Archie and Lilibet are now officially Prince and Princess

Archie and Lilibet have officially been recognised as a prince and princess by the King, MailOnline can reveal today.

The children of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had their titles updated on the line of succession on the Royal Family’s website, where they remain in 6th and 7th position.

Until 9.30am this morning, the children had been referred to as plain ‘master’ and ‘miss’ Mountbatten-Windsor on the Buckingham Palace website. Now they are ‘Prince Archie of Sussex’ and ‘Princess Lilibet of Sussex’.

It came shortly after their California-based parents declared that it is Archie and Lilibet’s ‘birthright’ to be called prince and princess in a statement defending their decision to use the titles.