Meghan choosing “Sussex” over “Markle” is less a cosmetic tweak and more a declaration of where she truly belongs. After years of being framed as an outsider, she is anchoring herself to the one unit that has never questioned her place: Harry, Archie, and Lilibet. Sharing a surname with her children isn’t just symbolic; it’s her way of closing the distance between their royal titles, their American childhood, and her own fractured past.

That small correction to Mindy Kaling signaled a deeper shift. Meghan is no longer the solo figure the tabloids chased, but part of a self-defined family with its own name, story, and center of gravity. By letting “Markle” fade and choosing “Sussex,” she is rewriting how the world introduces her — and, more importantly, how her children will remember where their story truly began.