Because US citizens are not allowed to take on foreign titles. So outside of the realms of Charles III it's HRH the Duke of Sussex and mrs Meghan Markle or mrs Megan Mountbatten-Windsor.
There is no prohibition on otherwise ordinary American citizens being granted or inheriting titles.
Even if there were such a prohibition, the United States doesn’t get to dictate whether or not any other country which is not a Commonwealth Realm recognizes the Sussex royal titles and styles.
The United States doesn’t have the jurisdiction to limit any other status she holds abroad. According to the laws of the United Kingdom, she is a princess and any other country is free to recognize her as such. I don’t think the US would say anything about it.
This is about legal boundaries WITHIN separate existing national identities. So, in fact, the U.S. like any existing nation does get to decide on the legal *granting* of titles within its national boundaries. Of course, they can't "prohibit" a U.S. citizen from carrying the style by marriage or being granted a title from an outside national authority. But, they can prohibit that style or title from being legall recognized in U.S. legal documentation. Especially at the federal level, which that article of the U.S. constitution is explicit enough about.
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