Harry and Meghan’s children Archie, 3, and 15-month-old Lilibet were left at home in America
Harry and Meghan’s children Archie, 3, and 15-month-old Lilibet were left at home in America as Sussexes have attended vigils for the Queen this week, reports say
- Archie, 3, and 15-month-old Lilibet are believed to have stayed in America
- According to reports they are in the care of nannies and the Duchess’s mother
- Doria Ragland, Meghan’s mother, was seen out alone in Los Angeles on Friday
The whereabouts of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children remained unknown last night in the final hours before the Queen’s funeral.
While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been at the vigil in Westminster Hall this week, Archie, 3, and 15-month-old Lilibet are believed to have remained behind in America.
According to reports, they have been at the couple’s home in Montecito, California under the care of nannies and the Duchess’s mother Doria Ragland.
The grandmother, the only member of Meghan’s family to have attended the royal wedding, was seen out alone in Los Angeles on Friday.
The whereabouts of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children remained unknown last night in the final hours before the Queen’s funeral
Harry and Meghan had been on a whistlestop tour of the UK and Germany lasting less than a week and had been due to fly back to the US on the day the Queen died, Thursday 8 September.
The two small children joined the late Queen at a private lunch in Windsor around the around the time of Lilibet’s first birthday in June, according to Omid Scobie, the author who is close to the Duke and Duchess.
Prince Harry’s statement released after the Queen’s death referred to her meeting the great-grandchildren, saying: ‘Granny, while this final parting brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings — from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren.’
Harry and Meghan had been on a whistlestop tour of the UK and Germany lasting less than a week and had been due to fly back to the US on the day the Queen died, Thursday 8 September
It has been claimed King Charles will not reveal the new titles for Archie and Lilibet until the official royal mourning period is over on Sept 26.
On the Royal Family website they are referred to in the line of Succession as Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.
There has been speculation they will be given Prince and Princess titles but will not receive His and Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles because their parents are not working Royals.
There is only one public photograph of Archie with the Queen, taken shortly after his birth.
