On Tuesday, documents filed with Companies House showed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have appointed a voluntary liquidator to begin shutting down the London-based charity, which they renamed MWX Trading in August last year.
Documents filed with Companies House today show that the couple, who now live in a £11million mansion in Montecito, California, have requested to wind up MWX. Although the couple never revealed what the new name stood for, the DailyMail reports that it may have been Markle Windsor or Mountbatten Windsor.
On August 5, 2020, the couple officially changed the charity’s name from ‘Sussex Royal The Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’ to MWX Foundation. The change came after it was agreed that Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, who have since relocated to California with their son Archie, would stop using the “royal” title as part of their brand.
The couple’s decision to continue severing ties with the UK and shut down the company, which they first launched in July 2019 after splitting with the foundation they shared with Prince William and Kate Middleton, comes after the creation of their new charitable body called Archewell, named in honour of their son.
Since moving to the United States (US), the duke and duchess have launched a number of projects through their Archewell foundation, including most recently a fundraiser for vaccine equity in honour of Archie’s birthday.