Sources said the Duke of Sussex explored ways to assume his mother's surname - a move that would have involved ditching Mountbatten-Windsor, used by his children.
Sources described the ongoing 'strained' relationship with his father five years after the Duke of Sussex and Meghan quit frontline royal duties and moved to the US.
Sources told MailOnline that ITV began to ease out Gino in the wake of the scandal that has engulfed the BBC over Gregg Wallace , especially after Phillip Schofield 's bitter exit from This Morning.