Last names are political; that much is obvious.
Boris Johnson, springs to mind), theres always a strategic aim behind this kind of rebranding.
In her showWithLove, Meghan, the former royal shares that shes apparently now using the surname Sussex.

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Fair enough, I say.
Its a nice place.
Good chalk cliffs, some nice vegetarian cafes.
Which is why I have named my daughter Frizzell.
It is, after all, a great name.
I didnt actually know that my full name rhymed until I got to secondary school.
My son has his fathers surname.
According to his logic, Girls are Frizzells.
And who am I to argue?
I have several friends who have admitted that they regret not passing on their own name to their children.
It seems not only old-fashioned but also faintly insulting, after all that effort youve just gone through.