Meghan Markle Is 'Preparing To Sue' Prince William..?

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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meghan-markle-preparing-sue-prince-william-over-king-charless-title-cuts-report-1756764

Allegedly.. Meghan Markle Is 'Preparing To Sue' Prince William.. Meghan Markle's legal battle: Prince William title cuts threaten Sussex business empire

This extraordinary move, according to well-placed royal sources, stems from a palpable and growing fear that Prince William, once he ascends to the throne as King, may move to strip the former actress of her title, Duchess of Sussex.

This possibility has become terrifyingly real for the Californian-based royal following the recent, highly publicised, and definitive actions taken by King Charles III against his own brother, Prince Andrew. The King formally and unambiguously stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of all his remaining royal titles, styles, and honours in October 2025, an unprecedented move designed to 'slim down' the monarchy.
This decisive act, reportedly urged on by William and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has served as a stark and worrying pre-cursor for Meghan.

She is not prepared to wait for a fate similar to her disgraced uncle-in-law.
'Meghan's not taking any chances and she's willing to fight to keep her title,

Omg…

Andrew will never be rehabilitated. KC’s statement was very clear about why he was ( rightly) being stripped of his titles . Arrogant pig probably still thinks he is innocent.

I’m still confused about the stripping of the titles. I know Andrew was stripped of the prince title. That Charles was able to do that.

But I thought Andrew agreed not to use the Duke title, and that to actually strip him of that title means it has to be done via parliamentary process?

Are they sure about this ?

😂😂

I think that is what Charles has done. Hes asked Parliament to strip the titles. Something that was apparently extremely difficult if not impossible to do was suddenly super easy as soon as there were rumblings about general scrutiny of the Royals and why Parliament doesnt discuss their affairs.

You’re really pushing your luck to pitch this as an “OMG” moment. It’s tabloid clickbait - not even a tabloid people might actually know. There’s not a fact to be seen.

You can’t sue someone for something they might do if and when they get the power to do so. If Charles takes after his parents, he could live another 15 - 20 years. “Preparing to sue” for a possible action at a completely unspecified and unpredictable point would be pretty difficult.

All kinds of things could happen before there’s any possibility of William making these decisions. There could be changes in the law around these titles; whether they are available to non-working royals, non-UK domiciled royals etc.. Who’d have thought even this time last year that a blood prince would be stripped of that title? Charles could outlive William. He could outlive Harry. And - perhaps most likely - the Sussex marriage could fail, and Meghan title could be adjusted based on her divorce rather than any supposed whim of William’s.

It’s a ridiculous story. No matter what the claim, you have to prove it will cause you financial loss.

She can’t sue for damage to her brand, because her brand is “As Ever” - no connection to the Duchess of Sussex. Even her personal instagram handle is just “Meghan”. Her Tv show was “With love, Meghan” Her charitable and production arms are “Archewell” and her podcasts were “Confessions of a Female Founder” and “Archetypes”.

So it’s rubbish. Any hypothetical loss of titles would not cause any financial loss and she can still use every single name she has used to make money to date.

In addition it isn't her title, it's Harry's. Plus the Sandringham agreement was that they would not use their titles for commercial purposes. I'm pretty sure that would come into any legal argument.

I don't think this is an accurate story but assuming for a moment it is, this would be a monumental daft thing for Meghan and Harry to do. It would cost a fortune and they would lose.

It's just clickbait.

I can't believe anyone would take an article like this seriously. Did the OP not even google the 'reporter's' name?

Look at his LinkedIn! He's a salesman and virtual assistant.

But then it's better to have a republic then. What's the point if the children of the monarch can't have titles and there's not a proper royal family anymore , besides 3 people? This all make the existence of the monarchy pointless.

Saxa Coberg Gotha the present German rooted royal family has 3 names witch seems quite a lot. I was researching on Cosmo and Spencer from M&S was a Dispencer who met a genuine Polish jew from Poland called Marks while dispencing from his market stall and started Marks and Spencers. A proud history and background. J

I looked into the history of names and all names are to do with family trades functions and the like. Tanners tanned leather, Lloyders lloyded with whale and animal fats, Trotters were pig farmers, Burberrys I am stuck on that one, Punters were gambling business owners, Coles were coal merchants and so on until very recent history. I am amazed this system has been abolished when you would know who everyone was. J

I’ve seen this reported in a few places so I think there could be a grain of truth in it.

I mean it is ridiculous, but we also know Harry and Meghan are both quite litigious and Harry in particular is prone to suing over things he has zero basis for (ie. Suing the government over his security)

So it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried it, nor would it surprise me if this was a deliberate leak as a bit of a warning shot across the bows - even if they knew they had no real likelihood of success, they also know the last thing the RF want is to be dragged into a public spat or court case, so it could just be posturing in the hopes that the threat is enough to deter William from taking any future action.

Exactly that..

You can apply for an injunction to prevent a future tort if there is a real risk of an actionable wrong being committed even if no harm has yet occured. You'd have to prove stripping titles is an "actionable wrong". This is highly unlikely. The only thing I can think of is that stripping the titles amounts to tortious interference with contract or tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, which is a basis of claim in the US, I believe; which is why they are referring to the "DoS" as her "branding". She'd effectively be arguing that plain old Meghan Markle is nothing without the title, merely a washed up old infomercial actress whom nobody would give a contract to but for her title obtained via her husband. I really want her to sue, it will be comedy gold.

I don’t see how someone can place an injunction on the monarch and the Letters Patent that the monarch needs to issue aren’t an act of parliament anyway.

This is true but M and H don't have a problem with Andrew either. He was never called out

I had a collegue whose surname was 'Prince'.

Maybe one for AMW to consider with a deed poll?

I think the actress Mrs Wallace Simpson from America married the then King for the right reasons though he then abdicated and went to America. Others claim she was an American agent with an agenda. How true that is only time will tell. J

I once had a colleague who was Mrs Bastard. She always referred to her children as "The little Bastards"

Sorry totally off topic.

Was she an actress,never heard that before.

Another name AMW could shortlist 😁

The Spanish RF is just the 4 immediate family members after all the scandals. They can still rock up to family events like Zara Tindall etc without titles. They can even profit from their family connections like the Phillips/Tindalls too.

Was she an actress? An American agent? They didnt go to America. They went to France. The only thing that was covered up was that The KING was a Nazi sympathiser and probable traitor. She didnt want to marry him. The establishment knew they needed to get rid of him but kept his actions secret and we had decades of 'Oh how terrible Wallis Simpson' blah blah when she did everyone a huge favour after the Windsors produced a wholly unsuitable person as Head of State during wartime. They then needed decades of propoganda about how awful it was for the RF and how the Queen Mother blamed her for her chain smoking husbands death and how The Queen was so traumatised by the abdication that she couldnt possibly do it herself when the abdication was mainly about saving the RF from the consequences of the beliefs and actions of their own.

I would be very surprised if William went for taking the title from Harry, unless Harry did something else terrible/illegal.

That said, if you were Meghan’s lawyer or business advisor, and were planning on expanding the business using her name and title, you’d need to bring it up and discuss it as a possibility, make a plan of what to do in the unlikely event William became King very soon and took the title away.