Yeah, I'm not sure these accusations are going to fly in the country where William and Harry joined the army as "William Wales" and "Harry Wales". Isn't that just what those no-last-namers do?
I always wondered why they weren’t Windsor in the army. Must be some custom of theirs.
Your name in the UK is pretty much whatever you normally go by. You can change your name to whatever you want without any legal process by providing evidence of "name change by usage", and then that is your "actual" surname. Most people don't do this because it's a headache to get places to acknowledge it without a deed poll or solicitor's letter, but if you're a Royal then obviously everyone knows who you are already so you could feasibly change your "actual" name as much as you'd like, and your "official" Royal name is a stage name. As for why, it was probably concerns about being high priority targets or just worrying BFPO would get overwhelmed with fan mail.
There is a LOT of royal protocol around this that is also settled legally when they changed from Saxe-Coburg to Mountbatten essentially it was always held as "The Monarchs Family has no Official Surname" He / She was supposed to be a brother to all men and above all but god so if the king wanted to call his family The Smiths they could but they would normally go for something in medieval French to make it look nicer, This would be the same reason why they don't need passports (technically they do apart from the Monarch who doesn’t but this kinda normal amongst heads of state, and has been a tradition since well ever- but it technically applies to their family as well).
The Protocol states that while they can, they not nessiserially should but they can either choose a part of their title or from a approved list that has been approved at various levels, so using something like "Wales" "Lancashire" "Sefton" "Windsor" etc is fine as they can legally be known as that title as could any Lord or Lady if they held that title, and there are rules about how royal siblings can use them Harry can't use Wales now as his brother is officially the Prince of Wales but while their father was the POW they could - They can also use any Rank as a qualifier as well.
This is to satisfy some normal everyday laws an rules you have to pay attention to, like Banking Regs, Tax law, and these days even just booking things or using services etc. you need a Surname so they use one they are entitled to use (an in the full old fashioned sense of entitled as well).
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@AssignedEva said in England your Surname isn't that big of a deal but to elaborate on this your given name is and this is where it get's tricky under Anglo-Saxon legal tradition an in countries with that heritage your Surname doesn't count as that can change when you change jobs, areas, or on a whim, but the name or names you where GIVEN are important and why it's harder for men (and in one case only women) to get this changed rather than a Surname because it's what you are generally know by, other than your direct neighbours you may know an have been to events with or pleasant conversations with etc know their Surnames 10 doors down? You may know Bob an Lynda really well but you have no idea who Mr an Mrs McFadden are but if the police knocked at your door an said "Excuse me were looking for Bob" you'd vaugely point out Bob's house.
Everyone is different. I think that there are children, and that they are biologically related to Meghan and Harry, but they were borne by surrogates, thus negating their legitimacy in the line of succession.
There is no precedent for that to even happen as long as Harry is Legally and Biologically considered their Father they are his Children an they are Historically an legally entitled to some stuff for a long while, as are there kids then it falls out into the background noise of Royal life, Surrogacy has never been ruled on in a Royal Court simply as it has never come up, However their is laws around Bastardry and Royal linage some could argue about from a purely Royal perspective BUT I doubt Scientifically (an this is a thing at court) this would be allowed as that child is of Royal Blood if not Gestation and that has no impact on the matter (especially if some familes want to stay relevant).
His only hope now is that he sees the light and he dumps her but I really doubt that will happen. I expect Megan to crash and burn with this American Orchard thing. She like the Royal family's Kamala Harris. Unlikable, fake, forgettable. Maybe she can grift off this fire in LA.
also sort of feel bad for Harry but I don't think he's a nice person either and he will definitely stick with Meg until a definite source of validation comes along and that person / woman can re-engineer a reunion with his family. I don't think there is literally any scenario where he would go cap in hand to the royal family, on his own, so I think he's sticking with Meg until she pries him off with a crowbar. And if she did he might unalive himself.
His connection is Anne, Charles an Anne are VERY close not public but close - and she has a soft spot a massive one for Harry as he's the baby of the family as long as she's alive or her memory holds sway Harry can get back in at least publicly an on paper but never back in the real circle of trust.
I can see him not having a choice in getting dumped, Megan will toss him the moments he's a dead weight (i.e. call to her agent "We'd book you to play the part but Harry is a mess an the studio don't like that" if that happens a few times on the run she will start distancing for a few years publicly then drop him like a very hot potato - and possibly shack up with some Silicone Valley investor she's known for a while.
And she didn't have to invite TMZ. That woman has a terrifying sense of always knowing where exactly where the camera is. Too bad the shots never flatter her.
TMZ are everywhere, they are legitimately Celebrity Shitehawks, if they know there are places Celebs or notable people are going to be they are there or will by pictures from anyone if they haven’t got a camera there themselves and Disasters like this bring in the glad handers like nothing else.
You are right though unless she is Staged in fine detail she doesn't ever look OK, nearly all the best pictures I have of family an friends are when they are natural not staged but she is never natural, like ever unless she's shouting at someone. Her whole existance is an act and she doesn't know where she ends an the act begins anymore.
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