July 20, 2025
Prince Harry’s Royal Fantasy: Archie, Lilibet, and the HRH Delusion
He came to see King Charles—but royal fans had eyes only for one man: Sergeant Neil Mitchell. The commando’s unexpected rise to viral stardom during a recent royal visit has people wondering if he’s the next “Major Hottie.” Plus: a closer look at the woman quietly running London’s most charming lunch spot—Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Lord Snowdon and half-sister to Sarah Chatto. And yes, Mike Tindall went shirtless at a private festival. We've got that too.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue and
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your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry's reported the hope that
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Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet might one day design to
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become working royals was met with a blunt response from
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royal commentators. Royal expert Kinsey Schofield said, it's utterly absurd
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for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to believe their children
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might one day choose to become working royals. That kind
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of entitlement isn't just wishful thinking, it borders on delusion.
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These are American children who have been raised oceans away
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from the monarchy, with no exposure to the customs, culture
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or continuity that define royal life. Harry closed that door
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himself the moment he boughted Taylor Perry's private jet and
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handed over his life story to a ghostwriter for Spare.
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British broadcaster and photographer Helena Child was equally fourthright. Prince
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William will not be thinking of having the Sussex children
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formal future royal roles ludicrous, she said. The children being
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raised in America and as I understand, do not have
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any understanding of the British Royal family. They would not
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have received the guidance to fit into royal life and
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royal expectation should not even be a thought. And why
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would Harry and Meghan want this for their children? Anyway,
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They stepped down as working royals, painted the British Royal
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family in the most adberrant light and ran as far
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away from them as possible. Royal historian Richard Fitzwilliams noted
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that any decision on the children's HRH status ultimately rests
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with the sovereign. It may or may not resolve itself.
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It would be simple for the HRH to be removed
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by the sovereign. However, they were entitled to it automatically
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as children of the sons of the monarch because of
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the nineteen seventeen letters Patent of George the Fifth. Contrary
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to what the Sussex has claimed in their infamous Oprah interview,
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it is unclear what we Limbed do when he becomes king,
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but he will be well aware of the probable effect
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and vast off an adverse publicity if he did this.
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Hillary Ford it to another long time royal analysts argued
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that the trust between the brothers had been fatally damaged.
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Prince Harry has consistently exacerbated the rift he created after
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he departed from royal life with his tell all wind
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vest spare growing up together. Both Prince William and Prince
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Harry know how treasured trust is. They trusted each other,
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but Prince Harry has deliberately destroyed that trust, which can
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never be regained. Therefore, it would be beyond hypocritical for
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the Sussexes who have rejected royal duties to expect their children,
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who have zero knowledge of royal responsibilities, to evan even
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be able to assume many roles. They declared royal life unbearable,
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and their undignified conduct has confirmed how ill fitted either
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of them would be back in any royal roles. According
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to Royal Nicker of The Sunday Times, Prince William's attitude
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towards his brother has shifted significantly to indifference. A friend
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of the Prince of Wales observed, what has struck me
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most recently is that he just doesn't mention it at all.
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It used to be that the family staff was taking
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up a lot of space in his head. It was
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a very close relationship and he was very upset, but
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he's not letting it get to him at all anymore.
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It's a change, sad, but it's a much healthier space
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for him to be at Fordage sees that stance as deliberate.
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Prince William is taking a healthy approach by not even
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addressing nor wasting time considering his wayward brother. He is
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dedicated to his lovely, loyal family and royal duties. He
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doesn't see any point in even discussing his brother, as
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he isn't in control of his despicable actions. He sees
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his time better focused on where he can make a
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difference for his family, his people, and his role in
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the nation's history. A friend of the Prince summed up
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William's outlook simply, He's always been fiercely protective of them
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and will be fiercely protective of them in the future.
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In The Daily Mail, Richard Eden writes, after the birth
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of Archie Harrison Mount Batton, Windsor in twenty nineteen, Prince
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Harriet Meghan made clear that they had chosen not to
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use a title for their son. He could have become
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the Earl of Dumbarton, one of Harry's subsidiary titles or
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have been Lord Archie Mount Baton, Windsor, but instead he
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was Master Archie. At the time, the sycophantic journalists such
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as Ohmu Scoby, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's future biographer,
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gushed that this decision was all part of their desire
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to give their son as normal life as possible. Yet
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after moving to the egalitarian US, the couple seemed to
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have a change of heart. Instead of seeking a normal
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life for little Archie, they wanted him to be formerly
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known as a prince. So insistent were they that he
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deserved a regal title that they wined about it to
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a worldwide audience of almost fifteen million in their explosive
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interview with Oprah in twenty twenty one. In fact, the
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rules governing the titles of royal children were set out
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by George the Fifth, the late Queen Elizabeth's grandfather, in
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nineteen seventeen. Archie and Lilibet, now aged six and four,
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were not prince and Princess at birth because they were
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not grandchildren of the monarch at the time. However, they
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gained the right to these titles when King Charles acceded
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to the throne in twenty twenty two, the Sussexes referred
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to their daughter as Princess Lilabet for the first time
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after her christening in California was announced. In twenty twenty three,
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A spokesman for the couple said that children's titles have
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been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch. This matter
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has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace.
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The children were subsequently named as Prince and Princess on
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the royal family's official website. Not apparently content with these titles, however,
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the Sussexes wanted their children to be known as His
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Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness to boot. We know
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this because a source close to the Duke and Duchess
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informed the Guardian newspaper this month that the couple had
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applied for British passports for their children and requested that
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HRH was printed on them. From what I am told,
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the removal of Archie and the Libert's hrhs could be
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part of a wider slimming down of the monarchy. When
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William becomes king, he may choose to restrict the use
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of hrhs to working members of the royal family. This
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would mean that Harry and Meghan, as well as their children,
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are stripped of these titles more Palace. In just a
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moment in the Daily Mail, Rebecca English shared when she
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knew it was all downhill Megan English rights in all
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the royal families troubled relations with Harry and Meghan. It
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was a single word that sent a collective shiver down
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the spine of Buckingham Palace and left senior courtiers in
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little doubt that whatever route the couple eventually took, things
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would not end happily. Announcing their decision to step back
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from their position as senior working royals in order to
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carve out a progressive new role within this institution as
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financially independent individuals, the couple concluded, we will continue to
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collaborate with Her Majesty, the Queen, the Prince of Wales,
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the Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. And there
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it was the word collaborate. No one collaborates with the Queen.
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This is not one of those cape Moss top shop
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tie aps. One well placed source rage to me at
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the time. This is exactly why Queen Elizabeth knew this
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whole half in half out version of royalty they were
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lobbying for was never ever going to work, my source says.
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Another source added, Harry and Meghan were a law unto
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themselves from the start, pushing and pushing the envelope to
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their own professional and financial advantage. Her late Majesty was
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nobody's full and knew the chances were it would all
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end in disaster. As Meghan will likely attest, it's really
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hard to be a royal. It isn't all tiaras and
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garden parties, Just as Prince Edwin and Duchess Sophie, who've
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spent the last twenty six years living in what one
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architectural historian once described as bad, purposeless ugly. That's Bagshot Park,
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the one hundred and twenty room Tudor Gothic mansion in Surrey,
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gifted to the couple by the late Queen Elizabeth I
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after their nineteen ninety nine wedding. Imagine having to live
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in an ugly house with fifty one acres of grounds,
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private lake and multiple stables. The family has tried to
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make it livable by adding features like a conservatory, and
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made the most out of the estate's generous proportions, even
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if the public can't tour the house for themselves and
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are they You have it? If you like to emails
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