Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced, Sunday, June 6, the birth of their second child, Lilibet “Lili” Diana, born Friday morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California. “It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet” Lili “Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world”, said the couple’s press secretary.
The little girl was named Lilibet in homage to Queen Elizabeth II, the parents said in a statement. Her middle name, Diana, pays homage to Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car accident in 1997.
The mother and child, who weighs almost 3.5 kilos and is eighth in the order of succession, ” are healthy “. “She is much more than anything we could have imagined”, write Meghan and Harry about the little sister of their son Archie, 2 years old.
Queen Elizabeth II, her son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, as well as Prince William and his wife Kate “Have been informed and are delighted with the news of the birth of a daughter to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex”, said a spokeswoman for Buckingham. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, meanwhile, addressed the couple his “Congratulations”.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced in mid-February to expect a second child by posting a black and white photo showing them all smiles at the foot of a tree, Meghan placing her hand on her round belly. In November 2020, Meghan Markle revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, which she described as something that remains “Taboo, covered with a feeling of unjustified shame, perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning”.
Many congratulations to The Duke & Duchess of Sussex on the birth of their daughter.
Set back from the royal family
Prince Harry, 36, sixth in the order of succession to the British crown, and Meghan Markle have withdrawn from the royal family, effectively since April 2020. A decision taken while the couple regularly denounced the harassment newspapers, particularly critical of the Duchess.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry settled in California, where they launched a podcast, signed with content platforms including Netflix, and started a foundation, Archewell, to work for humanitarian causes.
Harry and Meghan, a 39-year-old American Métis actress, also gave a shocking interview to television host Oprah Winfrey in March, in which, among other explosive revelations, they reported that an unnamed member of the royal family had worried about the color of skin Archie would have, before his birth.
The statement had cast a chill between the couple and the rest of the family, with Prince William being pressured into reacting: “We are not a racist family at all. ” The queen had said “Saddened” faced with the difficulties experienced by the couple, claiming to take “Very seriously” accusations of racism while wishing to deal with them ” in private “.
Harry has since been able to speak with his brother, his father as well as, in a separate video call, with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip before the latter’s death, he told the host James Corden. The Queen of England and Prince Philip were then able to admire their great-grandson Archie via an interposed screen.