Archie Mountbatten-Windsor

**Prince Archie of Sussex** (Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor; born May 6, 2019) is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is seventh in the line of succession to the British throne.

He has an younger sister  Princess Lilibet of Sussex (b.2021).

## Early Life

### Birth

Archie was born on May 6, 2019 at the Portland Hospital in London. Unlike previous royal births, there was no immediate photocall at the hospital steps. His name was announced on 8 May 2019. Mountbatten-Windsor descends paternally from the British royal family. He has mixed-race ancestry, having African-American and European-American maternal lineage. He has dual nationality of the United Kingdom and the United States.

### Christening

Mountbatten-Windsor was christened wearing the royal christening gown by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 6 July 2019 in the private chapel at Windsor Castle, with water from the River Jordan. In a break from royal tradition, Mountbatten-Windsor's parents did not make public the identities of his godparents

## Education

In January 2022, it was reported that Mountbatten-Windsor had been attending a "non-traditional" nursery school in California, with focus on "emotional literacy and sustainability"

## Public appearances

In September and October 2019, Mountbatten-Windsor accompanied his parents on a Southern African tour to Malawi, Angola, South Africa and Botswana. To mark his first birthday in 2020, he appeared in a storytime video with his mother as a part of the Save with Stories campaign, a project aimed at supporting children and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Titles and Succession

* May 6, 2019 - March 8, 2023: *Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor*
* March 8, 2023 - present: *His Royal Highness* Prince *Archie of Sussex*

Mountbatten-Windsor is seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. As heir apparent to his father's Dukedom of Sussex, Earldom of Dumbarton, and Barony of Kilkeel, he is customarily entitled to use Prince Harry's senior subsidiary title Earl of Dumbarton as a courtesy. However, the Duke and Duchess decided instead that he would be styled as Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in accordance with their wish that he grow up as a private citizen.

Under letters patent issued by King George V in 1917, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is entitled to become a prince upon the accession of his grandfather, Charles, Prince of Wales. In the interview *Oprah with Meghan and Harry*, the Duchess said that she had been told that changes would be made to remove that entitlement. She suggested that this was because her son is mixed-race, but the Prince of Wales's plans for a scaled-down royal family limited to the direct heirs and their children date back to the 1990s.

The royal family's official website continued to use the form 'Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor' publicly until 8 March 2023. However, in March 2023 Buckingham Palace confirmed that the website would be updated to reflect his title of 'Prince' in due course, which happened on 9 March 2023. It was reported that any titles would be used in formal settings, but not in everyday conversations by his parents.

Archie is a British prince whose official style customarily would have been "His Royal Highness Prince Archie of Sussex", however, given that Prince Harry's "royal highness" style is in abeyance, Archie will not be allowed to use it as the style comes through the father