Last Saturday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated the fourth birthday of Prince Archie, with Prince Harry arriving back in the US shortly after King Charles’ coronation.
Archie’s special day was not commemorated by Harry and Meghan publishing any photos of him, but they did share a number of adorable home videos in their Netflix docuseries, which debuted in December.
When Archie was only seven months old, the Sussexes took a lengthy break from their royal duties on Canada’s Vancouver Island in the latter part of 2019.
Video from that period depicts Archie’s first snowfall and an incredibly touching father-son interaction with Prince Harry in which the young child is unable to stop laughing.
The family’s time in Canada, according to Meghan, was “peaceful,” and she added, “You could breathe for a minute.”
Prior to permanently relocating to North America in March 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their intention to step down as senior royals in January 2020.
Before buying their first home as a family in Montecito in July 2020, the Sussexes temporarily resided at Tyler Perry’s LA mansion.
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At Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Harry and Meghan gave birth to their daughter, Princess Lilibet Diana, on June 4, 2021.
To commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, which fell on Lilibet’s first birthday, the family of four traveled to the UK for the first time in June of last year.
In their Netflix documentary, Harry and Meghan shared adorable footage of Archie helping his younger sister blow out her birthday candles as they hosted a tea party for their daughter at their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage.
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As they announced that Lilibet had been christened at their Montecito home earlier this year, the Duke and Duchess confirmed that they are now using Archie and Lilibet’s royal titles following Charles’ ascension to the throne last September.
According to the guidelines established by King George V in 1917, Archie and Lili are by default prince and princess because they are the offspring of a sovereign and can now use the HRH style.
Meghan, Archie, and Lilibet did not travel to London with Harry to witness King Charles’ coronation on May 6 at Westminster Abbey.
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The Duchess and her children have not yet announced their next trip to the UK, but the Duke is scheduled to arrive in London in June to testify in a case involving allegations of illegal information gathering against tabloid publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).
