Overview

• During a recent visit to Britain, Prince Harry explored taking his mother’s maiden name, Spencer, as a way to distance himself from his royal heritage.
• He consulted his uncle, Earl Charles Spencer, who advised strongly against the change due to the complex legal process required to alter royal surnames.
• Harry’s children remain officially registered as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on their birth certificates.
• The episode highlights Harry’s ongoing estrangement from his father, King Charles III, and his efforts to establish a separate familial identity.
• While the Sussexes continue to use ‘Sussex’ informally, Meghan Markle has publicly reinforced it as “our little family name” on her Netflix series With Love, Meghan.