The Sussexes stated, “Today The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to share their first public moment as a family.”
Archie was not born at St Mary’s Hospital, despite the fact that Prince Harry, Prince William, and several other members of the royal family, including William’s children, were born there.
“Even before the palace press office had verified the duchess was in labor, he and Meghan were ecstatic to witness the safe delivery of their son in London’s private Portland hospital.”
The author of The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown, Katie Nicholl, called Harry’s desire to keep Archie’s birth as quiet as possible “almost morbidly obsessed.”
Rebecca English, royal editor of the Daily Mail, said, “Behind the scenes, matters were so fraught that more than one official — as I know from personal experience — was reduced to tears of frustration and despair.”
