Lilibet will be a princess

PRINCESS Lilibet Diana MountbattenWindsor was christened on Friday March 3 in Montecito, at the Sussexes’ home, close to her second birthday.

Her parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed their two children will be known as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The children were referred to as ‘master’ and ‘miss’ on the Buckingham Palace website for the past six months.

The palace has confirmed the site’s line of succession list would now be updated to reflect the change, after a spokesperson for the Sussexes publicly referred to Lilibet as a princess when announcing news of her christening.

When Archie was born, he was the great­grandchild of a sovereign rather than a grandchild, so was not given the title.

However, when the Queen died and her son King Charles acceded to the throne, it meant Archie and Lilibet were entitled to be a prince and princess.

They are also entitled to use the HRH style ­ although Harry and Meghan retain their HRH styles, they no longer use them after leaving the working monarchy.