Meghan Markle pregnant again: Prince Harry and Meghan expecting second child

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

 

With black and white photograph of the couple in the grounds of their Califonia home, Harry and Meghan this evening announced that they were expecting baby number two.

We knew the Duke and duchess wanted a second child. Meghan announced in November that she had suffered a miscarriage last summer.

But tonight an announcement which the couple's spokesperson called exciting news,

"We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child," they said.

The Sussex's first child, Archie, will turn two in May.  Archie was the Queen's eighth great-grandchild when he was born in Windsor in 2019.  But he has spent more of his life in North America than he has in the UK.

Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie

Harry and Meghan left with Archie for Canada in November 2019.  He has not been back to his country of birth since then.

The Sussexes have fiercely guarded Archie's privacy.  The last time they showed him on a video was on his first birthday as part of a post to support the charity Save the Children.

Following last week's significant win for Meghan in her privacy battle against The Mail on Sunday, this is yet another piece of good news in a space of a week for the couple as they build their new life away from the Royal family and away from the UK on the West Coast of America.