How Queen’s ‘Sussex Royal’ ban will impact Harry and Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been ordered to stop using “royal” in their branding after quitting The Firm. Here’s how it will affect them.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will reportedly still make millions thanks to their “global reach” despite the Queen forcing them to drop their “Sussex Royal” branding.

The 93-year-old monarch ordered the couple to stop using the label – even after the couple spent thousands on their new brand after quitting the royal family.

But royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said the couple’s contacts in the celebrity world would help them quickly become a success.

He told The Sun: “Even though rebranding will be costly, they will be in demand like no other couple.

“The contacts that they have – whether it’s Jennifer Lopez, the Clooneys, Oprah – all of this with the possibilities of speaking engagements, once they get started, they will be among the world’s most high-profile individuals.”

The glamorous couple won’t struggle to find work. Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage

It has previously been suggested the couple could quickly bring in millions from lucrative commercial deals and even rake in £385,000 ($A745,000) for one speech.

And Fitzwilliams said it was likely the couple would still cling to their Sussex titles in the future, even without the word ‘Royal’ in their brand.

“At the end of the day be under no illusion – whatever brand they use, whatever name, it will have global reach,” he said.

The Duke and Duchess had been busy putting the “Sussex Royal” stamp on a number of items from pencils to socks since June as they moved towards becoming “financially independent”.

They also launched a new website, which went live to coincide with their bombshell revelation.

Harry and Meghan will now have to find a new brand after lengthy talks with the Queen and senior officials means the couple can reportedly no longer use the “Sussex Royal” name.

But Fitzwilliams said the Queen had “absolutely no option” when it came to allowing them to keep the “royal” tag for their new life.

He said: “Imagine if anybody could use the word royal – it would be all over the place. You can’t have that and therefore there are laws governing this.”

The Queen has had to be firm with her grandson and his wife. Picture: John Stillwell/Pool/AFP

BOMBSHELL

The Queen was forced to call grandson Prince Harry to Sandringham for crunch talks after he and Meghan Markle released the news they were stepping down as royals earlier this year.

And it had previously been claimed the couple had made the bombshell announcement without fully consulting the Queen or Prince Charles.

Fitzwilliams said today’s claims about the future of the Sussex Royal brand reinforced the speculation Harry and Meghan had jumped the gun as their bombshell announcement that they were moving to Canada.

The couple’s announcement came very early in negotiations last month. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/Pool/Getty Images

He told The Sun: “The whole thing was based on believing that what they wanted would happen, as opposed to waiting to see what did happen.

“They assumed they would have be half in, half out because they thought what they said in their statement was going to be a fact.

“What they should have done was wait, no need to set up an early website – see what was actually arranged as opposed to expecting what would happen.”

The Queen put on a brave face on Wednesday as she headed to her first royal engagement since it was revealed her nephew was getting a divorce.

It has been a tumultuous week for the royal family amid news of the Earl of Snowdon splitting with his wife days after the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips announced his divorce from wife Autumn.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission