Meet Baby Archie! Meghan Markle & Prince Harry’s Baby Makes His Debut | Photos
Isn’t he just adorable? The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now sharing their bundle of joy with the rest of the world. The newest member of Britain’s royal family arrived Monday, but the proud parents, Prince Harry, 34, and Meghan Markle, 38, waited until Wednesday to give an eager public its first look at their cute son, whose name has been given as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
The family of three gathered at Windsor Castle, near their new home, and posed for the baby’s first press pictures — and they’re absolutely precious. The excited new mom said as her husband cradled their baby son:
“It’s magic. It’s pretty amazing. I have the two best guys in the world so I’m really happy.”
Neither the duke nor duchess revealed the baby’s name but said their son already has shown “the sweetest temperament.”
“He’s really calm,” she said, prompting Prince Harry to joke: “I wonder who he gets that from.”
Meghan said she couldn’t ask for a better baby.
“He’s just been the dream, so it’s been a special couple of days”.
When asked who the baby takes after, Harry told reporters gathered at Windsor Castleit that it is too early to tell.
“Everyone says babies change so much over two weeks. We’re basically monitoring how the changing process happens over this next month really, but his looks are changing every single day, so who knows?”
Still appearing giddy over the birth, Harry admitted he’s still getting used to his new role as a first time father. He said:
“We’re still trying to figure it out. Parenting is amazing. It’s only been — what, two and half days, three days? We’re just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy.”
Immediately after the photo op, the couple left to introduce their son to Harry’s grandparents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who got a sneak peek of the baby just moments earlier.
“We just bumped into the duke as we were walking by, which was so nice, so it’ll be a nice moment to introduce the baby to more family,” she said.
She added that her mother also has been staying with the couple.
Hours after their son’s birth in the early hours of Monday morning, Prince Harry surprised reporters gathered on the grounds of Windsor Castle and shared his joy. He said:
As the new parents revealed before their son’s birth, they decided to forgo the typical press photo op held outside a hospital shortly after a royal wee one is welcomed to the world.
Members of the royal family have long opted to give the media a quick look at their babies before leaving the hospital — sometimes just hours after birth.
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That was the case following all three of deliveries for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Each time, she and Prince William posed with their children — Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 3, and Prince Louis, 1 — outside of the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital.
Even Prince Harry’s own parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, participated in the practice. But in a break with that longstanding royal tradition, the Sussexes chose personal privacy over protocol.
“He’s really got a little bit of facial hair as well,” Prince Harry jokes about his son pic.twitter.com/b4zRt73OcO
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 8, 2019
"It will be a nice moment to introduce the baby to more family, and my mom's with us as well." -Meghan Markle says of preparing to introduce her and Prince Harry's baby to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip pic.twitter.com/xDP18zPf80
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 8, 2019
"Parenting is amazing… we're just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy." -Prince Harry pic.twitter.com/OH6T2VPGP3
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 8, 2019
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