Prince William and Kate Middleton’s rift with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has taken a major toll on the two couples’ children. Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis aren’t close with their cousins, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. So much so that, according to a royal author, Archie and Lili have been “replaced” by other royal cousins who have become close to the Wales kids.
George, Charlotte, and Louis know ‘very little’ about cousins Archie and Lili Speaking to The Sun’s Fabulous magazine, royal author Phil Dampier claimed George, Charlotte, and Louis don’t know much about their California-based cousins. “It’s so sad that the Wales kids basically know very little about their cousins across the pond and are never likely to be close to them,” he said. “It’s not thought that George, Charlotte, and Louis have ever met Archie and Lilibet.
” Harry and Meghan welcomed Archie in May 2019 before leaving royal life in 2020 and relocating to Montecito, California. Before Archie was born tensions had already been brewing between Harry and Meghan and William and Kate. By the time Lili came along in June 2021, things had gotten worse.
(Remember, the Sussexes’ Oprah interview aired in March of that year.) Because of the estrangement, George, Charlotte, and Lili didn’t see Archie and Lili in 2022 when the Sussex family visited England. “Although they were invited to Lilibet’s first birthday party at Frogmore Cottage [Harry and Meghan.