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Prince Harry Took Steps Toward Changing Last Name Amid Feud With Royals

Prince Harry nearly distanced himself from his family by changing his name.

(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)But there was reportedly a time when Harry considered changing the family moniker to “Spencer,” the maiden name of his late mother, Princess Diana. Britain’s Prince Harry (C), Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle react while attending a show during a visit to the National Centre for the Arts in Bogota on August 15, 2024. And if Harry had gone through with his plan to adopt his late mother’s maiden name, you can be certain that the British tabloid media would have interpreted it as a slap in the face to his father.

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