Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have two children, Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie, who now have royal titles, despite their departure from the British royal family.

According to a statement made on Wednesday, March 8, by a representative of the Duke and Duchess, Lilibet was referred to as a princess during the announcement of the 21-month-old's recent Christening.

"I can confirm that Princess Lilibet was christened on Friday, March 3, by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rev. John Taylor," the spokesperson said in a statement.

The royal family's official website also plans to update the siblings' titles from Master Archie and Miss Lilibet to Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, according to People.

People magazine reported that these titles would be used in formal settings, not everyday.

Archie, 3 years old, and Lilibet, 3 years old, became princes and princesses when their grandfather King Charles III assumed the throne after Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022. This was thanks to a 1917 rule by King George V.

“The grandchildren of the sons of any such sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have and enjoy in all occasions the style and title enjoyed by the children of dukes of these our realms,” George stated in the Letters Patent.

Archie and Lilibet did not receive the titles when they were born because they were the great-grandchildren of the Queen. However, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s three kids, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, all got titles upon birth because William is Charles’ eldest son.

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