Samantha Markle’s lawyer has shown visible irritation towards Prince Harry’s titles, amidst Meghan Markle’s sister suing for libel.

Prince Harry and Samantha Markle pictured separately

Samantha Markle’s lawyer tears into Prince Harry (Image: Getty/ ITV)

Prince Harry should have been known as the “Duke of Wails” according to Samantha Markle’s lawyer, as he refers to Meghan Markle’s half-sister’s latest case filings.

The Duke of Sussex was mistakenly referred to as the Prince of Wales in a court filing by Meghan Markle’s sister, Samantha Markle, reports have claimed.

This comes as Samantha is suing Meghan Markle for libel over comments made during the couple’s Netflix series titled ‘Harry & Meghan’, broadcast in December 2022.

Despite losing the case at Federal Court in Florida it has gone to the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Peter Ticktin, of the Ticktin Law Group, told Newsweek: “To most of us, Americans, we couldn’t give a tinker’s damn as to whether that prince is the Duke of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, or the Duke of Earl.

“In fact, I wish I could say it was simply a spelling mistake when he should have been the Duke of Wails.”

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Samantha Markle’s lawyer calls Harry the “Duke of Wails” (Image: Getty)

Meghan was originally sued over comments she made to Oprah Winfrey in 2021 and on her Netflix docuseries, ‘Harry & Meghan’, in 2022, with Samantha accusing her of claiming “false and malicious lies” about her fairytale “rags-to-royalty” upbringing and contesting her claim that she “grew up as an only child”.

According to Newsweek, which claimed that it’s seen court filings issued by Samantha’s lawyer, Peter Ticktin, the Duke of Sussex is named the Prince of Wales – a title currently held by his older brother, Prince William.

Peter Ticktin continued: “In all seriousness, we have a guy here in the United States who believes our 1st Amendment is ‘Bonkers’ meaning crazy, while he is one of 16 governors of a group called the Aspen Institute (the Ministry of Truth) who decide which statements on our internet should be deleted as misinformation.”

Prince Harry was a commissioner with The Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder, which sought to help government, the private sector and civil society respond to the spread of false information online – according to its website.

Mr Ticktin also claimed Harry should be labelled as “the Minister of Fiction”.

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Samantha is appealing against a court ruling which dismissed her defamation case against her sister (Image: Getty)

Mr Ticktins spoke out about hypocrisy after Harry and Meghan launched The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Network, which aims to protect children from harm online.

He said: “The Sussex Squad smear, threaten, and set out to destroy anyone who criticizes Meghan or Harry. They are the evil which Harry pretends to be against.”

This summer, the Montecito-based duo promoted the launch of the parents’ network which highlights the risks of suicide among young people triggered by social media.

Speaking of the initiative in an interview with CBS about risks to children, Prince Harry said: “They [children] could be in the next-door room on a tablet or on a phone and can be going down these rabbit holes. And before you know it, within 24 hours, they could be taking their life.”

Prince Harry was born His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, however, is styled the Duke of Sussex after the late Queen Elizabeth granted him the Dukedom of Sussex, the Earldom of Dumbarton in Scotland and Barony of Kilkeel in Northern Ireland, on his wedding day back in 2018.

Since then he was styled His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex up until 2020, when he stepped down as a senior working royal and would there not not be able to use his HRH title in practice.

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales title is traditionally given to the heir to the British throne and is currently held by Prince William.

But according to the US outlet, Samantha’s lawyers made a huge error when referring to the duke in the court filings, naming him the “Prince of Wales”. The filing reportedly read: “Amidst the ongoing publicity of their fairytale engagement and wedding and subsequent fallout with the ‘Royals,’ Meghan started a production studio, Archewell Productions with her husband, Harry, Prince of Wales.”