Prince Archie of Sussex

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**Prince Archie of Sussex** (Archie Harrison; born 6 May 2019) is the older child and only son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. He is also the fourth grandchild and youngest grandson of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales and the eighth great grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is sixth in line to the British throne.

## Biography

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on 6 May 2019 at 5:26 a.m at Portland Hospital in London, England, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. His name was announced two days later on 8 May. An easel announcing his birth was displayed outside of Buckingham Palace, and several landmarks such as Niagara Falls, the CN Tower and London Eye, were illuminated in different colors to mark his birth.

Archie was christened on 6 July 2019 by, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury in a private chapel at Windsor Castle with water from the River Jordan while wearing the royal christening gown. Although the names of his godparents weren’t announced, they were later reported to be; Charlie van Straubenzee, Tiggy Pettifer and Mark Dyer.

When his parents stepped down from their roles as working members of the royal family, Archie briefly moved with his parents to a borrowed estate in Vancouver Island, Canada. They stayed in Canada until February 2020 when they moved to the United States and lived in Tyler Perry’s house in Los Angeles, California. They continued living in Tyler Perry’s house until they moved into their own home in the Montecito neighborhood of Santa Barbara County in June of the same year which is were the family currently resides.

Archie returned to England for the first time in three years in June 2022 to meet his great grandmother Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

## Public Appearance

In late September to early October 2019, Archie accompanied his parents on a tour of South Africa, where they went to Malawi, Angola, and Botswana.

In 2020, to mark his first birthday, Archie appeared in a video where he was being read to by his mother in a project aimed at supporting children and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Titles, styles and succession

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

Archie was born seventh in line to the British throne during the reign of his great grandmother, Elizabeth II. As the great grandson of the monarch, Archie was not born a Prince. However, as the oldest son of a British peer, The Duke of Sussex, Archie, as the heir apparent to his father’s dukedom was entitled to be styled with his father subsidiary title “Earl of Dumbarton” as a courtesy. However,he was not styled with any courtesy title, and was given the simple honorific “Master”.

Following the ascension of his grandfather, King Charles III on 8 September 2022, Archie rose to sixth in line, and in accordance with the 1917 letters patent, Archie obtained the status of Prince of the United Kingdom and became entitled to be styled as “His Royal Highness”, as the grandchild of the monarch through his son, Prince Harry.

Archie’s title wasn’t officially recognized on the Royal Family’s official website until six months later on 8 March 2023.

## Ancestry

Archie is of mixed ancestry. Through his father, Prince Harry, Archie is a direct descendant of many British monarchs including Queen Elizabeth II, King George VI, King George V, King Edward VII, and Queen Victoria. Archie is a direct descendant of the House of Glücksburg the Royal house of Greece and Denmark via Prince Phillip, Prince Harry’s grandfather, and is a direct descendant of Greek and Danish monarchs. Through Prince Harry’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Archie is a descendent of the House of Spencer an aristocratic family and one of England’s oldest families, and is a direct descendant of eight out of the first nine Earl Spencers. Through Diana, Princess of Wales, Archie is a descendant of Maurice Roche an Irish peer who was 4th Baron Fermoy, and Diana’s maternal grandfather. Also through Diana, Archie is a descendent of Francis Ellen Work an American socialite and Diana’s great great grandmother.

Through his mother, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Archie is a descendant of African slaves through Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland. According to members of the Ragland family the first identifiable member of the family was Richard Ragland, a man who lived long enough to experience the abolition of slavery. Through Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, Archie is of English, Irish, and German descent. Archie is also a descendant of a few monarchs including King Robert I of Scotland, and King Edward III of England. Also through his mother, Archie is a distant cousin of Red Sox player Mookie Betts.