Furious Brighton residents have claimed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s royal titles are “disrespecting” the county of East Sussex and have forced the council to set a date to discuss stripping Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles after a petition to that effect got over 2,000 signatures.
The issue is to be discussed in a meeting next month and Charles Ross started the petition on the Brighton and Hove City Council website in July. At the moment, the petition now has more than 2,000 signatures, surpassing the 1,250 threshold for council to put it on a meeting agenda.
The petition says: "We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to reject the usage of the titles "Duke of Sussex" and "Duchess of Sussex" by the individuals Henry ("Harry") Windsor and Rachel Meghan Markle as morally wrong and disrespectful to the county of East Sussex.
"As residents of Brighton and Hove we call on Brighton and Hove Council to not refer to these individuals by such titles which we believe to be entirely non democratic and symbolic of the oppression of the general public by the wealthy elite.
"Neither will Brighton Council invite or entertain these individuals nor afford them any hospitality or courtesies above and beyond that of an ordinary member of the public."
According to Cornwalllive, the petition calls on officials at the council to not refer to them as the Sussexes in official papers but they do not have the power to strip the couple of their titles.
It is the Queen who decides on titles and it was down to her to decide which to gift her grandson and Meghan after their wedding in May 2018.
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