I wish the baby and his parents good luck. Hopefully, Archie will grow up within the EU. Having said this, if the name they chose for the boy is any omen, then it doesn't look good. Archie is that typical stiff upper lip nick name for the highly priviledged upper class. And Mountbatten stands for a completely incompetent guy whose ignorance was largely responsible for creating the India-Pakistan through drawing borders which did not at all take into account historical and tribal dynamics. So, hopefully in his case, nomen is not omen.
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@W Lord Mountbatten certainly was a very incompetent man saved by his very royal connections. Only his vanity could have made him accept to be the last viceroy if India, an impossible task. But he understood that the only thing that held the country together was hatred of the British occupation. Once gone, Muslims and Hindus would be at each other throats, not to mention other rivalries.
Drawing satisfactory borders was absolutely impossible. Everybody knew that. The fellow who accepted to do it , Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, must have been extraordinarily naïve.
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If the Sussexes get busy they can round out the whole comic book series with Betty, Veronica, and Jughead
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I was in London in March and I was fortunate to be able to speak to the people in stores, restaurants and other places I visited. They happen to like Americans and are quite friendly.
The subject of President Trump came up. I did not hesitate to tell them that I voted for him and said he had done some great things for us. The economy was booming, job creation had never been better and people were seeing their 401ks increase. People were once again optimistic about their futures. I told them to not believe everything you read and see on TV. They were very interested to hear the truth and I was willing to tell them. They heard from an American me who only spoke the truth and was not afraid to speak out. They were surprised and believed every word I said.
I only wrote this because people have been criticizing our president on this comment board and I wanted to give a fair assessment of what is true. Of course, this is my humble opinion but many agree.
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Luckily, the British press is more adept than US media in publishing accurate and fact-based accounts. Having lived in the UK for several years, I can assure you that you did not manage to mislead the British with your skewed version of this current administration: They are simply intensely polite people who tactfully seemed to agree with you. But they were not taken in by it.
Having visited the country recently, trust me, they know exactly what a travesty the squatter in the White House is!
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What did this comment have to do with the article? Just for the record, while the commenter was defensively extolling the accomplishments of Trump with some Brits, anti-Trump activists were planning to launch once again their huge Donald Trump baby blimp which will fly over London this summer in protest against the US president’s upcoming state visit to the UK.
The six-metre-high balloon – depicting the predident as an orange, nappy-wearing infant – was first hoisted in Parliament Square during his visit to Britain last year and campaigners are hoping to stage even bigger demonstrations this year.
It would be interesting to know if this "baby's arrival" was also discussed by the reader in his or her conversations with our politically informed alllies across the pond.
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@KMW Well then, your experience with a handful of people and your particular point of view must be the truth. Nevermind the vast majority of the rest of the world and the clear majority of Americans.
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Reading this after school shootings + oppressive abortion laws + US saber rattling around the globe.
Oh how nice to indulge in good news + a truly happy couple.
All the best to you!
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Archie - how sweet! Maybe he'll have red hair like his Dad and the comic book Archie! Best wishes to the new little family.
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British royalty used to marry foreign royalty, as long as they were not Catholic. King George V did not discourage his children to marry mere aristocrats, as long as they were not Catholic. Queen Elizabeth II did not mind her children marrying commoners as long as they were not Catholic or switched to Anglicanism. Her grandson Peter Phillips married a Canadian from Montreal, Autumn Kelly, who did become an Anglican. Now Harry has an American wife whose mother is African-American. Their newborn son is thus 1/4 African-American, and will not have an aristocrativ title, his parent's choice.
Amazing ability to adapt to a changing world. What's next, a same-sex union ? That would be cool !
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The photos and talk of a happy family surrounding this event are incomplete so long as the feud with her father, Thomas Markle, is not resolved. Sad.
Hopefully this kid will grow up and enjoy life in a more egalitarian and of course republican Britain where the circumstances of one’s birth no longer afford special wealth or power.
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A wrinkle in time, a history foretold: The year is 2047, Prince Archie is won the U.S. Presidency :)
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We live in terrible scary hateful times!!!!
This article and photos was a wonderful respite of traditional royal fluff.
I think their little family is a beautiful thing.
Love the name too.
Diana would have been pleased.
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Cute baby and as for the name, that’s their choice. I wish them all the best and hope they get to have the family life they want.
However, as a woman who has given birth, I‘m amazed at a) the white dress and b) the heels! Three days postpartum I was in bed, hardly able to walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth, let alone put on a bra, and bleeding like crazy! That’s one lucky mom to be feeling so well.
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@Julia Royal women don't bleed after childbirth. Nor do they ever have any need to use a rest room. And they don't perspire; they just glow.
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Disappointed the NYT:
1) Did not mention the probable connection of the name "Archie" to Cary Grant, the British-born, American actor whose real name was Archibald Leach. Obviously a nod to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's similar British-American and Hollywood connections. I had to slog through the comments joking about the Archie comic book and/or Archie Bunker television characters before I read the sensible comment that Baby Sussex's name is likely connected to Archibald Leach. A simple search of famous British or American men with the first name "Archibald" would have revealed this connection.
2) Had a snide comment about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's dress being appropriate for a "Power Point presentation". She looked beautiful; I may be biased since I own the same dress style which I purchased over 10 years ago. It's a classic!
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@wavedeva
If “Archie” is such a desirable name, why did we get Cary Grant? What about “Archie Grant”? Btw, did they say his full name was “Archibald”? I don’t think so.
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Maybe the name was inspired by Cary Grant or maybe it is
a Markle slap at the Royal Family. Meghan arrived in England determined to put her ' Mark ' on everything Royal . An American male nanny is one of her plans . As Prince Harry told staff before their wedding ' Whatever Meghan wants , Meghan gets '. I wish Archie a long and happy life .
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I assume it never occurred to them when choosing the name that it’s shared by a venerable comic book character. If the child will be schooled among other boys and girls, he may have to deal with that—unless upper-class British kids don’t have access to comic books? They could’ve named him Clark Kent Mountbatten-Windsor!
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After listening to Meghan describe her new son as sweet & calm, a British reporter asked whether the new baby was sleeping well [or something along those lines]. Hours later I chuckled as I recalled my own 48-hour stay at NY hospital after giving birth to my own son. I remember being told by the nurses that he was the quietest baby in the nursery. After that, I found myself asking every nurse on the maternity floor whether it was possible that my son would remain calm, sweet & be a good sleeper. The reactions from the nurses was uniformly the same: they burst out laughing & assured me that my baby -- like virtually every other one in the world -- would whine and cry and would be light years away from being calm. I wondered if the Sussex's had been under the same misapprehension in the early days of Archie's birth. Further, I was told by those same nurses that calmness & other signs of peaceful slumber & temperament would be short-lived & that it was common for newborn babies to behave this way.
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I'm at a complete loss as to why anyone cares about this. A couple had a baby. It happens an uncountable number of times each and every day. On the upside, for members of get-a-life clubs scattered all over the world, any royal birth is a defining moment.
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@TyroneShoelaces - People care because it’s a nice story, and the baby, in line to the throne, is half American. That’s not something that happens every day. Better to read about this than some of the other stuff happening of late. The other news of the day was yet another school shooting. I’ll take news about a baby any day over another report about kids dying in their classrooms. If that means I need to get a life, then so be it.
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That PowerPoint presentation comment - tasteless. Why didn’t you have an opinion about Harry’s attire if you felt the need to comment on Meghan’s? For goodness sake, she looked beautiful and poised considering she just gave birth only 48 hours ago!!
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@D. Moser
And the fact that she had an army of staff doing her hair, makeup and people adivising her on a dress, and those impossibly high-heeled shoes. Anyone would look poised with all the help.
This was a well-staged photo call from someone who has been an actress and knows how to pander to the media.
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Poor little royal guy - with or without a title at 2 days old the media has this innocent in their whirling circus. Note to the royal parents - it will be quite a while before Master Archie begins to 'look like one or both of his parents', and in that, he is like all newborns around the world. Congratulations Megan and Harry. Master Archie will be The Private Person we will all know and love.
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Really? Couldn't throw in a Henry, Phillip, Arthur, James for the sake of it-
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I wonder how many people had Archie in the betting pool.
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So 'Master Archie' will not be an HRH and will not be royal. Others in the family are not HRH and seem to live happy lives. Princess Anne' son and daughter come to mind. The Duchess of Windsor was never an HRH.
Let's us hope that Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is loved for who he is. Considering what the press did to Prince Harry's mum, I am sure Prince Harry will guard his privacy.
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If the next child is a girl, I hope they don't name her Eunice.
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....or Joan for that matter.
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I've always loved Harry and I'm warming to Meghan and I surely wish them the best with their new life, marriage, and baby boy! No doubt the boy will grow up to be gorgeous, just like his father (and, OK, mother too) - he'll surely be much more beautiful than his name, that's for sure. I mean, c'mon now, Archie? ARCHIE!
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Archie! Love it.
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Daniel Solomon,
If you are so dissatisfied with America, why don't you leave. Many of us love our country and like Donald Trump. When I was in London in March, there was little coverage of the royal family including Harry and Meghan. It is the Americans who are in awe of them not the British. They live off the British taxpayers.
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@KMW, and having been to Europe twice within the past year, most Brits and Europeans think Trump is a joke. I'm just sayin'.
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@KMW. So does trump. Or haven't you been keeping track of the money flowing into his coffers from the USG paying for the privilege of protecting him. And judging from what we have seen of his finances, it may be the only money he actually has. Glad you like trump. You're in a minority.
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Speak for yourself. The majority of Americans who voted in 2016 DID NOT vote for Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote by 3 MILLION votes. I love my country but abhor this sorry excuse for a president who is determined to tear the United States apart.
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I care not a fig about the royal family, but as a father and grandfather I love seeing parents beaming over their new born baby. You can't take that away from them.
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As others have noted, it's interesting that the new Royal parents eschewed the augmentative form for their baby boy's name. We went for the Full Monty (don't look for a pun here!) in naming our children, leaving them the option in later life to adopt the diminutive if they wished. Hence Steve and Kate.
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Cute baby, weird name.
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You can tell how much a couple really love each other by how they each look at their baby, adoring their spouse's image in the precious child. Much happiness!
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So the new royal baby is named Archie. May we anticipate that the next royal baby will be named Jughead?
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@Charles Chotkowski Twins: Betty and Veronica.
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@Charles Chotkowski
Unless they continue with the "All In the Family" theme and call the next one Meathead (although I think if you were to yell out meathead at a gathering of the royal family, many would turn around)
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@Charles Chotkowski Well, Jughead's the one with the crown! And his real name is the veddy British upper class moniker Forsythe.
John Galsworthy would be so pleased.
I think it is hilarious that his parents hope that Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will be thought to be a private citizen because he won't have a title. If they really wanted that, they should have called him Archie Jones.
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Three cheers for Archie Boy :
Hip hip hooray
Hip hip hooray
Hip hip hooray
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What a wonderful family picture, so happy, relaxed!
My they ever be so!
How lucky is Archie!
As for allusions to other Archies?
Thinking Archie will make it all his with the joy he is!
What's in a name, after all.
When I heard the popular choices for this newborn, I thought naming him Spenser honoring his grandmother Diana would be fitting.
Hope one of the next of her grandchildren will have that name, or, if a girl, perhaps Diana?
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Diana is one of Princess Charlotte's names.
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I am thinking that the little fellow is named after Archie Leach, a British citizen that had a great career in Hollywood in the last century.
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@Paul Corr Yes, indeed! But you might as well give his full name: Archibald Alexander Leach, better known in the U.S. as Cary Grant.
I wish the royals hadn't named him with just a nickname or diminutive, but rather with the full name Archibald, letting him choose later how he prefers to be called.
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@Alan Levitan. But In ENGLAND, where the child will live, it is not a diminutive. It is a given name. Funny how everyone thinks they have the right to weigh in on the naming of a child who isn't even family.
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Why and how Prince Harry decided to pick an American wife? He couldn't find a British girl? Or He was trying to make friends with Americans? What were reactions from Queen Elizabeth and the Royal Family. Was this the first time a British Prince picked a foreign wife, a non-Caucasian? Not too many press coverage in Asian countries. More news about the King of Thailand married his lady bodyguard and it is a really romantic story and it will be a good movie story.
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@Mclean4
I can't figure out why Harry chose an American wife either, and an actress to boot. If I were British it would bother me even more. I'm guessing they met somewhere and hit it off, but still...it seems like a sign of rebellion or something.
Harry seems to want to depart from traditions for some reason that I don't get. If he strays too far because of his American wife there may be trouble ahead...his children don't need that.
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"He will be known as Master Archie"? Oh dear. It will make everyone around him seem like a servant.
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@Cunegonde Misthaven Nonsense, dear Cunegonde (who told you this? Candide?). "Master" has always been the form of address for a boy who hasn't yet reached adulthood. It's as common in America as it is in England, among any people who care about forms of address. All it is is a younger variant of "Mister." Even in the U.S. one properly addresses all envelopes of birthday cards to young boys on their birthdays with that form of address: Master -----. It has nothing to do with masters and slaves.
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"He is also the son of a bona fide Hollywood celebrity..."
Well, to be more accurate, no one in America had ever heard of Ms. Markle before she started dating Prince Harry.
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@Cunegonde Misthaven well if you watched Suits, you would have known who she was. Folks know who she is, you didn't because maybe you don't watch a lot of TV drama (and that's a good thing :)
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I knew who she was because I was a fan, even before ‘Suits’. Which I was a fan of as well, it was a well written show with a good cast.
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I am black, living in this suffocating American political atmosphere; and I deeply appreciate Harry for making it a bit easier to breathe. Can you imagine the damage he could have done if he were to be some simpleton, spoiled narcissist who wanted to echo Trump's white supremacy across the Atlantic?
Thank God for his beautiful mother, Princess Diana! All the decency and humanity she invested so heavily on her children came to mature just in time when the world needed it the most to blunt all the depravity and degeneracy Trump brought forth. God bless!
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That’s a stretch. It’s astonishing that someone would use the birth of Harry and Meghan’s new baby to make a disparaging remark about Donald Trump.
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@Daniel Solomon. What?
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@Daniel Solomon - a beautiful statement and it makes perfect sense to me.
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Something not out of place at a PowerPoint presentation? What does that mean? And why are you commenting so closely on her clothes anyway?
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@Elizabeth Connor Exactly what I thought. For equal time, why not comment on Prince Harry's outfit?
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The UK tabloids have been screeching about the cost of the Duchess of Sussex's clothes, but Prince Harry's suit is bespoke and not off of the rack. Not even a guess in the UK tabloids about how much Harry's bespoke suits cost.
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Congratulations and God blessings for the little family!
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I prefer full names such as Arthur or Archibald and not diminutives for naming a child. It gives them the choice when older of which to use. The tiles of Earl and Baron are NOT royal titles; they are titles of the nobility of which Master Archie H. Mountbatten-Windsor has become. He is entitled to use his father's subsidiary title. When his grandfather becomes King, he will become a Prince entitled to HRH as grandson of the Sovereign.
His father's first name is Henry and he uses 'Harry' perhaps a diminutive albeit they have the same number of letters.
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@Andrew Campbell "Harry" was good enough for Shakespeare's Henry V when he was a young man. That's how his father, King Henry IV, addressed him privately. To Harry's older companion, Falstaff, he was always "Hal." No one called him "Henry." Even Hotspur, his mortal enemy, addressed him with his dying breath as "Harry."
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I know this isn't what proud Americans want to hear, and I'm no monarchist - far from it - but it occurs to me that Harry (and Megan et famile) would make a smashing Governor-General of Canada. The last few G-Gs we've had are just sad, really. Let's sex it up, Canada. Have these guys move over here and grace us with some joy. And our American friends can enjoy a beautiful and smart American Royal, as it were. What say, eh-what?
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@David Brook
Thanks, but no, thanks. Many of us prefer an accomplished, distinguished Canadian (however un-sexy to you) as our figurehead head of state.
P.S. : Our current GG, Julie Payette, is not unsexy.
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@David Brook
Then maybe, they can come and do the same in Australia. Great idea!
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Please raise the child to get a job by getting jobs yourselves. No more living on the dole!
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It is nice that Harry, who lost his mother so young and then had bouts of terrible pubic behavior, has found such happiness. The British should thank Meaghan, not mock her.
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If Archie comes, can Jughead be far behind?
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@Bottles Or, if it's a girl, Mehitabel? (She was the famous fictional cat, pal of the charming cockroach, Archie, of miraculous typewriting fame.)
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with the name mountbatten the innocent baby is cursed.
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@MaxD He can always change it back to what it was originally: Battenberg. Reversing the two German terms ("berg" means "mountain" in English) you get Battenberg--perhaps even more of a "curse"? The Battenbergs never complained during all those many centuries, though.
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"The duchess, who largely shies away from floral prints and frippery, wore a sleeveless white blazer dress with gold buttons — something that would not be out of place at a PowerPoint presentation — and Manolo Blahnik pumps with four-inch heels."
And what about the Prince -- ? We all want to know who made his shoes too!! --
Ironic - isn't it - that sexism has a way of quietly edging itself into even an article about the newborn royal baby --
And -- from The New York Times, no less -- that most progressive and "feminist" of media outlets...
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@Howard G ... Oh, good grief!
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@Howard G
You have no clue how amazing it is that she can do 4" heels after bring young Archie into the world!
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I have noticed that there has been a trend for children here in the UK to have names that in the 19th century would have marked them out as chimney sweeps or parlour maids! So my kids are at school with Tilly and Milly, Charlie, Alfie, Ollie, and yes, even an Archie.
While previously the more formal longer versions would have been given and then shortened for informal use, there is a trend to bypass the formal version and go straight for the informal one.
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@Suzanne Wilson my nephew's name is Oliver ... it's just another wave of waspism
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@Suzanne Wilson Yes, it's an unfortunate habit, even here in the U.S. I have a niece whose parents named her "Heidi," common enough here in the U.S., though I'd guess that most people do not realize that that is the diminutive for the German (and Swiss) "Adelheid" (in English: Adelaide).
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To think forever-young Diana would be a Grandmum four times over... and four times over the moon.
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Archie will be a private citizen. So he won’t be on the public dole?
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The sussexroyal Instagram photo by Chris Allerton is endearing and important, all at once.
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HRH Prince Harry has done changed the World—Here, Here.
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@Sage No! Only there, there!
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I see the TIMES is moderating comments so that not one question about the media frenzy the Sussexes managed to create whilst moaning about "privacy" around the birth of the seventh in line.
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Courageous and Creative parents who have changed the World (and parenting-Duchess is touchy-feely and held her hand to the belly the entire nine months. Perhaps why Arch is calmer). I am over•the•moon, too.
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I was so disappointed that the author didn't give me a description of what Prince Harry was wearing. I mean, who was the designer? Who made his shoes? What color was everything? What about all the accessories?!
(sarcasm).
Will the press EVER stop reducing the women to what they're wearing?
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@JL22
Archie was described as wrapped in a cream/white blanket and matching knitted cap from a (named) British company, which has made baby clothing for generations of royal babies.
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@JL22 Save your sarcasm for a more worthy cause. Harry and William wear the same clothes over and over. Nobody is interested! Meghan and Kate on the other hand something different all the time! That is why it is reported on and that is why it is interesting!
Find a better issue!
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so nice to see Prince Harry full of joy and happiness!
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What, no inside info about where the names Archie and Harrison came from?
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@Madeline Conant They were selected by a pair of shallow trend-obsessed irrelevancies who seem to be unaware of the slew of jokes that will write themselves over the child's unfortunate name. They think that everyone in the world will know that "Archie" means something noble, and forget about Archie Bunker and Archie from the comics. Hopefully, his immensely privileged life will compensate for the jokes. Especially when, as most of the Windsor men do when they hit thirty, Archie starts to go bald and gets "Archie-BALD!"
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Harrison — Harry’s son.
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@elizabeth renant
WOW. How about taking it down a notch or three and chilling out.
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My how times have changed, and for the better. So refreshing to see Harry holding the wee one, who's adorable to boot.
Congrats to the proud parents and a long life to you little Archie.
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@Margo Channing
Charles held William at the photo op.
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@Margo Channing Surely, the baby is also, inevitably, the wee-wee one.
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There is nothing more precious nor heart melting than that of a new born baby. This little angel is barely 2 days old and is already building and mending fences and relationships as he sleeps.
And to think, the royal couple waited a few days before presenting Archie to the world and life went on without a hitch.
I applaud the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for having the independence and courage to do the things which best fit them privately rather than worry about what the rest of the world thinks, wants or demands of them.
Princess Diana would be so proud!!
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@Marge Keller - Oh for god's sake, what fences are being mended and what relationships is he mending?!
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@elizabeth renant - Jeez, give Marge a break. I, and apparently 63 other people as of this writing, know what she meant: it’s a new day in the royal family, which didn’t always act well, and they are welcoming this new baby and his American mother and grandmother into their lives. He’s helping to show, just by lying there, what a modern, 21st century family looks like. In this world of difficulty, despair, division, and Donald Trump, it’s nice to see this happy, lovely, gracious family. Give your outrage and exclamation points a rest.
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@Marge Keller and frankly, I quite liked their approach. We totally still got the key updates, but was much lower key and less of a hullabaloo than the Lido Wing approaches of the past. Kudos to them!
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Both mother and father looked relaxed, happy and (it seemed to me) relieved that all went well, as do we all. I think with the death of his mother, Prince Harry is being very prudent with the choice of limiting as much paparazzi as possible--some of us remember how Princess Diana was hounded to death by them and it certainly left a mark on the young man. I hope this sweet little family survives the outside world's crush of invasive and cruel desires to know every intimate detail of their personal lives. Blessings to their new life together.
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Mazel Tov! Such a pleasure to see a happy news bite.
Always strive to be the best parents imaginable and don't let title interfere with happiness and creativity.
May you make the world a better place for ALL children; they will need all the help they can get.
Welcome to the world, Archie!
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@RealTRUTH What a lovely comment. thank you for writing and posting it. -david terry
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I think they were confused. In the comics it was always Jughead not Archie who wore a crown.
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I recall another famous Archie - Archie Leach alias Cary Grant. Good Bristolian name.
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Well, that is a lovely family phograph. The great-grandparents look absolutely delighted.
But come on, now — ARCHIE?!
Lord help him if he has red hair like his Dad. The jokes will never end.
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@Judy
There seems to have been a need for parental supervision on the name. We have royalty now with plebeian names?
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@Judy
Both Archie from the comic s and Archie Bunker are from generations ago and American generations at that. I doubt it little Archie's contemporaries will be familiar with either of them.
@Judy
Thanks, Judy. Forgot Archie was a redhead. That is probably why they did it!
Well, he’s going to be a commoner so those folks in GB won’t have a Prince Archie, or whatever. But darn it, it’s a NICKNAME not a name. I really dislike this trend - though it is better than a bunch of letters squashed together.
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@kw, nurse I agree - why not choose a full name that a child can grow into, and use Archie as a nickname? It worked for Henry/Harry. Why not Arthur/Archie? At least give the child the option.
Some of the nicknames-as-full-names I see appearing now are very cute for children, but parents seem to be forgetting that children grow up - put 'Dr' or 'Justice' in front of these names and you can't take them seriously.
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Did is mother give up her American citizenship? If not, is her son a "natural born" citizen and eligible to be president?
It would be an interesting way for the two countries to be reunited, if he were to ascend to the throne (unlikely) and then be elected President.
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@Eugene
Megan must be resident in the UK for five years before she can apply for 'settled' status (permanent resident) and then another year to apply for UK citizenship. She can keep her American citizenship as dual with UK citizenship. Baby Archie is a US citizen via his mother's status and a UK citizen via his father's status. The parents will have to apply for his US citizen status to be recorded since he was born outside the US to a US citizen parent.
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@USexpat
No requirement, as in the US to renounce all allegiance to any foreign prince or potentate? Even for marriage into the royal family?
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Can you imagine if this lovely family purchases a home in L.A. as rumored?....Instead of dreading some of the local tabloids' hurtful articles, they could rest in a bountiful glow of love here in our country....What a perfectly HAPPY event that the world is hungering for !
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@shay donahue "...bountiful glow of love here in our country..." I'm not seeing much of a glow of love in the current political environment
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Thanks for letting us know what Meghan was wearing. It's an important part of the article. But you forgot to tell us about Harry's clothes. What brand of shoes, what colour and how high were the heels? Was his outfit appropriate for a PowerPoint presentation?
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Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. Two days after I gave birth I was still in pajamas. She looks wonderful.
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Dear little Archie;only two days old and already a working royal providing uplift googoo in the midst of chaos and desperation on the ground.
Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex!
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Of course, the baby looks like Winston Churchill, all babies do!
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Not to be a curmudgeon, but -- King Archie? Sounds like a comic book. "Archie" isn't a name -- it's a nickname. I hope there is a real name under there after all.
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@Seabiscute - Barring a series of vast and unfortunate tragedies, little Archie is never going to be King Archie. (If he found himself ascending the throne, he could always take a regal name, as King George VI, born Albert and called Bertie, did.)
But if the British people ever find themselves faced with King Archie, I think they’ll be fine. Everyone will manage. If we can carry on with President Donald at the helm, they can certainly keep the U.K. going with the no doubt smarter and better natured - he didn’t scream at the press during his public appearance! - Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Unfortunately, the full name for Archie is Archibald - both are frankly stodgy and hideous. But the little guy had only been here a few days, and, we hope, he'll be judged for his actions as an adult, not the name.
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I am disappointed that Ellen Barry chose to, and the editors left in, the comment about Duchess Meghan's outfit being suitable for a powerpoint presentation. Really? She has been relentlessly criticized for all manner of things. On this day, when she is wearing a simple white dress very much similar in style to the many button down outfits she has worn before, you had to add that snippy remark? IF comment on her outfit were deemed newsworthy, it might have been to point out she wore a belted dress, unlike Diana or Kate, thus daring to show us all that her tummy is not yet magically flat two days after giving birth. Good for her.
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@Beachwalker
Diana wore maternity dresses for the photo op both times. Not belted.
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@Me the comment says “unlike Diana and Kate” she wore a belted dress. Why your correction?
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@Beachwalker
I think the couple both look so lovely, just beautiful. Holding their newborn brings back memories of when my 3 were born - so absolutely healthy and gorgeous! They will have many happy years together raising that little cutie pie. I love the name - little Archie. So sweet.
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When Harry begat Archie, not Harold begat Archibald. If she next one is a girl, will she be named Vicky? (Don't get me wrong; I think nicknames for royals is cool.)
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@HKGuy, Harry is actually named Henry.
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Prince Harry's name is Henry as in Prince Henry of Wales.
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Harrison = "Harry's son"?
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I must be the only cranky person here. They wanted their privacy? They can have it.
Also re the name Archie - trends come and go and hipster names are one of them. I see that there is an effort to deviate from the normal practices of the royal family. All well and good - but perhaps it’s time for the British people to stop supporting people “going their own way”.
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What was the purpose of describing Meghan's outfit? She's two days post-partum and it seems over-the-top to scrutinize her outfit ("would not be out of place at a PowerPoint presentation"), especially at such a time.
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@EK. Right? Two days after having my baby, my outfit "would not have been out of place as pajamas."
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@EK And the exact same comment could have gone for what Harry was wearing. Both of them were dressed up in business formalwear.
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What a wonderful name and here I spent a joyous afternoon drumming up 'Engell' and a few other impossibilities. Prince Archibold when he is older, and nobody will ever call him a royal Meathead.
Wishing The Royal Couple and their Archie all the joys of Spring, and many more.
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Wouldn't you use the formal "Archibald" instead of "Archie"?
Of course, Archie Bunker is what most American's will think of....Perhaps subtle reference to Markle's family?
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@kc
Maybe it's more subtle than that … Archie Bunker would not have approved of Harry and Meghan's marriage.
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What did the PowerPoint comment mean/why was it necessary/what the heck?
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And as Shakespeare says of a name, when Jacques does not like Orlando's beloved's name, "There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened."
I have strong feelings about names, but it's up to the parents, or at least one of them, and the offspring can always change it later.
In the meantime, whatever about royalty and their economic value, it's great to see celebrities in inter-racial marriages (not that the term "race" has any scientific significance any more).
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Presenting the new prince in this fashion was the BEST MOVE EVER by Harry and Meghan!!!! I never seen such a relaxed, loving family!!!!!
Some much needed happiness in our world of chaos!!!!
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Beautiful photos. My favorite is the one with Her Majesty The Queen. She and Prince Phillip look absolutely thrilled.
Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. I wish them and baby Archie all the best.
I think the name "Archie" fits this little one, especially since his father was/is such a pistol.
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That sounds like vaudeville entertainer's name. But then so does "Bertie," the nickname of so many royals named Albert.
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Queen Victoria believed that all of her descendants into perpetuity should have the name Albert, Victoria, or some variant of those names included in their names.
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I'm completely happy for the family and have only one minor criticism. If only they'd named the wee tyke "Archibald" instead of Archie and saved the diminutive form for family and friends. I only bring it up because I love tradition, but it's a small small thing. Archie is a great name for any kid--this one is especially lucky in life. Best wishes for them all.
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A newborn is a lovely sight. Unless I think about all the sleepless nights!
But no cynicism today.
Congratulations and welcome to the world, sweet prince.
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This is - never thought I'd say it - so sweet. Prince Harry holding the baby in the video: is that another break with royal tradition? And the Great grands in the Instagram picture look delighted.
Archie reminds me of Cary Grant, born Archibald Leach . . . ? A star is born, maybe.
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Love and joy to Meghan Harry and baby Archie. May you enjoy good health and happiness always.
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Proud Mum and Dad - pleasure to read a heart warming article instead of the usual doom and gloom.
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With the announcement of the royal first name, surely I’m not the only one who immediately thought of the lovable “Archie Andrews” of comic book fame, particularly as he has red hair just like the new royal’s Dad -Prince Harry. Nice to think that such an endearing name (at least for me) will now be shooting up the rankings of the most popular boys’ names in Great Britain. Wishing them all joy!
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Yes, a cheeky chappie name: somehow fitting for the son of the endearingly cheeky Prince Harry. Also, Harrison, aka, son of Harry.Cute!
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@Susan
I went in the opposite direction.......to that of Archie Leach aka Cary Grant.
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Terrific picture! Congratulations to the proud mama and papa! And all health and happiness to Archie Harrison! Hope he becomes an HRH...up to the Queen...apparently...
*smile*
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He’d better be a redhead with a name like Archie! Just kidding, congrats.
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How about that? Phillip got in there with Mountbatten. Not bad for great grandpa.....
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@MIMA
He only had to wait 70+ years!
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Princess Anne signed her wedding book Mountbatten- WIndsor back in the 1970s. So some family members have used it.
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The photo of the baby's monarchical paternal great-grandparents with his maternal grandmother gives me hope for the future of this world.
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@HKGuy To see their joyous smiling faces does indeed gives you hope. I think I will take the British Monarchy any day over the vile person who is trying to destroy our democracy to become a dictator or king.
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I wonder where Charles and Camilla were...
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@Bettye Underwood
They are on a previously scheduled visit on the European continent.
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Thank you Harry and Meghan for giving us something to smile about during these times.
Happy new parenting and bless your little bundle of joy!❤
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You don't hear of many kids being named Archie, at least in this country. Probably because so many of us remember Archie and Veronica and Jughead in the comics or, far worse, Archie Bunker.
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@Aaron Adams
i thought of Archie from the comic book....forgot Archie Bunker! There may be more flattering Archie's in British history or their families? Harrison...George Harrison?
In any case I'm sure this Arachie will be a strong individual like his Mom and his Dad- Blessings to the whole family!---
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@Aaron Adams: Don't forget Archibald Cox, who has lately been on the minds of many Americans. No one would have thought of calling him Archie in public back then -- but, go figure, a few years later we got a president named Jimmy.
All the best to Prince Archie and his family!
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@Lindsay K- this should be the top comment!
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What a monumental event that a mixed race child could become the King of Great Britain. This is something that I never believed would happen, just as I was happily astonished when Barack Obama became President. Congratulation the the parents, and the English people.
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@Jeff
A good sentiment, but he isn't likely to become king of England. He could only become king if Charles, William, George, Charlotte, Louis, and Harry were all dead.
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@DW
Don't forget that Prince Charles has two brothers - Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
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If ever there was a bundle of joy, little Archie is that and more. Just look at their faces!
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Best wishes for the young family, can't be easy to live in the spotlight like that.
the Queen looks both delighted and delightful.
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@JA
So does Philip, whom I've never seen crack a smile before, and here he is grinning from ear to ear. Maybe he's mellowing out in his old age.
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@Judy
I agree Judy. I don't EVER recall seeing a smile on Prince Philip's mug. That family photo melted my heart. Both the Queen and Prince Philip looked thrilled and filled with much glee, happiness and joy!
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Congratulations! Much love to a beautiful family. Diana would have been so proud.
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It was so refreshing to see the new family in a relaxed, calm atmosphere; to me, they were more then royalty—they were REAL!
Congratulations, Harry, Meghan and....Archie!!!!
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Sweet!
Megan looks great!
Harry's beaming !
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All good people wish them all the best that life has to offer. We know that that Princess Diane is smiling at her wonderful new addition to the family. God bless little Archie and keep his parents safe.
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@Tony
Such a wonderful comment.
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Thanking this sweet couple for sharing their precious new son with all of us in a spring heavy with dispiriting news. God bless baby Archie!
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What lovely family portraits. Many congratulations to the new parents.
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