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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Baby's Last Name Will Most Likely Be This

24/10/2018 - 06:01 PM

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle [1] are going to be parents! The Duchess of Sussex is pregnant [2] with her first child, and Harry really hopes it's a girl [3]. We already have some idea of what Meghan and Harry could name the tiny tot [4], but what about the royal baby's last name? Since Prince William and Harry are brothers, will the baby's last name be Cambridge [5]? Actually, no.

Since Harry and Meghan were given the royal titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex [6] by Queen Elizabeth II when they tied the knot back in May, the baby's last name will most likely be Sussex [7].

However, Harry and Meghan also have the option of going with Mountbatten-Windsor. "In 1952, after Queen Elizabeth II succeeded, she issued a Letters Patent (LP) that stated the House family and the family name will be Windsor," royal expert Marlene Koenig recently told Town & Country. "In 1960, she issued a new LP that stated the House name would remain Windsor, but the family name would be Mountbatten Windsor." Mountbatten comes from Prince Philip's surname [8], while Windsor is the name the queen's grandfather George V took on in 1917.


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