King Charles brutal decision for Archie, Lilibet revealed amid surname row

King Charles has missed out on key milestones of his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, as the royal rift between the monarch and his son Prince Harry continues to grow.

Past reports have claimed that Charles, who is also a doting grandpa to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s three children, is “absolutely committed to being present in all of his grandchildren’s lives” including the Sussex kids.

As soon as Charles ascended to the throne, Archie and Lilibet were bestowed the ‘HRH’ titles and were dubbed Prince and Princess royal protocol following an official correspondence.

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However, DailyMail’s Richard Eden had revealed that Prince Harry was considering a bombshell move to drop the ‘Mountbatten-Windsor’ name and take his mother Princess Diana’s family name.

While many speculated that this was an indication of the feud between the Sussexes and the royals, a source claimed to Guardian that Harry and Meghan had considered the option only “out of sheer exasperation”.

The insider also made the shocking revelation that the King was not interested in following through with the royal protocol for Archie and Lilibet.

“The King hadn’t wanted Archie and Lili to carry the titles, most of all the HRH,” the source told the outlet. “And the British passports, once created, would be the first and perhaps the only legal proof of their names.”

Harry and Meghan were seemingly at a point where they were frustrated by the delays in getting the children’s travel documents with their updated Sussex surnames.

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The process which takes about three weeks was delayed for over a course of six months.

The insider told the outlet that Harry went to his uncle Charles Spencer to vent that the royal family was blocking the children from having the Sussex surname as they are legally HRH.

It was then Harry asked, “if push comes to shove, if this blows up and they won’t let the kids be called Sussex, then can we use Spencer as a surname?’”

It is understood that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to keep the HRH titles for their children so that when they grow older they can decide for themselves whether they want to become working royals, or stay out of public life.

However, Buckingham Palace denied making any suggestions or objections to the passports being issued with HRH in the titles.