kind of story that keeps them Megan and
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Harry debate alive because it plays straight into that long
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running accusation. You can't have it both ways. Meghan has
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been accused of hypocrisy before, and this is where that
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angle really starts to land, because it plays straight into
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a narrative that's already there. She's been very clear about
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wanting privacy for her children and even to the extent
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of leaving the royal family for a quieter life. So
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anything that even loosely links them to something so commercial
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and in the public eye is always going to raise questions.
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There is certainly a difference between protecting names behind the
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scenes and actively putting your family out there. What people
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latch onto is the contradiction, and it feels like what
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Megan was so adamant about during her exit six years
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ago is no longer the hard truth. The hypocrisy is
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not going to cause long term damage to her reputation
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or her sussexon as Ever brands, but it does keep
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that say one thing, do another narrative in circulation. From
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a pr point of view, it's less about the action itself,
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for more about how easily it fits a story critics
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are already keen to tell, and with this new move,
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Megan is just feeding the criticism again and again. Harry
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is expected to return to the UK this summer for
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an event linked to the Invictus Games, but questions remain
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over whether any senior members of the royal family will
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join him the Duke of Sussex ten to one year
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countdown event in Birmingham ahead of the twenty twenty seven
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Invictus Games. However, when royal biographer Tom Bauer was asked
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whether King Charles might attend for a short public moment,
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Bao replied, I don't not even not least because of
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what we've discussed, but also because I think William will
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forbid it. I think William's role in all this is
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pretty critical and he wants to have a smooth transition.
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He wants to change the monarchy understandably, he wants to
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modernize it, he needs to appeal to young people, and
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all the other things. He doesn't want to be involved
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in more controversy, especially to benefit Harry and Meghan. Some
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old stories of Meghan's reported diva behavior had been dusted up,
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This one about her early time living at Frogmore Cottage
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shortly after her marriage to Harry. Meghan is said to
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have raised concerns about cars being parked near the property,
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which is located within Windsor Great Park. The couple moved
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into the residence in twenty nineteen after it was gifted
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to them by Queen Elizabeth I following their wedding the
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year before. Reports citing an insider suggests Meghan objected to
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vehicles being visible from the home, with one source saying
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she wanted a calm, controlled environment around the home at
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all costs. The same source added the presence of parked
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cars in direct view was something she found intrusive. The
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request was described by some as an effort to improve
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privacy and create a more peaceful setting, particularly given the
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level of public attention surrounding the couple at the time. However,
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others interpreted the reported moved differently. One source said at
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the time, there was already a sense that the Sussexs
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were trying to carve out their way of doing things
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separate from established royal norms, adding that it fed into
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a broader narrative that the couple wanted more control over
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their environment and day to day life than the traditional
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set up necessarily allowed. The same source noted that many
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saw it as a classic Deavid demand following the couple's
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move into the Windsor residence, more palsing just a moment.
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Columnist Robs Shooter reports Prince Andrews said to be seeking
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a private meeting with King Charles, but the request is
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reportedly facing resistance within the family. Sources ciety and the
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report claimed Andrew has declined to share the purpose of
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the proposed meeting with Aids or other family members, insisting
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he will only discuss the matter directly with the King,
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when insiders said Andrew is refusing to tell anyone what
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the meeting is about. It only speak directly to the King.
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The same report suggests that Prince William is a key obstacle,
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with claims he is unwilling to allow the meeting to
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proceed without greater transparency and is quoted as saying, no transparency,
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no meeting. It's that simple. Andrew's new door is speaking volumes.
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His new home's front door is painted the same light
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blue colour required for all tenant properties on the Sandragham Estate.
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The rules, said to date back to the Queen Mother,
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means residents are not permitted to alter the colour, reinforcing
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the uniform appearance across the estate. A local resident said,
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Andrew nows a front door matching the Sandringham Staff, which
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shows just how far he has fallen from grace. He
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is now just like every other tenant. The Sandringham Estate
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includes hundreds of properties across multiple villages, ranging from staff
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housing to rental homes. Tenants are subject to specific conditions,
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including restrictions on property modifications and other rules tied to
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state management. Flying gloves, once worn by Andrew during the
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Falklands War, is set to be sold at auction, offering
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a reminder of a very different period in his public life.
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The white leather gloves signed Andrew Falkland Islands nineteen eighty two,
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were worn while he served as a helicopter pilot during
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the conflict. The items I described as still bearing marks
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from operational use. And were originally donated by the former
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prince to a charity auction later that same year. Now,
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more than four decades later, the gloves are being offered
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for sale by a private owner, with auctioneers estimating they
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could fetch between one and two thousand dollars. A letter
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accompanying the items, written by Andrew's equerry at the time,
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explains that he was unable to attend the original charity
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auction because he was with Queen Elizabeth II, the head
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of an overseas tour. Auction house director James Grinter, said
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the gloves reflected a period when Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was
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widely regarded for his military service. He said Andrew was
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at the height of his popularity during the Falklands War
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and very highly regarded at the time. It would have
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been inconceivable then that he would be disgraced for his
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subsequent behavior. Andrew served aboard HMS Invincible as part of
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the Royal Navy's eight hundred and twenty Naval Air Squadron,
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carrying up missions including anti submarine patrols, casualty evacuations, and
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operations designed to dive missile attacks. The auction is say
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the item may attract interests from collectors due to Andrew's
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unusual position in royal history. Quintas said he is probably
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unique in royal history of being stripped of his titles,
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so from a royal collector's point of view, they will
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find that quite interesting. The auction is scheduled to take
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place in June, and there you have it. If you'd
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