Everything Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Said About Their Son Archie

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Everything Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Said About Their Son Archie

Very vocal! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are loving life with their son, Archie, and aren’t afraid to talk about their baby boy. The little one arrived in May 2019. “We are pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn child in the early morning on May 6th, 2019,” the pair announced via Instagram. “Their Royal Highnesses’ son weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. The duchess and baby are both healthy and well, and the couple thank members of the public for their shared excitement and support during this very special time in their lives. More details will be shared in the forthcoming days.” The palace added in a statement at the time: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs. ... The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Earl Spencer have been informed and are delighted with the news. The Duchess’s mother, Doria Ragland, who is overjoyed by the arrival of her first grandchild, is with Their Royal Highnesses at Frogmore Cottage. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.” [sendtonews type="float" key="6lc49lkMcR-2832530-14453"] Archie’s birth came almost a year after the Suits alum married the former military pilot at Windsor Castle in England. Since becoming parents, the couple have stepped back from their royal family duties and moved to Los Angeles after spending time in Canada. “We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages,” Harry and Meghan announced in a January 2020 statement. “This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.” Keep scrolling to read the sweet things the new parents have said about their son since welcoming him to the world. [podcast_block]

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Everything Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Said About Their Son Archie

Very vocal! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are loving life with their son, Archie, and aren’t afraid to talk about their baby boy. The little one arrived in May 2019. “We are pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn child in the early morning on May 6th, 2019,” the pair announced via Instagram. “Their Royal Highnesses’ son weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. The duchess and baby are both healthy and well, and the couple thank members of the public for their shared excitement and support during this very special time in their lives. More details will be shared in the forthcoming days.” The palace added in a statement at the time: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs. ... The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Earl Spencer have been informed and are delighted with the news. The Duchess’s mother, Doria Ragland, who is overjoyed by the arrival of her first grandchild, is with Their Royal Highnesses at Frogmore Cottage. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.” [sendtonews type="float" key="6lc49lkMcR-2832530-14453"] Archie’s birth came almost a year after the Suits alum married the former military pilot at Windsor Castle in England. Since becoming parents, the couple have stepped back from their royal family duties and moved to Los Angeles after spending time in Canada. “We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages,” Harry and Meghan announced in a January 2020 statement. “This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.” Keep scrolling to read the sweet things the new parents have said about their son since welcoming him to the world. [podcast_block]

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May 2019

“Mother and baby are doing incredibly well,” the prince told members of the press following Archie’s birth. “This has been the most amazing experience I could possibly imagine.”

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May 2019

“I’ve had about two hours’ sleep,” he quipped while meeting media.

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May 2019

“He has the sweetest temperament,” the actress said of her son during his photo debut. “He’s really calm. He’s been the dream, so it’s been a special couple of days.”

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July 2019

“My son will always be watching what I do, mimicking my behavior, one day maybe even following in my footsteps,” Harry said in a speech at the Diana Award National Youth Mentoring Summit in London.

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September 2019

“Having spent last night here, I don’t know about you guys, but it was definitely the best night’s sleep I’ve had in the last four months,” the new dad joked while celebrating his Travalyst partnership.

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September 2019

“He is really well,” Harry said during a visit to the Rugby Football Union All Schools program. "He is getting so big.”

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September 2019

“He’s sleeping,” he explained when Archie was absent from a royal engagement in Cape Town, South Africa. “Not grouchy, just exhausted.”

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September 2019

“He likes to flirt,” Meghan joked during her son’s first royal engagement meeting Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, during the family's royal tour of Africa.

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October 2019

“Meghan said he has [red hair], and Harry said he definitely is [and] you can see it in his eyebrows,” a well-wisher told Hello! magazine at the WellChild Awards. “Harry said he’d had no hair for five months, but Meghan told him she had taken him to the playgroup and she said there were other children there with the same amount of hair or even less.”

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October 2019

The couple called Archie their “little pumpkin” on Halloween.

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November 2019

“Archie just got two teeth. Tiny ones right there,” Meghan told a child at Broom Farm Centre in Windsor, pointing to her bottom teeth.

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January 2020

“It has also been a privilege to meet so many of you, and to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant,” Harry said in a speech at an event for his Sentebale charity in London.

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May 2020

Meghan said her son did a "good job" helping her read Duck! Rabbit! on his 1st birthday for Save With Stories' Instagram account.

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June 2020

"Since becoming a father, I feel the pressure is even greater to ensure we can give our children the future they deserve, a future that hasn't been taken from them and a future full of possibility and opportunity,” Harry wrote in a June 2020 letter for African Parks' annual report, referencing the coronavirus pandemic. “I want us all to be able to tell our children that yes, we saw this coming, and with the determination and help from an extraordinary group of individuals, we did what was needed to restore these essential ecosystems.”

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August 2020

Harry said that “as a father” he is concerned about making social media a safe space, writing in an August 2020 Fast Company essay that platforms should "redesign themselves in a more responsible and compassionate way."

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August 2020

"I'm just unbelievably fortunate and grateful to have outdoor space and see Archie be able to be outside," Harry said of his son during an August 2020 video chat. He went on to detail his plans to play rugby with the little one.

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September 2020

Markle told the U.K.’s Evening Standard that her son is “so good,” gushing, "We are very lucky with our little one. He is just so busy, he is all over the place. He keeps us on our toes. We are just so lucky.”

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October 2020

"We were both there for his first steps," Harry told Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai of Archie. "His first run, his first fall, his first everything.”

His wife chimed in at the time: "It's just fantastic, because I think in so many ways, we are fortunate to be able to have this time to watch him grow, and in the absence of COVID, we would be traveling and working more externally, and we'd miss a lot of those moments. So it's been a lot of good family time."

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October 2020

“It makes you more courageous, it makes you so concerned for the world they’re going to inherit,” Markle said of motherhood during Fortune’s “Most Powerful Next Gen Summit.” She added that she asks herself “every single day” how to make the world a “better” place for Archie.

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October 2020

Markle spoke to Alexis Ohanian about their "shared experiences in being in interracial marriages and raising small children who are of mixed race and how [social media] plays into that" during Time 100's “Engineering a Better World" speaker series.

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November 2020

"The moment you become a father, everything really does change,” Harry said in a WaterBear network promotional video. "Then you start to realize, well, what is the point in bringing a new person into this world when they get to your age and it's on fire? We can't steal their future. We really can't. That's not the job we're here for. I've always believed that hopefully, we can leave the world in a better place than when we found it.”

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February 2021

"He’s got the most amazing personality,” Harry told James Corden of his son in February 2021. “He’s already putting three, four words together, already singing songs.” The little one's first word was "crocodile," the former military pilot revealed. "Three syllables."

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March 2021

“This year has been crazy for everybody, but to have outdoor space where I can go for walks with Archie, and we can go for walks as a family and with the dogs, and we can go on hikes — we'll go down to the beach, which is so close,” Harry said during his and Meghan’s tell-all CBS interview in March 2021. "I guess, the highlight for me is sticking him on the back of a bicycle in his little baby seat and take him on these bike rides, which is something I was never able to do when I was young. I can see him on the back, and he's got his arms out. And he's like, ((((('Woooo,' chatting, chatting, chatting, going, 'Palm tree,' and all this sort of stuff.”

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March 2021

The Los Angeles native added at the time that Archie tells people to “hydrate,” calling him “hysterical.” Her husband chimed in, "But, also, whenever everyone leaves the house, he's like, 'Drive safe.’"

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May 2021

Harry told Dax Shepard in May 2021 that the point of parenting was to "break the cycle," explaining, "Certainly, when it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced some form of pain and suffering because of the pain and suffering that perhaps my father or parents suffered. I’m gonna make sure I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on.”

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May 2021

"I wish she was around for Archie,” Harry said of his late mom, Princess Diana, in his May 2021 AppleTV+ series, The Me You Can't See. “I’ve got a photo up in his nursery, and one of the first words that he said apart from ‘Mama’ [and] ‘Papa’ was then ‘Grandma. Grandma Diana.’ It’s the sweetest thing. At the same time, it makes me really sad because she should be here.”

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June 2021

Meghan infused “lived experiences” into The Bench, she told NPR, explaining, "I often find, and especially in this past year, I think so many of us realized how much happens in the quiet. It was definitely moments like that, watching them from out of the window and watching [my husband] just, you know, rock [Archie] to sleep or carry him."

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April 2022

Working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic was a "really hard" experience, Harry said during an April 2022 Today show interview. "Archie spends more time interrupting our Zoom calls. But he often gets us off them, as well, so that’s also a nice thing," the former military pilot added of his "cheeky" son.

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April 2022

"[We] very much so [talk about her],” Harry told Hoda Kotb of his late mother. “I don’t tell him all the stuff that happened but certainly, 'This is Grandma Diana.’ We've got pictures up in the house.”

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August 2022

Meghan revealed that Archie has a special attachment to two palm trees on the family's property in Montecito, California. “One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” she recalled during an interview with New York magazine's The Cut. “See how they’re connected at the bottom? He goes, ‘My love, it’s us.’  And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa.’”

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September 2022

While bonding with Mindy Kaling over their shared love of the Archie comic books, Meghan pointed out that her son's name was simply a coincidence. "My son is not named after Archie comic books," she teased, adding that she always felt more connected to the character of Betty than Veronica. "I was the smart one, not the pretty one."

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October 2022

Harry described his son's "little squeaky voice" during a video call with winners of the WellChild Awards, telling a young boy named Henry that Archie is a "very, very busy" toddler.

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October 2022

While Meghan confessed to Variety that she was "done" acting, she explained that she wouldn't discourage her son from pursuing a career in entertainment. "They're our kids, obviously, and they're part of a legacy and a tradition and a family that will have other expectations. But I want them to be able to carve out their own path. If it's the entertainment industry, great. And also, good luck," she said.

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November 2022

"I'm sure it'll only get more chaotic as they get older," Meghan said of her "whirlwind" mornings with Archie and his sister during a November 2022 "Archetypes" episode. "But for me, it's, you know, both monitors on for the kids to hear them, always up with Lili, get her downstairs, then a half hour later, Archie's up. I start doing his lunchbox right before he's up while I have her, getting her a little nibble. My husband's helping me get him downstairs."

During a subsequent episode, the podcast host joked about needing to "rethink" her parenting style so her kids can be more "self-sufficient" as they grow up.

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December 2022

During an episode of the duo's Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, the mother of two revealed her son has a soft spot for "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John. "It is his favorite song," Meghan said. "And [it's so cute] to watch a 2-year-old go, 'Bennie! Bennie!'"

Earlier in the series, Harry told the cameras he felt "really proud" to be raising biracial children. "I think it is such a responsibility as human beings that, if you bring a small person into this world, that you should be doing everything you can to make the world a better place for them," he added.

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December 2022

In Netflix's Harry & Meghan, the Spare author confessed that he sees "a lot of my wife in Archie." The couple also shared rare glimpses of their 2019 tour of South Africa, for which they traveled with Archie, and spoke about the excitement they felt for becoming parents.

"One of the things that we connected on really early is you always had wanted to be a dad," Meghan recalled in episode 4. "And I'd always wanted to be a mom. We started journaling right when we found out we were pregnant. It was just, 'Dear baby, we're so excited to meet you one day.' And take little snapshots and stick them in the journal. 'Here's an announcement that went out about you today.'"

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January 2023

While reflecting on his strained relationship with William, Harry noted that “the gap between me and William was very similar to Archie and Lili.”

"And to see Lili obsessed with Archie and Archie like, ‘No, no, Lili, I need my space. I need my space now.’ I get it,” the Spare author said on ITV. “I get how irritating the younger sibling can be to the older sibling.”