Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle, has been a highly controversial figure since her 2018 marriage to Prince Harry, a call that reached its peak again this month after she and her husband left the royal family to return to settle in the United States, when many royal fans and British citizens suggested that they should be stripped of their titles altogether, and this month after Meghan gave personal advice to U.S. politicians.
In Meghan's letter to American politicians, she proposed to increase paid leave for parents of newborns, and in her heart Megan presented herself as a "mother of two children", but the signature of the letter was "Duchess of Sussex", which meant that she interfered in American politics as a member of the British royal family, and according to the rules, British royals should remain neutral on any political and even sensitive social issues.
Immediately after the contents of the letter were published, there were many voices in the United Kingdom calling for Meghan to be stripped of her title, including many officials and public figures, but Queen Elizabeth II and the British royal family were slow to respond, which made the 95-year-old monarch extremely dissatisfied, believing that she abandoned the royal family and the British image because of her excessive tolerance of her grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law.
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Constitutional expert Ian McMatan, however, exposed the Queen's frustrations, suggesting that it was not that the Queen was unwilling to strip Harry Meghan of her title, but that the old man had no reason or way to do so.
The expert pointed out that the royal tradition, like all conventions, has great flexibility in binding on different groups of people, and in the royal family, the members who are more and more restrictive in the order of succession to the throne, the higher the degree of freedom granted, and as Harimegan loses his senior royal position and is stripped of all royal patron status and authority, they have almost the highest degree of freedom in the royal family.
Mr McMatan said: "Many people think that anyone who damages the image of the royal family should be stripped of their titles, but it is easier said than done, it is not something that the Queen alone can decide, in all the incidents involving the Duchess of Sussex, they have not done anything against English law, nor have they done anything to test, and since Meghan's title stems from the fact that she is the legal companion of Prince Harry, there is no possibility of stripping her of her title alone." ”
Let's take a look at the royal tradition, in which as long as the royal family members who have obtained the title can freely use their titles, unless there is a serious violation or treason, the United Kingdom will apply to the Queen through Parliament to strip them of their titles, and then the Queen will approve the stripping of the title, which also has a clear precedent in the history of the Royal Family.
This is why after Meghan caused controversy in 2020 for using her "Duchess of Sussex" title to give a speech in the United States, the royal family responded that Meghan Markle did not use the title illegally, which is equivalent to the queen and the royal family regulations being completely "pinched" by Meghan, resulting in the queen and royal officials even if they know that Meghan is threatening the overall image of the royal family, but still can not find a reason to deprive her of her title. That's why many royal experts have simply called on Harry Meghan to reflect on the additional pressure they've put on the 95-year-old, hoping they'll wake up and stop damaging the royal family's image.