In her brand new food show, With Love, Meghan, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, opened up about the surname she now uses. But not everyone is too sure about it.
The Californian Royal, who left palace life behind five years ago, has long put aside her maiden name of Markle, but this is still the name to which she is often referred.
While chatting about fast food with Mindy Kaling in the second episode, Meghan can be seen gently correcting The Office actress after she remarked: "People wouldn't believe that Meghan Markle ate at Jack in the Box."
Offering some insight into how she refers to herself away from the public eye, mum of two Meghan replied: "It's so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I'm Sussex now. You have kids, and you go, 'no I share my name with my children'…I didn't know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to go 'this is our family name, our little family name'."
However, just as fans were getting used to the idea of "Meghan Sussex", King Charles' second cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten came forward with a clarification, insisting that the 43-year-old duchess had gotten it quite wrong.
Lord Mountbatten, who recently appeared on The Traitors (US), told Town & Country: "It's interesting because she’s completely incorrect. Her family name is not Sussex, her family name is Mountbatten-Windsor. Her children are called Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor; they’re not called Archie and Lilibet Sussex because Sussex is a title.”
The aristocrat continued: “So, they are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he’s Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and she would be Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor. My brother is the Marquess of Milford Haven, but his surname is Mountbatten, so he’s called George Mountbatten, the Marquess of Milford Haven. When I read that, it was an article about her new program, and she said that her family name is Sussex.”
He went on to clarify that he hadn't yet tuned into With Love, Meghan, which hit Netflix on Tuesday, March 4, predicting: “I might be interested to watch it; it might not last long.”
However, it would appear that this food show is no flash in the pan, with Netflix confirming on Friday (March 7), that the series will be returning for a second season, which has already been filmed. Taking to Instagram with a video shared to her Stories, Meghan announced: "Lettuce romaine calm... or not (!) because I'm thrilled to share that Season 2 of 'With Love, Meghan' is coming!"
You can stream With Love, Meghan on Netflix now.
