After the death of the Queen, the Royal Family’s titles have changed as follows:
Charles – King
Charles, once the Prince of Wales, is now King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is also the king of the Commonwealth. He prefers the term His Majesty over His Royal Highness. Charles is also the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the Defender of the Faith. Currently, he is the Duke of Lancaster.
Camilla – Queen
Camilla is the Queen as the King’s wife. She prefers Her Majesty above Her Royal Highness. She is a Queen Consort, like the Queen Mother, rather than a Queen Regnant, like Elizabeth II, who ruled in her own right.
William – The Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge
As heir to the throne, the Duke of Cambridge is now the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge. As the oldest son of Charles, he acquired the title of Duke of Cornwall.
Prince of Wales is a customary title for the male successor to the throne. This title will be bestowed onto William. However, this is not automatic; William’s father must designate him as such. The same holds true with Earl Chester.
William also inherited the Scottish titles of Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince of Scotland, and Great Steward of Scotland.
Kate – The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge
The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge is now the Duchess of Cambridge.
As soon as William becomes Prince of Wales The last person to have this title was William’s mother, Diana, while she was married to Charles.
Technically, Camilla was also the Princess of Wales, but she never used the title due to its relationship with Diana. If William becomes the Earl of Chester, Kate will also hold the title of Countess of Chester. She is also the Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, a position formerly held by Camilla.
George, Charlotte & Louis
Prince George of Cornwall and Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cornwall and Cambridge, and Prince Louis of Cornwall and Cambridge are the children of William and Kate. When William becomes Prince of Wales, they will become “of Wales.”
Archie
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is now officially a prince pursuant to laws laid up by King George V in 1917.
When Archie was born, according to George V’s constraints, he was too far down the line of succession for such a title, but today, as the son of a son of a sovereign, he may be an HRH and a prince.
Archie might have became Earl of Dumbarton, one of the duke’s subsidiary titles, or Lord Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, but his parents decided he should be called Master Archie instead, according to Buckingham Palace.
Meghan said in the Sussexes’ explosive Oprah interview that Archie was not made a prince because of his ethnicity, despite the fact that George V’s regulations meant he was not eligible to be one.
In 2021, it was speculated that Charles, in an effort to restrict the number of important royals, planned to prevent Archie from becoming a prince when he became king. To do this, King must issue letters patent modifying Archie’s right to be a prince. Until that possibly occurs, Archie remains a prince, regardless of whether or not his parents use the title.
Archie will continue to be HRH Prince Archie of Sussex if this does not occur.
Lilibet
Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger sister of Archie, is now officially a princess. If she adopts the title, she will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Lilibet of Sussex. To remove this, Charles, like Archie, would need to issue a letter patent.
The titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not change. The pair has ceased employing HRH fashions, but retains them anyway.
