Harry and Meghan could be stripped of royal titles as controversial bill introduced
A Conservative MP has said he is planning to bring forward legislation in an attempt to strip the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their royal titles.
Bob Seely, the Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight, has long been critical of Prince Harry and Princess Meghan.
In December 2022, Seely argued on Twitter that “Harry Windsor should voluntarily relinquish his titles. If he doesn’t, Parliament should act to remove them”. And he is doing just that.
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Mr Seely has accused Harry of attacking important British institutions “as well as trashing his family and monetising his misery for public consumption”.
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Speaking to Fox News, British broadcaster and royal commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti said the 56-year-old MP was keen to get the bill moving fast.
Parliamentary experts believe this is possible.
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 stripped German royals of their UK titles during World War 1. A change of wording would update the law, allowing Parliament to remove Harry’s titles.
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Mr Sacerdoti said: “That level of treachery was seen as cause to remove royal titles back then, so it’s striking that a serving MP now feels so strongly about the actions of Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, that he wants to use the same law to strip them of their titles.”
Mr Sacerdoti added Mr Seely said the bill needed to be drafted and should be expected sometime in mid-February.
The royal commentator says there will be a process for the bill to be heard in Parliament, if it is ready in the coming weeks.
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The royal correspondent, who spoke to the MP after the release of Harry’s book, added that Spare “didn’t help matters at all”.
Mr Sacerdori told viewers: “The book was seen by many as betraying the royal family and the monarchy and also has been quite widely mocked in some respects.”
Around 56% of people believe Harry and Meghan should now lose all their titles and patronages, while 26% said the couple should retain them, according to a MailOnline poll.
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