Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are hands-on parents to their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. “They take the kids to school, they pick them up, and they are very active and present with them throughout the day,” a family friend of the couple exclusively told Us Weekly in an August cover story. According to the insider, Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, want their children to have normal upbringing despite royal statuses.
Archie, 5, and Lili, 3, received formal royal titles after their grandfather, Harry’s father King Charles III , became England’s monarch in 2022. Harry and Meghan, who got married in 2018 two years before taking a step back from their roles as senior working royals, welcomed Archie in 2019 and Lili in 2021. “They’re so well-mannered,” the source added of the young royals .
“Archie is sweet and curious and playful, and Lili is vibrant and happy.” Harry and Meghan have primarily kept their kids — whom they are raising in Montecito, California after leaving London in 2020 — out of the public eye. At various public appearances, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex often provide insight into their home life as a family of four.
“As a parent, I know a little about the emotional roller-coaster of parenting! But, when I hear about the care many of you mums, dads and family members provide; the level of round-the-clock care you offer; the skills you’ve had to learn; and the battles for support that you fight every single day — I am truly in.