According to sources, the couple do not use HRH in commercial or public settings - and this was only a private use of the title and was for a gift given more than a year ago. This distinction would mean the HRH title was not being used to promote the jams and food products in Meghan's As Ever range or her Netflix cookery series.

Meghan Markle has been using her HRH title privately "for years", according to new claims, despite an agreement with Buckingham Palace not to do so. The former working royal sparked controversy this week when an image of a gift basket she sent to a friend appeared on a podcast,