Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor Officially Given Princess Title

The royal family has been in the headlines lately, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the forefront of a row over their titles.

However, there has been confusion over what their children will be called, but now formal discussions have taken place and a change has been made.

With the announcement that one-year-old Lilibet has been christened, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan officially used the princess' title.

A royal source has confirmed that the king was notified of Harry and Meghan's intention to use the title for their children, saying, “…the appropriate conversations have taken place ahead of today's news of Lilibet's christening.”

However, the British Royal Family's website still does not list prince or princess titles for the Sussexes' kids.

The website was updated almost immediately with the title changes, indicating that Meghan is forcing them to call her daughter Princess.

On the royal website, Lilibet will be called Miss Princess Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, and Archie will be called Master Prince Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.

Back in December, Harry and Meghan said Lily was already baptised in the Netflix reality show.

The christening was carried out by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Reverend John Taylor, with People magazine reporting that there were between 20 and 30 guests at the event, including Meghan's mother Doria Ragland and Lilibet's godfather Tyler Perry.

Despite the ceremony, Lilibet is not legally a princess.

A bishop asking the parents what name they want to christen their child is about as meaningless as anyone else who has a Christian name.

They were given it such a ceremony.

It's all for show, and nothing about it is legal.

Archie was baptised in England, in the Church of England, and he's not listed as a prince.

Why do we suppose Lily will be listed as a princess after being born in another country and baptised out of the country in another church?

King Charles is understood to have long desired a stripped-back monarchy with a reduced number of working royals, as well as royal titles, which means the Sussexes' kids' titles have been up in the air.

Following the Queen's death, Prince William, Kate, and their children's titles on the royal family's website were automatically updated to reflect their new titles.

But there was no such change for Archie and Lilibet.

Following the tradition established by George V in 1917, Archie and Lilibet can technically be referred to as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, if they so choose.

Upon the death of the Queen, Archie and Lilibet traditionally would have been allowed to use their new titles, but they're still listed as Master and Miss.

In the official line of succession, there have reportedly been arguments behind the scenes over the issue, with a source telling The Sun that Harry and Meghan were not pleased about the apparent absence of the titles.

In their Oprah interview last year, Meghan said that the royal family discussed changing the protocol in order to keep Archie from acquiring a royal title.

During the tell-all interview, she told Winfrey, “In those months when I was pregnant, all around the same time we had in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security, he won't be given a title, and there were also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin tone would be.”

It was understood that Harry and Meghan didn't want to deny their children their birthright but let them decide themselves once they were old enough.

However, the situation seems to have changed with the announcement of Lilibet's christening and official use of her princess title.