Will Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s Son Become a Prince? It Seems Likely

There’s been a lot of confusion about whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, will inherit a royal title when Prince Charles becomes the King of England. Well, we finally have answers.

According to The Express, Archie will reportedly become a prince when his grandfather takes over the British throne, since the young royal will be bumped up to number six in the line of succession. (It’s tradition for “prince” titles to only be applied to family members in the top six spots.) However, that doesn’t mean he’ll automatically go by “Prince Archie.”

The outlet notes that the decision will be in Archie’s hands when he turns 18. At that time, he’ll choose to either go by Prince Archie or his formal title, His Royal Highness (or neither). We don’t expect him to opt for HRH, since his parents stepped down as senior members of the royal family and, therefore, surrendered their formal titles.

Still, Archie has several years before he’ll be faced with this decision. And based on how 2020 is going, anything is possible.

We don’t know when Prince Charles will take over the throne, though it will likely occur within the next decade. Not only has he already been appointed as Queen Elizabeth’s successor, but he also chose to not renew his lease on his organic Home Farm in Gloucestershire, England—a sign he’s prepping for the throne.

We first learned about Prince Charles’s appointment back in April 2018, when the queen issued a formal request for the Commonwealth Heads of Government to make him her successor.

“It is my sincere wish that the Commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in 1949,” she said during an official Buckingham Palace meeting.

Prince Archie has an awfully nice ring to it, don’t you think?