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What if Meghan and Harry Were to Adopt a Child from Africa? Would the Child Be Called "Prince" and "Princess"?

IF MEGHAN AND HARRY ADOPT CHILDREN, THESE CHILDREN SHOULD BE TREATED AS THEIR BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN WHICH MEANS THAT ADOPTED CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE SAME TITLE AS THEIR BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN, RIGHT?  Both Meghan and Harry have expressed their love of Africa and of the African people. It would be so amazing if they announced that they were adopting a child from the continent. Or maybe two children. Many celebrities have adopted children in Africa including Madonna, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, and Sandra Bullock. Harry and Meghan are obviously not celebrities. They are royalebrities and their status is a bit more complicated. But how amazing it would be if they expanded their family to include two children from Africa. They have enough resources and house to accommodate a few more kids. The problem is how the royal family will feel about these children being part of the royal family. What would be interesting would be the status of these children in the British royal family, as far as

3 Reasons Why Harry and Meghan Should DECLINE Royal Titles for Archie and Lilibet

  DO ARCHIE AND LILIBET REALLY NEED ROYAL TITLES? There has been much debate about whether Prince Harry and Meghan's son and daughter Archie and Lilibet will or should receive royal titles now that Harry's father is King. This issue of titles is governed by a letters patent written by King George V in 1917. The rule is as follows, per wikipedia: " These letters patent, dated 30 November 1917, stated that "the children of any  Sovereign of these Realms  and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign  (as per the above Letters Patent of 1864)  and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales  (a modification of the Letters Patent of 1898)  shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour". It was also decreed in these letters that "grandchildren of the sons of any such