Meghan Markle has been warned over her use of HRH title after a friend shared an image of a gift she received from the Duchess of Sussex.
During the Duchess of Sussex’s candid interview on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, host Jamie Kern Lima showed off a gift basket she received from Meghan.
The basket, which included homemade strawberry sauce and ice cream, came with a card signed, “With Compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex.”
Speaking with The Mirror, royal expert Craig Prescott warned that Meghan risks “blurring the lines” between private and public use of the title, especially since the gift and card were shared publicly by a friend she is working with on a public appearance.
“Clearly, when they stepped back from royal duties, one of the agreements was that they would not use these HRH titles, but they still retained them,” he said.
The expert added, “They still have their HRH titles, and the formulation was that they would not use this in an official capacity, so that commercial activities don’t have a royal seal of approval.
“In that sense, this was a personal message, and so she could, and I don’t think there is anything legally to prevent her from using this in a personal capacity.
“I think what is unusual about this is that it has come out in the open, and it’s that blurring of the personal and the private.
“But this is a friend, with whom she is doing a public appearance with, so that’s really where the controversy lies. You would have thought that discretion being the best part of valour, you would not use it in a way that could easily become public.”