Prince Harry detailed Queen Elizabeth II’s final interaction with her great-grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in 2022.
Describing her reaction to their behavior, Harry revealed that the Queen was “bemused” and had expected them to be “more American”. “For days and days we couldn’t stop hugging the children, couldn’t let them out of our sight – though I also couldn’t stop picturing them with Granny.The final visit. Archie making deep, chivalrous bows, his baby sister Lilibet cuddling the monarch’s shins. ‘Sweetest children,’ Granny said, sounding bemused. She’d expected them to be a bit more… American, I think? Meaning, in her mind, more rambunctious,'” wrote Harry, quoted by Hello Magazine.
Royal fans are often eager to see glimpses of royal children like Prince George and Prince Louis, but they rarely witness their cousins Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in action.
In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California, taking their young son Archie with them after stepping back from their roles as senior royals. Living in a $14 million Montecito home with Archie and his younger sister Princess Lilibet, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have largely kept their family life private, aside from revelations in Harry’s memoir, “Spare.”
Prince Harry’s son Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor was born on May 6, 2019 while Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on June 4, 2021.