Archie Harrison’s Royal Surname Caused Controversy Between the Queen and Prince Philip

The Royal Family is known for its traditions and protocols, including the use of surnames.

Two-year-old Archie Harrison, the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has caused a stir by not using the surname Sussex, but instead using the official last name of Mountbatten-Windsor.

This decision has caused controversy in the past, with the debate over the surname even reaching the Houses of Parliament and becoming a point of contention between the Queen and Prince Philip.

Many of the younger members of the Royal Family have their parents' titles as their surname, such as Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, who use the last name of Cambridge.

However, Archie and his sister Lilibet Diana have been given the official last name of Mountbatten-Windsor.

This surname was introduced decades ago and resulted from a heated debate, with many commentators at the time, including Winston Churchill and Queen Mary, wanting Her Majesty to keep the surname Windsor instead of taking her husband's name.

Before marrying Princess Elizabeth in 1947, Prince Philip's official title was Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Zonderberg-Luxburg.

He abandoned this name in favour of his grandparents' Mountbatten as he prepared to become Duke of Edinburgh.

However, the Queen decided to keep the Windsor name intact as per the family's wishes, leaving Philip apparently irritated for several years as their first two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, were born without a trace of his surname.

He reportedly said, “I am nothing but a bloody amoeba.

I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children.”

A compromise was reached in 1960 when the couple fell pregnant with their third child.

The monarch went to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to announce that Prince Andrew would be given the double-barrelled surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

She announced that it would be used by all her descendants who do not enjoy the title of his or her Royal Highness, as is seen with Archie today.

In other news, rumours have been circulating about Meghan Markle's plans for Archie, with some suggesting that she may leave Prince Harry.

In Touch previously asserted that the couple had been fighting non-stop before Markle decided to take baby Archie and leave their home.

The tabloid cited pressures from the media as the catalyst for the couple's separation.

Recently, a lawyer named Joanna Tocke was cleared after being the centre of an investigation into a racially insensitive tweet she wrote about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's daughter Lilibet Diana's name.

Tocke, a family law attorney, was investigated by a regulator before being cleared and is now speaking out about her experience.

When the name Lilibet Diana was released, there was a wave of backlash from some royal watchers who believed that it was uncouth of the Sussexes to name their daughter the Queen's personal nickname.

Some even insisted that the royal duo had only picked those names as a way to ingratiate themselves to the rest of the royal family.

Amidst this wave of reactionary backlash, a contributor for the Daily Telegraph named Julie Burchill tweeted, “What a missed opportunity.

They could have called it Georgina Floydina.”

Joanna Tocke commented on the thread, writing, “No Doria?

Don't black names matter?”

The tweet was apparently referencing Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, which was heavily involved in the nationwide protests that erupted after the killing of George Floyd.

As a result of the tweet, Tocke was briefly suspended from her law firm and subjected to 83 complaints to the Bar Standards Board and to the BBCF.

Despite the controversy surrounding Archie's surname and the speculation about Meghan Markle's plans, it is clear that the Royal Family remains a subject of fascination for many.