I’m no tradwife, insists Meghan Markle as she gushes over Prince Harry and lifts lid on Montecito life

MEGHAN Markle claims her Sussex title is "meaningful" despite only ever visiting the county in southern England ONCE.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, is today (Tue) launching her Netflix rebrand with an eight-part cookery coming five years after Megxit.

Speaking in a promotional interview to mark 'With Love, Meghan' hitting telly screens she returned to gushing about her Royal Family connections.

The late Queen Elizabeth II honoured Harry and Meghan the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their 2018 wedding.

There have been calls for the couple to be stripped of the titles after blasting the Royals on their Oprah Winfrey tell-all, six-part Netflix series 'Harry & Meghan' and shock memoir 'Spare'.

The California-based pair have also attracted criticism for only visiting Sussex once when they held several engagements seven years ago.

But speaking to People magazine in the US Meghan now claims the title is important to her.

She said: "It's our shared name as a family, and I guess I hadn’t recognized how meaningful that would be to me until we had children.

"I love that that is something that Archie, Lili, H and I all have together. It means a lot to me."

The Sussex name, she adds, “is part of our love story."

Meghan and Harry are also the Earl and Countess of Dumbarton but rarely use the title and are not expected to pass it onto Archie.

They are banned as part of the Megxit agreement from using their 'SussexRoyal' brand although the website remains.

And last year set up 'The Office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex' with Meghan's coat of arms.

Earlier this week Meg featured Lilibet in an Instagram reel with Serena Williams to promote her new projects.

It comes after the three-year-old appeared in a photo for 'As ever' food brand which sparked controversy after its logo was similar to a Majorcan town's coat of arms and name the same as New York clothing brand.

The couple usually keep their children out of the spotlight.

But in her interview carried out after she left Harry in Canada to spend Valentine's Day alone during the Invictus Games she talks about her children.

She claims five-year-old Archie told her "mama, don't work so hard'.

Meg told the outlet: "It was the sweetest thing."

Following a series of rebrands in the US, including a failed podcast with Spotify and projects such as 40 x 40 which failed to get off the ground, Meg is now aiming to become an entrepreneur.

But she had to drop the name 'American Riviera Orchard' for her lifestyle after opposition from trademark authority.

Last month she posted in Instagram saying her brand wished to be called 'As ever'.

She told People magazine: "When your children get to a certain age - when you’re not just playing in the sandbox with them but almost playing in your own sandbox again - it’s super joyful.

"As a woman, a mom and a wife, to be able to find yourself again - in a way that was always present but that you maybe couldn’t put as much attention on as you now can when your kids are a little bit older - is a wonderful feeling.”

Harry, whose Netflix effort Polo bombed, appears sporadically in the cookery show 'With Love, Meghan'.

The show was due to be aired in January but delayed because of the LA fires.