With the publication of his candid book Spare, Prince Harry has captured the attention of people all across the world.
In addition to sharing specifics of his life as a working royal, he also shared with followers what he says transpired with some of his closest relatives. In addition, Charles spoke extensively about his childhood, including the death of his mother, Princess Diana, and his army service.
In addition, Harry revealed fresh facts about his firstborn child, Archie, and the family he has built with Meghan Markle.
Even though Harry and Meghan clearly love being in the spotlight, they have so far made sure that their kids have a more protected upbringing. Consequently, we have seen very little of Archie and his sister, Lilibet.
However, during the December release of the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary, Harry and Meghan revealed a lot of personal information about their kids.
Harry revealed additional details about his personal life in Spare. It’s interesting to note that Harry did it while Meghan was giving birth to Archie. He must have gotten high!
The British tabloid press has been rather obsessed with Harry and Meghan ever since they started dating. It should come as no surprise that half of the world wants to know what they’re doing.
Harry was “obsessed” with sheltering Archie from journalists
When it became clear that Meghan Markle would be entering the British Royal Family, it created quite a stir because she was already well-known from her part in the television series Suit.
Archie, Harry and Meghan’s son, was born in London’s The Portland Hospital on May 6, 2019. It was an enormous event, as is the case with the birth of any royal child, but Harry and Meghan chose to take a somewhat different approach.
Katie Nicholl, a royal specialist, claims that Harry was fixated on keeping his son’s birth a secret from the media. Nicholl called Harry “almost morbidly obsessed” with keeping Archie’s birth as secret as possible in her book The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown.
However, the desire for secrecy was disregarded since it was a violation of the “unwritten contract between the royals and the public,” as the majority of the public and millions of devoted followers demanded knowledge about the young kid.
Rebecca English, royal editor of the Daily Mail, continued, “Behind the scenes, matters were so fraught that more than one official — as I know from personal experience — was reduced to tears of frustration and despair.”
When a royal baby is born, the parents typically walk the hospital stairs with their new child in front of the media. The proud parents typically respond to a few questions after the photos are taken and then withdraw into their own seclusion once again.
However, Katie Nicholl claims that Harry and Meghan decided to take a different approach to the birth of their kid. They deceived photographers and reporters rather than confronting the media head-on.
“I had been really worried going into that labor”
The customary first baby pictures were taken at St. Mary’s Hospital, where Prince William, Harry, and William’s children were all born. But Meghan’s physician was employed at Portland Hospital. It made sense, then, to give birth there. Additionally, the Sussexes were informed that due to safety concerns at the entry, photographs would not be permitted.
In The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown, Nicholl claimed that Harry had always delighted in outwitting the press.
“He and Meghan were thrilled to be safely delivered of their son in London’s private Portland hospital even before the palace press office had confirmed the duchess was in labor.”
Meghan talked about her anxiety on the day of her baby boy’s birth in their Netflix documentary series.
“There was already the pressure of the picture on the steps. … But I had been really worried going into that labor because I’m older, I didn’t know if I’d have to have a c-section, and I had a very longstanding relationship with my doctor, and that’s who I trusted with my pregnancy,” she said.
However, Harry and Meghan agreed to take part in a quick picture shoot two days later, during which one reporter was given the opportunity to ask questions.
It turned out that their stay at the hospital had been extremely dramatic, even though everything was in order. For Harry, at least, which he has now disclosed in his book Spare.
Harry. & Meghan claimed royal fear over Archie’s skin color
Archie became embroiled in a significant issue among the Royal Family before he could even speak or walk. It all began with the notorious Oprah Winfrey interview in which his mother, Meghan, candidly discussed her experiences and challenges of living in the United Kingdom.
Among the numerous things she disclosed about the Firm was the fact that Prince Charles at the time would not answer Harry’s calls.
What was most stunning, though, was Meghan’s assertion that discussions about how black Archie’s skin would be before birth had gone place inside the palace.
“They were concerned that if he were too brown, that that would be a problem?” Oprah asked Meghan.
“I wasn’t able to follow up with why,” Meghan replied. “But that — if that’s the assumption you’re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one.”
She declined to name the person who commented, adding only: “I think that would be very damaging to them.”
Harry and Meghan had already welcomed Archie by the time their official royal obligations concluded on March 31, 2020. Since the birth of their daughter Lilibet in 2021, the family has grown to four members.
In the first episode of the Netflix documentary, Harry and Meghan gave an intimate look into the family life at their home in Montecito, California. Their home was previously described as “Fort Knox,” and security is understandably tight.
Never-before seen photos of Archie and Lilibet in Netflix series
Via the documentary, for the first time, Harry and Meghan let royal fans worldwide into their estate. There, viewers found Archie and Lilibet.
Harry and Meghan have been very restrictive about showing their children to the world. Archie and Lilibet have only appeared a few times in pictures, but the world has now for gotten a better look at them.
Though the documentary has more serious parts, three-year-old Archie lrgely stole the show, appearing several times. Not only that, but viewers heard him speak for the first time.
In one heartwarming scene filmed by Meghan, Prince Harry can be seen birdwatching with Archie from the patio of their Montecito mansion.
Meghan was also watching the hummingbirds near their house, and Harry, an avid bird watcher, told his son that he should be quiet and just listen to the sounds of nature.
“We won’t get a chance to be this close to hummingbirds ever again,” Harry told Archie.
Of course, with Archie being just three years old, he did the exact opposite. Just moments after being told to stay quiet by his father, he became rather loud.
“I’ve got a dirty foot mama because I was with you,” Archie said, and his parents started laughing.
“You’ve got a dirty foot, sweetheart,” Meghan replied. “Papa is a birdwatcher so this is a really big moment for him.”
Showed their son a picture of Diana
The documentary also included several intimate family pictures of Harry and Meghan with Archie. In one of the clips, Archie runs up a hill while Lilibet is pushed in a stroller by her father. Another of the royal couple’s photos shows Harry cuddling up with Archie – wearing a knitted hooded jumper with bear ears – beneath an umbrella.
More photos follow, including those showing Archie and Meghan feeding their chickens, and another from Archie’s birthday party, where Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, makes an appearance.
We all know that the late Princess Diana has been a significant figure for the Royal Family, but most of all for her sons, William and Harry. Harry has previously spoken about his mother, even comparing Meghan to her regarding the media following her around.
Diana also had a small part in the Netflix documentary, and not just through Harry’s recollections of her. In a heartbreaking scene, Meghan can be seen holding Archie in front of a picture of Diana while she explains who she is.
Other intimate pictures in the documentary revealed Archie resting on Meghan’s baby bump when she was pregnant with Lilibet. But the cutest picture of them all might be one where Archie is wearing a blue hat and blue Crocs, sitting on Harry’s shoulder in a sweet father-son moment.
Another short video of Archie was also included in the documentary. It shows a beautiful sunset from the Sussexes’ patio while Meghan asks Archie what he thinks.
“Well, it’s all done, beautiful,” he answered.
Archie is speaking with an American accent
The fact that Archie is talking might not come as a surprise. However, many fans reacted to the manner of Archie’s speech. As he’s been living in the US for quite a while, the young boy has adopted an American accent – and fans couldn’t help but remark on it.
“Not Archie having the most adorable American accent,” one user wrote on Twitter.
“Prince Archie has an American accent? I didn’t have any expectations of what he’d sound like but it was not that,” a second person tweeted.
Previously, experts have spoken on the subject of Archie’s accent. However, the fact that he’s living in the US and interacting with other local children means he will sound American instead of British.
However, there are cases where children living in the US who have family in the UK can switch accents when they travel across the Atlantic.
One expert, Geoffrey Pullum, linguist and emeritus professor of general linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, argues that Archie’s accent will also change as he grows older.
“If Archie’s first experience of mixing with other kids is in a Los Angeles preschool, he will develop a Californian US accent,” Pullum said.
“He may learn to speak like an American kid in California, but be able to switch to a British accent when he visits in England,” Berko Gleason, an emerita professor at Boston University who researches language acquisition, added.
Harry reveals details of Archie’s birth
While Harry and Meghan have their hands full raising their children and orchestrating other career-driven projects, the start of their parenthood was quite dramatic, at least for Harry.
In his book, Spare, Harry criticized many family members and brought other aspects of his life to the spotlight, including, for example, the day his mother, Princess Diana, died in a tragic car crash.
That said, the Prince did also bring some more positive memories to life.
In Spare, Harry described the extraordinary scene at the Portland Hospital where he decided to get high on laughing gas to calm himself down.
“But I saw two ways of enhancing my calm. One: Nando’s chicken (brought by our bodyguards). Two: A canister of laughing gas beside Meg’s bed. I took several slow, penetrating hits,” Harry wrote in his tell-all book.
“Meg was so calm. I was calm too.”
He added: “Meg, bouncing on a giant purple ball, a proven way of giving nature a push, laughed and rolled her eyes. I took several more hits, and now I was bouncing too.”
Harry then explained that a nurse tried giving his wife the gas for the pain, but he had already consumed it all.
“I could see the thought slowly dawning”
“I could see the thought slowly dawning. Gracious, the husband’s had it all. ‘Sorry,” I said meekly.’”
Eventually, doctors decided to give Meghan an epidural to ease the pain.
“The anesthetist hurried in. Off went the music, on went the lights. Whoa. Vibe change.”
Though there was an initial worry that Archie had been tangled up in his umbilical cord, he emerged unharmed – reducing both Harry and Meghan to tears.
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