Meghan Markle quietly changed her name on Archie’s birth certificate in ‘snub’

Prince Harry and Meghan quietly erased the Duchess of Sussex’s first names from son Archie’s birth certificate in an unprecedented move.

Little Archie was born on May 6, 2019, and his birth was registered 11 days later before an amendment was made on June 5. The tot’s birth papers no longer show ‘Rachel Meghan’ as his mum and instead read ‘Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex’. The unusual change occurred as rumours were growing of a rift between Harry, brother William and their partners, The Sun reports.

Days after the changes were made, Harry and Meghan walked away from the Fab Four’s joint charity and had quit the Royal family within months. The caustic split from the royals was dubbed ‘Megxit’ by commentators. Harry and Meghan have since moved to North America and welcomed their second child, Lilibet

Lady Colin Campbell, who discovered the amendment, said: “It is extraordinary and raises all kinds of questions about what the Sussexes were thinking.” Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s ex-press secretary, said the changes could be “an early part of their plan.” Royal expert Ingrid Seward added: “For a royal to change a birth certificate is unprecedented but to remove forenames is remarkable. Perhaps this is another sign they were desperate to do something different to the Cambridges.