Meghan and Harry announce the birth of their second child
The Duchess of Sussex gave birth on Friday (June 4th) to a baby girl named Lilibet Diana, in tribute to Prince Harry’s mother.
Pink notebook. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are the proud parents of their second child. Their daughter's first name was eagerly awaited. The couple ultimately chose to call her Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the news on their Archewell website: “It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten -Windsor, in the world, ”it is written. Their daughter was born Friday, June 4 at 11:40 a.m. in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California.
“Both mother and child are healthy and doing well and are settling in at home. Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty the Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, the Princess of Wales. This is the couple's second child, who also have a two-year-old son named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The Duke and Duchess thank you for your warm wishes and your prayers as they take advantage of this special moment with the family, ”he said. "She is much more than anything we could have imagined," write Harry and Meghan of their son's little sister. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent the couple “congratulations”.
Their departure from the royal family
Prince Harry, 36, sixth in the order of succession, and Meghan Markle have withdrawn from the royal family, effectively since April 2020. Denouncing the pressure of the media on their couple, they settled in California , from where they started a podcast, launched other projects with content platforms including Netflix, and created an Archwell Foundation to work for humanitarian causes.
Harry and Meghan, a 39-year-old American Métis ex-actress, also gave a shock interview to TV 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 that their son Archie would have, before his birth. The statement had cast a chill between the couple and the rest of the royal family, Prince William having been pressured to react and launch: “We are not a racist family at all. "
The queen had said she was "saddened" by the difficulties felt by the couple, claiming to take "very seriously" the accusations of racism while wishing to treat 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 and Prince Philip were then able to admire their great-grandson Archie via an interposed screen. The arrival of their daughter comes after recent stormy months. “We are grateful for the love and thoughts we have received from all over the world,” they wrote on Sunday June 6th.
