Prince Archie’s Buckingham Palace profile page reappears on the website

Prince Archie’s profile has reappeared on the Buckingham Palace website after the page was briefly offline on Saturday afternoon.

Harry and Meghan’s three-year-old son, whose page was updated earlier this month to reflect his princely title and his place in line to the throne, retired yesterday.

When users clicked on the page, an error message was displayed stating: “The requested page could not be found.”

Today, the page has returned with a list of the royal family, who will celebrate his fourth birthday on the same day as the king’s coronation on May 6, with his official title, Prince Archie of Sussex.

The photo on the page appears to be slightly different from the original photo used, which shows Meghan smiling as she looks at her newborn son, taken when the couple announced him to the world in 2019. Originally, the photo used was an image of Meghan smiling at Prince Harry, in a shot taken on the same occasion.

Archie, who is sixth in line to the throne, had his page updated with his one-year-old sister, Princess Lilibet Diana, earlier this month following a statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex referring to their children’s official titles. as their ‘birthright’.

The line of succession was also updated to reflect the positions of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet as sixth and seventh in line to the throne. Despite Archie’s page disappearing yesterday, the updated follow-up line remained live. Femail has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.

Following a statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirming Princess Lilibet Diana’s baptism in an intimate ceremony in Montecito, California, where the family now lives, the changes were made to the children’s profiles.

When news of the year-old Princess Lilibet’s baptism broke, the Sussexes’ statement first referred to their children by their royal nicknames.

The Buckingham Palace website showed a ‘page not found’ error when searching Prince Archie’s profile just weeks after the three-year-old’s information was updated to reflect his princely title

Original Page: On March 9, the Buckingham Palace website was updated to reflect the new title of Prince Archie of Sussex following a statement from the Duke and Duchess confirming Princess Lilibet’s baptism and stating that their children’s princely titles are their were ‘birthright’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released a statement following news of Princess Lilibet Diana’s baptism that the princely titles were their children’s “birthright.” Pictured: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Cape Town in 2019 with Prince Archie of Sussex

A spokesperson for the couple said at the time: ‘The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch. This matter has been settled for some time in coordination with Buckingham Palace.’

After the statement was released, the palace confirmed the titles and the line of succession would be updated “in due course,” with changes to be made the following day.

Sources close to the Sussexes had suggested they were frustrated that Buckingham Palace did not immediately recognize Archie and Lilibet’s titles following the Queen’s death in September 2022.

The titles of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children were quickly changed when Charles ascended the throne in September.

But Archie and Lili’s weren’t changed until about 24 hours after the baptismal announcement earlier this month.

Until the change, the Sussexes’ children were listed on the site as regular ‘Master’ and ‘Mrs’ Mountbatten-Windsor.

It is clear that despite the Sussexes’ repeated attacks on the institution of the monarchy and members of the royal family, there has been correspondence on the matter between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and royal aides.

A source told it Daily mirror: “The appropriate conversations took place prior to Lilibet’s baptism.”

While it is clear that the title will be used in formal situations, it will not be used in everyday conversation by the couple.

So she will probably still be known as “Lilibet” in most scenarios.

Harry and Meghan are believed not to want to deny their children their birthrights, but will give them the chance to decide for themselves when they are older whether to drop the titles or keep using them.

It’s up to Lilibet if she wants to describe herself as a princess.

Rules made by King George V in 1917 mean that as the children of a son of a sovereign, Archie and Lili are automatically a prince and a princess – but until yesterday there were doubts whether the Sussexes would use it – and even whether Charles would do block it after Megxit.

Earlier, at the time of the late Queen’s passing and the King’s accession last year, a spokesman for the King promised to update Archie and Lilibet’s names on the site “as and when we get information.”