{"id":154739,"date":"2025-03-08T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/the-traitors-star-ivar-mountbatten-wades-into-meghan-markle-sussex-controversy\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T18:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:55:27","slug":"the-traitors-star-ivar-mountbatten-wades-into-meghan-markle-sussex-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/the-traitors-star-ivar-mountbatten-wades-into-meghan-markle-sussex-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Traitors&#8221; Star Ivar Mountbatten Wades Into Meghan Markle \u201cSussex\u201d Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">Fresh from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/the-traitors-season-3-winners-first-interview-exclusive?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the tense finale<\/a> of blockbuster reality show <em>The Traitors<\/em>, series contestant <strong>Lord Ivar Mountbatten<\/strong> appears ready to trade the show\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/the-traitors-season-3-winners-first-interview-exclusive?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">famously stressful roundtable room<\/a> for another, even more contentious debate: Why did the woman we until recently knew as <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> cringingly correct <strong>Mindy Kaling<\/strong> when she used the <em>Suits<\/em> star\u2019s birth name on the set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/review-in-with-love-meghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>With Love, Meghan<\/em><\/a>? And was she right to do so?<\/p>\n<p>For those who have yet to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/meghan-markle?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duchess of Sussex\u2019s<\/a> Netflix series about the joys of domesticity, here\u2019s a quick recap. In the vein of similar lifestyle shows (think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/martha-stewart?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Martha Stewart<\/strong><\/a>\u2014the show\u2019s producers certainly were!), the royal\u2019s famous friends \u201cstop by\u201d her blindingly white farmhouse-style kitchen set, ostensibly as a way station on a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-cover-story-2025?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Montecito home she shares<\/a> with husband <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and children <strong>Prince Archie<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Lilibet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">One such friend, writer, director, and actor <strong>Mindy Kaling<\/strong> was one such visitor\u2014and during her time on the show, she received a lesson in royal nomenclature when Meghan told her, \u201cIt\u2019s so funny that you keep saying \u2018Meghan Markle.\u2019 You know I\u2019m Sussex now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The matter also came up in an <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-intimate-interview-prince-harry-kids-as-ever-brand-netflix-series-exclusive-11689103\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-intimate-interview-prince-harry-kids-as-ever-brand-netflix-series-exclusive-11689103&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meghan-markle-intimate-interview-prince-harry-kids-as-ever-brand-netflix-series-exclusive-11689103\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview with <em>People<\/em><\/a> published this week, in which Meghan said that Sussex is \u201cour shared name as a family, and I guess I hadn\u2019t recognized how meaningful that would be to me until we had children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI love that that is something that Archie, Lili, H and I all have together. It means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Lord Ivar Mountbatten in a scene from \u201cThe Traitors\u201d episode 311, \u201cThe Day of Reckoning is Upon Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Peacock\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The problem, Ivar Mountbatten says, is that\u2019s not actually true. Now known in the US for his role in <em>The Traitors<\/em>, Mountbatten is also a member of the royal family: Harry\u2019s estranged father, <strong>King Charles III<\/strong>, is Mountbatten\u2019s second cousin by way of both of their fathers; the 61-year-old is also a godparent to <strong>Prince Edward<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Sophie<\/strong>\u2019s daughter, <strong>Louise Windsor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Speaking with <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/leisure\/arts-and-culture\/a64093669\/ivar-mountbatten-traitors-finale-interview\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/leisure\/arts-and-culture\/a64093669\/ivar-mountbatten-traitors-finale-interview\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/leisure\/arts-and-culture\/a64093669\/ivar-mountbatten-traitors-finale-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Town and Country<\/em><\/a>, Mountbatten says of Meghan, \u201cIt\u2019s interesting because she\u2019s completely incorrect. Her family name is not Sussex, her family name is Mountbatten-Windsor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cHer children are called Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor; they\u2019re not called Archie and Lilibet Sussex because Sussex is a title. So, they are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he\u2019s Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and she would be Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Mountbatten called on his immediate family to further explain royal naming protocol to those of us in the colonies. \u201cMy brother is the Marquess of Milford Haven, but his surname is Mountbatten, so he\u2019s called <strong>George Mountbatten<\/strong>, the Marquess of Milford Haven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Rebecca English<\/strong>, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>\u2019s Royal Editor, agrees with Mountbatten\u2014but only to a point. \u201cOfficially, the family\u2019s name is Mountbatten-Windsor &#8211; and is recorded as such on both Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet\u2019s birth certificates,\u201d <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14469815\/meghan-sussex-royal-protocol-preferred-name.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14469815\/meghan-sussex-royal-protocol-preferred-name.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14469815\/meghan-sussex-royal-protocol-preferred-name.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she writes<\/a>. It\u2019s a tradition that began in 1960, when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip decided they\u2019d like \u201ctheir own direct descents to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal Family, without changing the name of the Royal House.\u201d From that point on, \u201cMountbatten-Windsor.\u201d was the last name rule of the land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/meghan-markle-sussex-last-name-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from the tense finale of blockbuster reality show The Traitors, series contestant Lord Ivar Mountbatten appears ready to trade the show\u2019s famously stressful roundtable room for another, even more contentious debate: Why did the woman we until recently knew as Meghan Markle cringingly correct Mindy Kaling when she used the Suits star\u2019s birth name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10849,176,358,175,10039,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-154739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-ivar-mounbatten","9":"tag-meghan-markle","10":"tag-netflix","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-princes-harry","13":"tag-royals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}