King Charles will never strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles despite calls to do so as he would not want to ‘humiliate’ the Sussexes, sources say

• Well-placed sources have said it is something he refuses to even contemplate

King Charles will never strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles despite the continuing heartache they are causing to the Royal Family.

Well-placed sources have said it is something he refuses to even contemplate.

There have been repeated calls since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex acrimoniously quit as working royals for firstly the late Queen Elizabeth – and now King Charles – to formally sever ties with the couple by taking away the honorary titles they were given on marriage.

They are not even believed to have visited Sussex since the early days of their marriage in 2018.

But one insider who knows the king well says he is ‘not a punitive man’ and would ‘never want to humiliate’ his son and daughter-in-law.

Although Buckingham Palace is ‘considering all options’ as a result of the latest furore, sources insist that downgrading them as Duke and Duchess of Sussex is simply not on the table.

‘That is just something that would not be considered,’ they stressed.

The late Queen previously stripped her grandson and his wife of their HRH titles, insisting they could not use them in their new commercial working lives.

If Meghan were to lose her duchess title, as the wife of a son of the monarch she would be entitled to call herself Princess Henry.