Duchess Meghan, Prince Harry confirm Archewell is the name of their new non-profit

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are speaking out after the name of their upcoming non-profit organization was revealed in a report.

In response to a Monday report from the British newspaper The Telegraph, which obtained United States documents regarding the organization, the couple confirmed that Archewell is indeed the name of their new non-profit.

The news comes a week after the couple bid farewell to their SussexRoyal Instagram account and its 11 million followers.

“Like you, our focus is on supporting efforts to tackle the global Covid-19 pandemic but faced with this information coming to light, we felt compelled to share the story of how this came to be,” the couple said in a joint statement to USA TODAY, responding to the Telegraph report.

The couple explained how they drew from the Greek language for inspiration.

“Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of ‘Arche’ — the Greek word meaning ‘source of action’. We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name,” they continued. “To do something of meaning, to do something that matters. Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon. We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right.”

In February, USA TODAY confirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would no longer use their “Sussex Royal” brand in any titles after the spring of this year.

“While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word ‘Royal’, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation, when it is announced this Spring, will not be named Sussex Royal Foundation,” read a statement at the time from the communications office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

The statement continued: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘SussexRoyal’ in any territory post Spring 2020. The trademark applications that were filed as protective measures, acting on advice from and following the same model for The Royal Foundation, have been removed.”

The website also stated that the couple will not be building a foundation, per se, but are pursuing a “non-profit entity” with hopes to “develop a new way to effect change and complement the efforts made by so many excellent foundations globally.”

People magazine and The Sun are among publications that have reported that the Sussexes left Canada on a private plane before the border closed and are currently living in Los Angeles, Meghan’s home town.

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