A member of Britain’s elite, Lady Colin Campbell, is not happy with the acquisition of the domain name Sussex.com by the Duke & the Duchess of Sussex.
A resident of Goring, West Sussex, Lady Campbell accuses the ex-royals of hijacking the county’s official name, saying that Sussex.com has nothing to do with the county.
Making an odd statement, Lady Campbell has acquired alternate domain names such as OfficialSussex.com and DukeAndDuchessOfSussex.co.uk.
OfficialSussex.com – a domain registered by Lady Campbell
A message on the web site states:
“Lady Colin Campbell has therefore acquired the domain name dukeandduchessofsussex.co.uk and is prepared to hand it over to the Sussexes as long as they undertake to cease and desist from using sussex.com, which is not only an imposition to the people of Sussex but is also an impertinence, in that their website has nothing to do with the county, but the domain name gives the misleading impression that it does.”
She pledged to give these to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle if they stopped using Sussex.com.
Apparently, Lady Campbell has no idea how domain names work. For example, WestSussex.com can be acquired for $19,999 dollars via NameFind’s inventory of GoDaddy-owned domain names.
Sussex.com was registered in 1995 by British entrepreneur, Neil Agate, who used it for his business, Sussex Systems; Agate sold the domain via a domain broker for an undisclosed sum to the ex-royals.
Sussex.com is now a global brand because the Duke and Duchess of Sussex acquired Sussex.com and not Sussex.co.uk
That was the smartest and best acquisition.
Their official website sussexroyal.com now forwards to Sussex.com
Michael – Tell that to Lady Campbell! 🙂 She registered LadyColinCampbell.com but not LadyCampbell.com.