By Molly Claire Goddard
3:21pm PDT, Aug 27, 2025
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Meghan Markle is facing criticism for the explanation of her last name… again! During an appearance on the YouTube series
The Circuit with Emily Chang, the Duchess of Sussex was asked to clarify what her legal surname is after marrying
Prince Harry and receiving a title. Unfortunately, not everyone liked her response.
Keep reading to see what she had to say…MORE:
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Emily Chang pressed Meghan Markle about her last name, asking if it's really Sussex since she married Prince Harry in 2018. "It's not, but it's used loosely — or roughly, rather," the Duchess of Sussex replied. "When I got married, I changed my name. But it is a complicated one for people to understand because a last name is not typical in that construct. … It sounds so silly to say, and I get it because I'm American and then I went there and I started to understand, then you come back and as an American, you go, 'I'm so confused.' … It's a dukedom, and that's the truth of it. But at the end of the day, yes, my legal name is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, but Sussex works for us as our family name and it is the name we share with our children. But, yes, since we've been married, that's what I've been called."
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Meghan Markle received
swift backlash for her comments about her last name. "And she's wrong again. Her surname is Mountbatten-Windsor, her title is Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. As pointed out on several occasions the styling of 'The' means that she is married to a Duke," one critic wrote online. "She will always be known as Meghan Markle and that's it. There's nothing royal about her," a second person wrote. "Her surname is Windsor. Sussex is an aristocratic title. It is not a name," a third critic chimed in.
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On the first season of
With Love, Meghan, Meghan Markle corrected guest
Mindy Kaling when the former star of
The Office referred to her by her maiden name. "It's so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know, I'm Sussex now," the
Suits alum said.
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King Charles III's second cousin
Lord Ivar Mountbatten claimed that Sussex is not actually Meghan Markle or Prince Harry's last name. "It's interesting because she's completely incorrect. Her family name is not Sussex. Her family name is Mountbatten-Windsor," he claimed in
an interview. "So they are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he's Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and she would be Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor."
