Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'feared' King Charles delayed their kids' passports over royal titles: report

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly "feared" that the lengthy hold successful the issuance of U.K. passports for their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, was owed to King Charles III's alleged absorption to the usage of their royal titles.

According to the Guardian, the mates considered changing their family's past sanction to Spencer owed to their "sheer exasperation" implicit the unexplained months-long hold for the ineligible documents.

Per the outlet, the 40-year-old Duke of Sussex had a face-to-face treatment with his uncle, Earl Charles Spencer, astir the thought of taking his precocious parent Princess Diana’s surname for his family. 

However, the thought of the prospective sanction alteration was dropped erstwhile the passports for Harry and Meghan's lad Archie, 6, and girl Lilibet, 4, arrived astir six months aft their applications were archetypal submitted. 

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly "feared" that King Charles' objection to the usage of their children's royal titles connected their U.K. passport applications had delayed the issuance of the documents. (Meghan Markle Instagram/Getty)

According to the Guardian, the modular waiting play for passports successful the U.K. is 3 weeks.

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"There was wide reluctance to contented passports for the kids," a root adjacent to the Sussexes told the outlet.

According to a root that spoke with the Guardian, British officials were allegedly "dragging their feet due to the fact that the passport applications included the titles HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) for some children."

The root went connected to assertion that "the king hadn’t wanted Archie and Lili to transportation the titles, astir of each the HRH, and the British passports, erstwhile created, would beryllium the archetypal and possibly the lone ineligible impervious of their names."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Buckingham Palace for comment. 

A typical for Buckingham Palace told the Telegraph that they powerfully contradict that Charles oregon palace officials had immoderate engagement successful the hold regarding the passports for Archie and Lilibet.

A typical for Buckingham Palace powerfully denied that Charles oregon palace officials had immoderate engagement successful the hold regarding the passports for Archie and Lilibet. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

The spokesperson told the outlet, "No," erstwhile asked if the palace made immoderate proposition oregon raised immoderate objection to the children's passports being issued with the HRH titles. 

Meanwhile, the root told the Guardian that "Harry was astatine a constituent wherever British passports for his children with their updated Sussex surnames (since the decease of Queen Elizabeth II) were being blocked with a drawstring of excuses implicit the people of 5 months."

The root continued, "Out of sheer exasperation helium went to his uncle to efficaciously say: ‘My household are expected to person the aforesaid sanction and they’re stopping that from happening due to the fact that the kids are legally HRH, truthful if propulsion comes to shove, if this blows up and they won’t fto the kids beryllium called Sussex, past tin we usage Spencer arsenic a surname?’"

Harry met with his uncle, Earl Spencer, astir perchance changing his family's surname. (Meghan Markle/Instagram)

Fox News Digital confirmed that Harry did person a gathering with Earl Spencer successful which they discussed the sanction change. However, a root said that earlier reports that Earl Spencer told the Duke, "the ineligible hurdles were insurmountable," and his uncle "advised him against taking specified a step" were "wholly inaccurate."

A spokesperson for the duke told Fox News Digital, "We bash not remark connected backstage issues pertaining to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's children."

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According to the Guardian, the Sussexes faced aggregate delays portion trying to get their children's passports. 

The outlet reported that the children's passports were yet issued soon aft the couple's lawyers sent a missive to the U.K.'s Home Office successful which they threatened to taxable a information taxable entree request. 

Meghan and Harry stock lad Prince Archie and girl Princess Lilibet. (Meghan Markle Instagram)

Per the Guardian, the petition "could person revealed details of the delays – and the quality of immoderate behind-the-scenes discussions betwixt British officials liable for issuing the documents."

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Earlier this week, People mag reported that Archie and Lilbet person Mountbatten-Windsor listed arsenic their past names connected their commencement certificates. 

However, the household present uses Sussex arsenic their past name, conscionable arsenic Harry was known arsenic "Harry Wales" during his puerility erstwhile his parents held the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales. It’s a contented wrong the royal household for children to instrumentality their parents’ titles arsenic a surname.

The passports were issued aft astir six months. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Harry and Meghan nary longer usage their HRH titles since stepping down arsenic moving royals successful January 2020. At the time, Buckingham Palace said successful a statement, "The Sussexes volition not usage their HRH titles arsenic they are nary longer moving members of the Royal Family." 

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However, the Sussexes announced successful 2023 that their children would support their HRH titles and the royal family's website updated their enactment of succession to see Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex, listed close aft their father.

"The children's titles person been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch. This substance has been settled for immoderate clip successful alignment with Buckingham Palace," a spokesperson for the Sussexes confirmed to Fox News Digital astatine the time.

According to the Guardian, "Prince Harry wants to support the HRH titles for his children truthful that erstwhile they turn older they tin determine for themselves whether they privation to go moving royals, oregon enactment retired of nationalist life."