This week's question: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reluctantly agreed to drop their plan to market the "Sussex Royal" brand after the queen forbade them from using the word "royal." Please come up with a snappy new brand name that the couple could use to exploit their ex-royal status.
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THE WINNER: "Roylex"
Mark Youngs, Granada Hills, California
SECOND PLACE: "The Windsor Nots"
C. Tom Howes, Havertown, Pennsylvania
THIRD PLACE: "Re-gal & guy"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Been Heir Done That"
Troup Miller, Austin, Texas
"Suss-excommunicated"
Jim Kulakoski, Port Orange, Florida
"ErstRoyal"
Annette Blanchard, Mill Valley, California
"The House of Commons"
Page Stockwel, Portland, Oregon
"Throne Away"
Jordan Austin, Port Hueneme, California
"I Can't Believe We're Not Royalty"
Bruce Kopp, Lake Mills, Wisconsin
"SussEX"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"The Couple Formerly Known as Prince and Princess"
Stuart Burkhoff, Great Neck, New York
"The Three Exiteers (Harry, Meghan, and Archie)"
Lisa Zaoutis, Philadelphia
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