This being the Windsors, though, even that switch, inscribed in protocol, has hardly been smooth. Lilibet and Archie swapped their “Master” and “Misses” titles for their more august appellations when their grandfather became king. Succession rules promulgated by Letters Patent issued by King George V in 1917 ordained that the grandchildren of the sovereign, but not the great-grandchildren, save the children of the heir - Archie and Lilibet’s cousins, in this case - have the right to claim “HRH” titles. The Sussexes have sought their own measure of independence from the crown, “stepping back” as “working royals” and pursuing “financial independence.” The Episcopal Church into which Lilibet was christened broke from the Church of England after the American Revolution rather than swear fealty to the latter’s supreme governor, George III, whose distant heir is now Lilibet’s grandfather. John Taylor.” People magazine reports that the senior royals - Prince Harry’s family - were invited, but did not attend. Word came from Montecito that at Lilibet’s christening last Friday, she became a princess, with a Sussex spokesman confirming that “Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3, by the bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev. Now, even the littlest ones appear set for post-christening baptisms into royal controversy. In the diminutive persons of the prince and princess - they are 3 years old and 1, respectively - converge arcane succession rules and the course charted by a new sovereign, son of the longest reigning monarch in English history, who is navigating a sea of familial turbulence. So, it appears as if the parts everyone is to play in the upcoming coronation drama are still being sorted out. This comes as Harry and his wife, Meghan, gave a post-christening statement doubling down on their children’s “birthright” to the prince and princess titles. Yet in what is seen as an olive branch, the palace on Thursday morning changed the titles of Harry’s children, Archie and Lilibet, to prince and princess on the royal family’s office line of succession on its website. Harry is also said to be demanding a sit-down and apology from his father and elder brother prior to the coronation, something the king and the prince of Wales are not expected to grant.
At issue for the royal issue: whether Harry will attend his father’s coronation after all the senior royals failed to attend the California christening of Harry’s daughter, Lilibet. With the coronation of King Charles III two months away, tensions are only worsening between Buckingham Palace and the monarch’s wayward son, Prince Harry.
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