Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (open in new tab) are at odds with the Palace.

In a conversation with Oprah Winfrey (open in new tab) last weekend, Meghan revealed that her son Archie Harrison (open in new tab) was denied a title by the Palace and senior members of the royal family. Meghan said the decision was against protocol, but a source said the Palace disagreed.

"They didn't want him to be a prince or princess. It was really hard. ...... The last few months of her pregnancy, she said, 'Wait a minute. If you're not going to be a prince, you need to be safe'

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Previously, it was believed that Harry and Meghan (opens in new tab) had chosen to forgo the title in favor of Archie (opens in new tab) (a precedent-setting move within the royal family - the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne (opens in new tab), did so with her own children), Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips (opens in new tab)), Princess Meghan revealed in what was said on television that she and Harry had strongly wanted Archie to have the title.

According to Meghan, she was not part of these conversations and instead learned updates on the situation from Harry. He also conveyed a troubling argument an unnamed member of the royal family (open in new tab) had about Archie's skin color.

"Around the same time as this, we had conversations about him not being given security, him not being given a title, and concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born," Princess Meghan explained. 'That's what Harry told me and that's the conversation my family had with him. And I think it was really difficult to see those as compartmentalized conversations," she explained. The palace issued a statement after the interview, but did not directly address the issue of Archie's title; according to Us Weekly (opens in new tab), a royal official explicitly denied that the palace's decision not to give Archie the title was anything other than standard protocol

They say. According to the royal protocol established by King George V, only those in the direct line of succession to the throne are eligible for the title [of prince or princess]," the official explained, adding that once Archie's grandfather becomes monarch, he will be eligible for the title. When Prince Charles became king, Archie would have been entitled to the title as well."