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Meghan Markle has not trademarked her children's names, despite reports claiming she did, as the Duchess made a key move in her latest product launch. American outlets claimed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have trademarked Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's names as emails, social media handles and domain names.

An industry source told Page Six: "It's not about safeguarding the children - that's understandable. It's what you plan to do with [it] that's the key." Now, People magazine reported that there is no trademark behind the children's names and that the Duchess's latest launch proves it.

Meghan officially launched her brand, As Ever's Mother's Day collection on Wednesday, which includes chocolate and two new candles linked to her children's birthdays.

Originally, the £47 candles were said to be No. 506, for "Prince Archie of Sussex's Birthdate," and No. 604, for "Princess Lilibet of Sussex's Birthdate".

The new release showed that the titles of Archie and Lilibet were not part of the candles' description.

Lilibet's description read that it was crafted by Meghan to "honour her daughter Lilibet's birthdate of June 4th," while for Archie, it said that it was "inspired by her son Archie's birthdate of May 6th".

Archie and Lilibet did not have royal titles at the time of their birth; however, they obtained them upon their grandfather, King Charles's, ascension to the throne in 2022, as the children of a son of the monarch.

A spokesman for the Sussex 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 alignment with Buckingham Palace."