Prince William and Prince Harry have been under the scrutinising eye of the press and the public throughout their childhood and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex want to avoid their baby to go through the same, royal expert Daniela Elser said. By refusing to give him a royal title, they are making sure little Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will be freer from media pressure and official engagements than his cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the expert said. 

She told News.com.au: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have decided against letting their son be titled the Earl of Dumbarton, rather he will be known by the more democratic Master.

“Their reasoning is simple: they want the lad to have as normal a life as possible, unencumbered by a future of plaque unveilings, horseshows and endless Commonwealth cocktail parties.

“Also, perhaps more importantly, they want to keep him as far away from the glare of the intrusive, insatiable press as they can short of forcing him to grow up on an isolated Pacific atoll with no Wi-Fi.”  

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Not becoming an earl or a duke will allow Archie to pursue his own interests in life, just like Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips were able to do thanks to the same decision taken by their mother, Princess Anne.

The royal expert believes Prince Harry, who has spoken out against being exposed to the media even during one of the most difficult days of his life, the funeral of his mother Princess Diana, will do his utmost to prevent Archie becoming a “pawn” of royal palaces.

She said: “It makes perfect sense Harry wants to protect his child from ever being used as a pawn as some part of palace skulduggery. 

“By making him plain old ‘Master Archie’, the Sussexes are putting paid to any future possibilities of him being regularly exploited for the Royal Family’s PR benefit.” 

William and Harry were asked to walk behind their mother’s coffin during the funeral cortege at the age of, respectively, 15 and 12.

Exactly 20 years after, Harry spoke out against the scar that left on him.

He told Newsweek: “My mother had just died, and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more did on television.

“I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. I don’t think it would happen today.”    

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