In the early hours of Monday 6 May, the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a baby boy, with Prince Harry by her side.
A statement was released on the royal couple’s official Instagram account, revealing that the baby was born before 6am and weighs 7lbs. 3oz.
The first pictures of the couple with their newborn were revealed on Wednesday. The newborn was seen swaddled in a white blanket wearing a white hat.
The couple later announced on Instagram that they had named their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
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A mock video of Prince Harry speaking to reporters following the birth of his son on Monday is circulating the internet.
The video features footage of the press encounter but includes an inaccurate voice-over lip-reading the prince’s words.
In the clip, Harry is inaccurately lip-read, describing his child as a “half baby, half moth” hybrid.
The video has received over 3,000 comments and 2,200 “likes” at the time of publishing.
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Thorpe Park Resorts has announced that all members of the public called Archie or Harrison will gain free entry at the theme park this weekend.
According to the organisation, guests will need only show a passport or form of identification when collecting their ticket at the Island Ticket Centre in order to gain free park entrance.
ITV News' royal editor Chris Ship posted a video of Prince Harry speaking to athletes at the Hague Sportscampus.
“If he has had little sleep because of Archie, Prince Harry is looking pretty well on it,” Sharp captioned the post.
Royal correspondent Emily Andrews posted a video of Prince Harry arriving at the Hague’s Sportcampus.
Andrews says that students were heard shouting “Marry me, Harry” as he walked into the building.
Prince Harry has arrived in The Hague, Netherlands three days after welcoming his newborn son.
As he headed to the Invictus Games Launch, royal fans were quick to congratulate the new father.
New research predicts that Archie is likely to be one of the most popular names in the UK by 2022, which is when the royal infant is expected to start pre-school.
By 2025, it could be the number one name in the nation.
The research was conducted by Ancestry, global leader in family history and consumer genomics, which compared historic census records on its site along with data from the Office of National Statistics.
Unsurprisingly, the company found that royal baby names continue to have a significant influence on the nation’s most popular monikers.
The couple’s choice of name has garnered plenty of reaction online, with many showing their love for the newest addition to the royal family.
However, people who share the name Archie delivered mix responses to the news.
Many were happy that Meghan and Harry chose such a “good” name, with some saying they were proud to share the moniker with the royal baby.
Radio host Danny Baker has been fired by the BBC after tweeting about the royal baby using a photo of a chimpanzee.
On Thursday morning, Baker announced he had been fired from the company on Twitter. The BBC is yet to confirm the news.
"Just got fired from @bbc5live. For the record - it was red sauce. Always,” he posted.
On Wednesday, the former BBC Radio 5 Live host tweeted a black-and-white photograph of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in a suit alongside the caption: “Royal baby leaves hospital”.
Hours later, Baker issued an apology over the tweet after receiving backlash from social media users who branded it as “racist” due to Meghan Markle’s mixed-race.
The 61-year-old later apologised, writing: “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up.
"Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased.
“Soon as those good enough to point out it’s possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that’s it.
"Now stand by for sweary football tweets."
After the world learned the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has named their first child Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, royal fans have been asking the meaning behind the child's newly announced moniker?
Although Prince Harry and Meghan haven't confirmed whether Archie is short for Archibald, it is a derivative of the name.
Archibald is derived from the Germanic elements ercan, meaning "genuine", and bald, meaning "bold".
The name became popularised in Scotland during the Middle Ages.
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The meaning behind Meghan and Harry's royal baby name Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
The IndependentThe baby's name was announced two days after he was born in Windsor
George Clooney is hoping the media will be “kinder” to the Duchess of Sussex after she gave birth to a baby boy.
“I think people should be a little kinder. She’s a young woman who just had a baby, you know?” the actor said – a friend of Meghan and Prince Harry.
He conceded some scrutiny comes with the royal territory. “If you’re a royal, that’s what you have to do,” he said. “It’s the other versions of it – going to interview people’s parents, that kind of stuff. It starts to step into a really dark place.”
The Duchess of Sussex was “over the moon” at having her husband next to her “in dad mode” as they presented baby Archie to the world, the royal reporter present at the big moment has revealed.
Alan Jones, professionally known as Tony, interviewed Harry and Meghan at the eagerly anticipated photocall in Windsor Castle on Wednesday. He said it was clear the couple and their newborn “just adore each other” and said Meghan was proud to watch Harry cradle their son in his arms.
Mr Jones said the stand-out moment of the interview for him was the “touching” way Meghan spoke about her husband and son.
“It’s probably her first few words from Meghan, when she said something along the lines of about having “my guys”. Just the phrase “my guys”... it’s very touching.
“It brought it all home how, in a few hours, her life has changed, and now she’s a family of three and she's got two people that will mean the world to her. And it was just very touching to see that and for her to tell us about it.”
During the photocall, Mr Jones asked Harry if the press could get a clearer look at the baby, whose name was later announced as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
“Harry was cradling the baby in his arms and he probably just didn’t realise that we couldn’t quite see it, all we could see was the top of its nose.
“So I just thought, the world has been waiting to see the baby, we’re here to capture that moment, let’s see the baby, so I just asked him politely, can we just take a peek at its face? And he was quite happy to do it. I knew that this was a proud dad and proud mum and they’d be quite happy to do it, no problem.”
The Chicago Bulls have got involved on Twitter, sharing a modified image of their team mascot holding NBA stars Ryan Arcidiacono and Shaquille Harrison.
British bookmakers have called the naming of baby Archie one of the “biggest surprises in royal betting history”.
Betting firms were offering 100/1 on the name and just £100 was staked from 60 bets on Archie, according to leading firm Ladbrokes
Archie was the 18th most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2017, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. But it has experienced a dramatic rise in popularity since 1996 when it was only in 192nd place.
Some 2,803 baby boys were named Archie in England and Wales in 2017.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision not to use a title for their son will have been inspired by Harry’s own struggles growing up as a royal, expert Penny Junor has said.
The author said Harry would have “dearly liked to have been a normal boy” and wanted to give his baby the opportunities of an ordinary life that he never had.
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is not an earl or a lord, but will be known simply as Archie, with Master as a prefix when required.
Harry and Meghan’s son is not entitled to be a prince or an HRH, but could have used the courtesy title Earl of Dumbarton, or been Lord Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Ms Junor said of the decision: “It’s exactly what I would have expected from Harry. He would have dearly liked to have been a normal boy growing up and found his title very difficult.
“I think that his choice for his son is to let him have the kind of life that he didn’t have.”
Animal welfare charity Mayhew said it had named one of its kittens Archie, after the royal baby. It tweeted: “He’s currently 7 weeks old and when he's old enough will be looking for a Royal household of his own.”
The charity earlier paid tribute to its patron, the Duchess of Sussex, and said “we hope they’re enjoying this special time together as a new family”.
Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie has congratulated the couple on the birth of their first child.
“I’m just so happy for you!! sussexroyal” she posted on Instagram, complete with a smiling face with three hearts emoji.
The post also featured a black and white image of Meghan with her arm on Harry’s back as they walked away from their photocall with baby Archie.
Here’s the official Royal Family photograph of the Queen meeting her eighth great-grandchild Archie.
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, who are currently in Germany, have continued to receive gifts to pass on to their newest grandchild.
While in Leipzig Wednesday, Camilla received a large teddy bear, which was then strapped in for its trip to Frogmore Cottage.
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill was among the many people to react on social media to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex naming their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
He picked up on the baby’s middle name, sharing a photo of himself talking to Harry and Prince William.
