Why Prince Harry, Meghan Markle rejected Archie’s royal title

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose not to allow their child Archie to use the courtesy title “Earl of Dumbarton” which comes with certain apprehensions of its own.

 For American Sociologist and royal biographer Tom Bower, after detailing the initial title reactions, Meghan gets exclaiming “Hell no. No son of mine is going to be called Dumb,” nuanced every inch of capturing emotion.

The title, which Harry received upon marriage as a subsidiary of his Duke of Sussex designation, was intended to be a preserve Archie’s grandfather but only as an Earl of. 

This would perpetuate tradition of foolishly bestowing aristocratic honors devoid of real substance upon Archie’s father. But the word “dumb” is known to invite ridicule, especially in the US where the derogatory figure of speech carries harsher context.

In 2021, one source told The Telegraph that both parents were uncomfortable with how the name might reflect on the identity of their son, moving forward. The 41-year-old Duke of Sussex surrendered Earl of the Scottish title postnuptial claim only to morph reality into a royal-ish façade. 

While Meghan became Countess of the Scots, outside court she profoundly refused to extend Sottish claims over lesser domains of non-claim dominion granted to embody resistance against widespread aristocratic expectation to conduct oneself with puptial grace.

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