Palace Announcement Implies That Meghan Markle & Prince Harry Are Divorced, But It Was An Accident

Meghan Markle, 38, and Prince Harry, 35, are not divorced, despite an embarrassing blunder from Buckingham Palace that implied that they are.

According to a Page Six report, when the palace announced that both Meghan and Harry would no longer be referred to as His or Her Royal Highness, it wrote that they would be called Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The problem with Meghan’s title is comma placement. Previously, only divorced women who were British Royals had the comma styling. For instance, Diana, Princess of Wales, or Sarah, Duchess of York — both women had their titles styled with commas after their respective divorces.

The palace told Sky News that the styling of Meghan’s title after divorced women’s titles was an error that would be corrected soon so people will know the proper way to refer to Meghan, now that she and Harry will no longer serve as senior members of the British Royal family. This step back led to a shakeup that some have taken to call Megxit, which is a spoof of Brexit, the British exit from the European Union.

“The palace [on Saturday] made an announcement about what the duke and duchess were to be called. But it inadvertently gives all the wrong messages because, in convention, the style suggested is the one adopted to express divorce.” commentator Alastair Bruce said.

Although the former Suits actress was married to TV producer Trevor Engleson from 2011 to 2013 and divorced him, she is not divorced from Harry. Currently, Meghan, Harry, and their son Archie are in Canada, according to another Page Six report. Harry joined his wife and son — who were already in Vancouver — in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Before the prince flew to North America, he and Meghan had been apart for 11 days. While Meghan took Archie to Canada, Harry stayed in the United Kingdom to work out his new status with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth made a rare statement about her family that announced her grandson and his wife’s change in status.

Although being hounded by the press allegedly played into Harry’s decision to take a step back from his royal duties, it seems his wife and son are still not safe from the paparazzi — even in Canada. While Meghan was taking her son and their dogs for a walk, the paparazzi took pictures of them, which they later published. The duchess threatened legal action over the posting, according to a report from The Inquisitr. She sent a cease-and-desist to several publications, citing serious safety concerns about the practices paparazzi employ when attempting to capture the photographs.