According to the revised epilogue in the paperback edition of Finding Freedom, palace officials were ordered to inform the press that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not want a title for their baby and that he would be known simply as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

However, according to Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand’s book, Meghan and Harry did want Archie to have a title.

The authors claim Harry and Meghan’s “differential treatment” of Archie was a “major sting” to them.

According to the book: “Palace aides were actually instructed to brief the press that the couple did not want a title for Archie.

“In reality, the couple did want the option, given that it would provide their son with a level of security that only comes with a title.

“The differential treatment the couple felt had been bestowed upon their son was a major sting to Harry and Meghan.”

The couple’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in March also brought up the subject of a title for young Archie.

“They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or princess, not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol,” Meghan alleged.

“They said [Archie’s not going to get security] because he’s not going to be a Prince. Okay, well, he needs to be safe so we’re not saying don’t make him a Prince or Princess, but if you’re saying the title is what’s going to affect that protection, we haven’t created this monster machine around us in terms of clickbait and tabloid fodder [the family] allowed that to happen which means our son needs to be safe.”

However, due of restrictions established by King George V more than a century ago, Archie was not eligible to be a prince when he was born in May 2019.

She claimed they were given no reason for why he didn’t get a title, and when asked whether she wanted one, she said, “Of course, if it meant he’d be safe.”

Except for the oldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, George V proclaimed in a Letters Patent published in 1917 that the monarch’s great-grandchildren would no longer be princes or princesses.

When Prince Charles succeeds to the throne, Archie will be entitled to the title of HRH or prince.

Finding Freedom, authored by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand and first released last year, covers Harry and Meghan’s courtship and brief stint as members of the monarchy until they broke away to start a new life in the United States.