Following the birth of their child Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their royal duties and moved to the US in what was popularly dubbed as the ‘Megxit’. Though the couple have renounced their titles of His/Her Royal Highness (HRH), their son has the position of being seventh in line to the British throne, following his father.
On Valentine’s Day, the royal couple announced that they are expecting a child once again.
“We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother,” a spokesperson for the couple said. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”
The announcement comes almost exactly 37 years after Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they were expecting their second child, who happened to be Prince Harry. It is to be noted that the news of this baby comes after the couple suffered a miscarriage last year.
However, their future child will not hold the title of HRH, and will not hold the title of His/Her Lordship. Instead, he/she will be called Master/Miss, with the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, like that of his/her older brother Archie. Furthermore, since the baby is to be born in the US, he/she will immediately become a US citizen. This would make the child the first-ever member of the royal family to hold the citizenship of another country at birth.
No due date for the baby has yet been announced. It will be the Queen and Prince Philip’s tenth or eleventh great-grandchild, depending on whether it arrives before Zara Tindall’s baby, who is also due later this year.
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