Prince Harry (Image: Getty Images)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may no longer be working royals or carry out duties for the King. But the couple reportedly don’t want to rule out their children opting to support the monarchy, despite their bombshell move to quit their royal roles.

Insiders close to the Sussexes have said they want Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to retain their titles and HRH styles so they can choose to become working royals if they so wish when they are adults. It came after the source spoke out and claimed the Sussexes feared passports for their children were being held up due to the use of their royal titles.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Colombia last year(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The couple are said to have been left exasperated as they waited months for British passports to arrive and reportedly believed it was due to the fact they included their children’s royal titles on the application. But former BBC royal expert Jennie Bond has questioned why Harry and Meghan appear so keen to cling onto titles for their children – even though they have previously railed against the institution of monarchy.

She told the Mirror: “I really don’t understand why, having extricated themselves from a life they did not enjoy and in which Harry has publicly spoken of ‘feeling trapped’, they want to give their children the option of re-joining. It makes no sense.

“Who knows what’s going to happen in the future? But it’s very hard to see how two children who are clearly now more American than British would want to change their whole way of life and become working members of the royal family.”