Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly worried that King Charles III's objection to their royal titles caused the protracted delay in granting of U.K. passports for their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Fox News reported that the couple pondered changing their last name to Spencer due to their "sheer exasperation" over the months-long wait for legal documentation, as Fox News reported.

According to the site, the 40-year-old Duke of Sussex discussed taking Princess Diana's surname with his uncle, Earl Charles Spencer, in person.

After Harry and Meghan's son Archie, 6, and daughter Lilibet, 4, received their passports roughly six months after their applications, the name change was scrapped.

Outsider's take

Speaking to The Sun Royal Exclusive, former Sun Royal Correspondent Charles Rae said: “I think as well that this is another Harry not knowing what he wants to do.

“He wants to be completely severed from the royal family.  And I think the king should grant his wish. I think he should sever him from the royal family.”

British officials were purportedly "dragging their feet because the passport applications included the titles HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) for both children."

The source went on to claim that "the king hadn’t wanted Archie and Lili to carry the titles, most of all the HRH, and the British passports, once created, would be the first and perhaps the only legal proof of their names."

Just the other day

Rae went on to take a look back at what was going on, just weeks ago, with the former working royal, and what he wanted from the world's most famous family:

“It was only less than a month ago that he was pleading for a reconciliation with his father and his brother," the former royal correspondent said.

“And the next thing we hear, and I think the story was well sourced, he wants to change the name from Mountbatten-Windsor to Spencer."

“Well, that is sending a terrible message to the royal family that he doesn't really want a reconciliation."

Sending a message

According to Royal correspondent Sarah Hewson, going through with the name change would have sent a message to the royal family, but what message is the question:

“Is it to say, ‘ok, fine, you don't want to talk to us, then we're not a part of this anymore?"

She proposed another possibility, asking, “Is it because he feels much closer to his Spencer relatives? "