Not only that, they’d done so while managing to retain the components needed to kickstart their money-spinning brand and take full advantage of the royal name.
Sure, they wouldn’t be able to use the HRH titles. That wasn’t ideal, but hey, they still had the far sexier “Sussex Royal” brand.
Or so they thought.
Sussex Royal was going to be a real winner
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had spent thousands of dollars to secure the trademarked rights to the Sussex Royal tag.
There was a website launched with the name last month. That seems to have coincided with their announcement that they were too fragile for life in the public eye.
Plans for the Sussex Royal brand had been well underway.
There’s just one problem. It seems the Queen isn’t having any of it.
Source: Twitter
The Daily Mail reported that after weeks of discussions, the Queen told both Meghan and Harry that the term “royal” is not all that consistent with their branding.
It looks as though you cannot have your cake and eat it too – even if your name is Meghan Markle or Prince Harry.
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