The name “Cambridge” reflects the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge titles that William and Kate received from the Queen as a wedding gift in 2011, before becoming the Prince and Princess of Wales. Similarly, Princess Charlotte would have likely been styled as Lady Charlotte Windsor—much like her cousin Lady Louise Windsor, the daughter of Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie.

Prince Louis’ full name—Louis Arthur Charles—holds deep meaning. He is named in part after Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Charles’ mentor who died in an IRA attack in 1979. His middle names also honor King Charles himself, whose full name is Charles Philip Arthur George.

Meghan Markle’s reaction to Archie’s lack of title

The Queen’s amendment did not apply to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children, and this became a point of contention.

During the couple’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan raised concerns about Archie not being granted a princely title. Pregnant with their daughter Lilibet at the time, she said the issue impacted her son’s level of security.

She shared: “They were saying they didn’t want him to be a Prince or Princess, which would be different from protocol, and that he wasn’t going to receive security. This went on for the last few months of our pregnancy where I was going, hold on for a second. They said [he’s not going to get security], because he’s not going to be a Prince.”

Meghan added: “Okay, well, he needs to be safe, so we’re not saying don’t make him a Prince or Princess, but if you’re saying the title is what’s going to affect that protection, we haven’t created this monster machine around us in terms of clickbait and tabloid fodder—you’ve allowed that to happen—which means our son needs to be safe.”

Her remarks sparked strong reactions from royal commentators, who argued that the situation was not about choosing not to make Archie a prince.

Instead, they emphasized that the Queen’s 2012 update never applied to Harry’s children at all. Experts maintained that Meghan’s statement—that it deviated from royal protocol—was inaccurate, as the rule had been clearly established long before Archie was born.

However, following King Charles III’s accession, both Archie and Lilibet became eligible for the Prince and Princess titles as they became grandchildren of the reigning monarch.