They haven’t renounced their titles. People don’t get this right.
They have agreed not to use them.
Prince Charles was not going to have Harry bowing to Prince Andrew’s kids.
There is a very ordered way of doing things in the RF. Giving up the title would have a lot of ramifications in said order.
Stories are out that the Queen offered some kind of deal to Meghan before they married where she wouldnt get a title and could do more of her own thing.
She wanted the title.
You are in Britain, yes? I wonder what you think of the ‘story’ of Peter Phillips ‘trading’ on his connections. Princess Anne did not allow her two kids to have titles. Peter Phillips is in ads in China promoting Jersey milk. The Telegraph (!) had a story ‘suggesting’ that Peter Phillips was ‘trading on his connections’. He has never had a title and has to make a living somehow. He does not mention his connections (tenuous as I read that he is far down the line to the throne) nor does the rest of the ad. I was surprised that the Telegraph was helping Mr and Mrs Markle out by linking Peter Phillips (and another far down the line ‘Royal’ whose name I do not remember) to the possibility that ‘the Sussexes’ will trade on their title using SussexRoyal.
And PS-I wonder if the people in Sussex wish H and M would just give back their titles anyway.
I used to envy the royals when I was a kid (same age as Charles). What a way to live, I thought; royals always know where their next meal is coming from.
Then I learned about all the negatives: living in a fishbowl, schedules filled with appearances, the tabloids, whom one can & cannot marry, marriages ending in disaster, tell-all books by palace staff, etc.
To heck with that. BTW I have always believed Charles’ best years were as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot (my flying years were for me).
The closest I get to observing royals now are vids like “Secrets of the Royal Kitchen” which give the impression that royals cannot even get up their own meals but must request them. And with staff & security everywhere, I’d flee the palace screaming rather than live like that.
Don’t know why people on this side of the pond remain fascinated with the royals.