Meghan Markle offers a glimpse of her mother-son weekend with her 6-year-old son, Prince Archie.
Meghan, 44, shared rare pictures of Archie on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, January 18, as they visited a rhino exhibit at a local zoo.
“On average, black rhinos can weigh up to 3,000 pounds, but his father didn’t quite weigh 3,000 pounds,” explained a zookeeper as Archie fed a baby rhino a piece of grass. “We don’t know (how big it will get).”
In the clip, Archie was dressed casually in a gray hoodie and showed off his brown locks. (Archie and his 4-year-old sister, Princess Lilibet, both inherited his father Prince Harrythe signature red hair.)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their first child, a son named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, in May 2019. “We are delighted to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn child in the early hours of the morning of 6 May 2019,” the couple wrote on Instagram. “The son of Their Royal Highnesses weighs (…)
Meghan also had some fun, giving a piece of lettuce to a local giraffe in a tracking slide. The Duchess of Sussex dressed casually for the outing, looking effortless in a white jumper with matching trousers. Meghan wore her brown hair in loose waves and tried to go incognito thanks to a pair of aviator sunglasses.
Meghan also tagged The Living Desert, a local zoo and conservation site in Palm Springs, California, in her upload.
Meghan and Harry, 41, moved to Montecito, California from the prince’s native England in 2020 after stepping down as members of the royal family. Since then, the married couple have thrust Archie and Lili into the limelight.
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Courtesy of Meghan Markle/Instagram“Essentially, at the end of the day, where you can say, ‘Here’s my rose, here’s the best part of my day, and here’s my thorn,'” Meghan revealed. during an October 2025 event of his family’s dinner rituals. “Every day isn’t going to be perfect, no day is. But what are the highlights and also the things that maybe didn’t feel so good, they hurt a little bit.”
She continued: “Especially with young children, it’s a great opening for, you know, when you get to the stage where your kids give you a yes or no answer and you’re like, ‘OK, what’s your rose and thorn?’ And you can really start to peel back the layers and find ways to connect.”
Very vocal! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are loving life with their son, Archie, and aren’t afraid to talk about their son. The little one arrived in May 2019. “We are pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn son in the early hours of May (…)
Since becoming a parent, Meghan has worked to remember every memory and milestone her children have achieved.
“A friend of our mother’s had told me last year that she had just created secret email addresses for her children that she will give them at some point in their lives,” he said. dresses said alum Jamie Kern Fivethe April 2025 podcast. “She was just sending them, you know, random pictures, the pictures you’re not going to put in a frame. I email my kids every night.”
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Courtesy of Meghan Markle/InstagramMeghan revealed that thanks to their nightly correspondence tradition, Archie and Lili will have nearly 4,000 emails by the time they turn 18 and open their respective inboxes.
“Here’s everything and every moment I wanted to tell you how much I love you and how proud I am of you,” she revealed of the messages sent.
Meghan will too occasionally share updates to her children on her Instagram account, which she relaunched in January 2025. (The Duchess initially shut down her social media profiles once she became engaged to Harry.)
“It feels liberating,” Meghan said on the “Aspire” podcast. last year “I have to look again, what was my intention? I went back, I started the account in January of this year. Part of it is just being able to authentically share in real time things that are going on that I think someone could laugh at or enjoy or be inspired by.”