Even then, she may or may not renounce her connection to the United States. Will he or she have to pay taxes in the United States, and subject the royal family’s notoriously private finances to examination in a foreign country? Eligibility for American citizenship through parents hinges on a few factors: Where the baby is born, whether one or both parents are U.S. citizens, and whether the parents are married. According to the State Department, children like the expected royal baby, who are born abroad, in wedlock, to one American citizen and one “alien,” automatically acquire citizenship at birth, as long as the American parent has lived in the United States for a requisite period of time. Ms. Markle and Prince Harry will have to report the birth to an American consulate, Ms. Meissner explained.

Source: New York Times October 15, 2018 21:04 UTC