Meghan let slip her real first name in an interview during her Suits days on the American talk show The Racheal Ray Show. The show’s host told Meghan: “The character’s name is Rachel, which is great.” Meghan responded: “Did you know my first name is Rachel in real life? Did you know that? So I was born Rachel Meghan Markle but my parents -” but Meghan was cut off before she could finish her story.

Speaking to Invictus Games competitor Sherry McBain, 42, during the competition in The Hague last April, she said she still loves the name Harrison. Sherry, who lives in Southampton, said: “She was like ‘Harrison, that’s Archie’s middle name’, and Mandy was like ‘Yeah, I know’. They were just having a chat because Harry and Meghan couldn’t decide between Archie and Harrison for the first name.”

Meanwhile, their youngest child Princess Lilibet is named in honour of her great-grandmother the late Queen, who had the moniker Lilibet as a pet name. The name came to the former monarch as when she was a child she was unable to pronounce Elizabeth properly.

A statement from Harry and Meghan after she was born read: “Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honour her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales.”