Meghan Markle claims that she wasn’t trying to make her own rules, it’s just that the rules didn’t fit into her schedule. In Netflix’s Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex explained that logistics was the reason why she didn’t pose with her son Archie moments after she gave birth back in 2019. Here’s what you need to know.
As many fans can recall, Meghan gave birth to Archie Mountbatten-Windsor on May 6, 2019. As with royal births that came before his, and again referring to the ‘contract’ the media has with the royal family, Harry and Meghan were expected to appear on the steps of St Mary’s Hospital after Archie’s birth to present him to the world. It received negative backlash when the public found out that would not happen.
Meghan Markle Claimed Logistics Is The Reason Why She Didn’t Pose With Archie Moments After Giving Birth In 2019
Sharing the real reason they did not pose on the steps, Meghan reveals that the doctor she had been with throughout her entire pregnancy worked at a different hospital, but because of the years-long tradition of royals giving birth at St Mary’s the decision was made to have a photocall at Windsor Castle rather than at a different hospital.
“If you ask most average members of society, they would say, ‘We would love to be able to see him. Take all the time you need. We’ll see him when you’re ready’,” James Holt, former Senior Communications officer for Harry and Meghan, says, referring to the photocall. “But even though it was just two days after Archie was born, it turned into a narrative of Harry and Meghan being selfish.”
Harry and Meghan add that they received overwhelming “abuse” for not wanting to “serve our child up on a silver platter”. However, the racism towards Archie that followed was validation that they had made the right decision. When Archie was four months old, the new family of three embarked on their official Sussex Royal Tour of Africa, which would be their last as working members of the royal family.
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