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Baby Sussex

235 replies

managedmis · 08/05/2019 12:49

Great pics of him, Meghan looks radiant as usual.

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Pinkarsedfly · 08/05/2019 16:48

Archie ‘Harry’s Son’ - is that the thinking?

ShirleyPhallus · 08/05/2019 16:56

Archie Harrison would get absolutely shot down on the baby board threads here!

SamanthaBrique · 08/05/2019 17:00

Yes but the baby names boards on here are utterly lacking in imagination and would've probably shot down Zara in the 80s had Princess Anne posted!

JacquesHammer · 08/05/2019 17:03

Archie Harrison would get absolutely shot down on the baby board threads here!

I don’t think they’re the last bastion of opinion Grin

HighsandLows77 · 08/05/2019 17:10

I’m shocked at Archie! Doesn’t seem like a name Megan would choose if she wasn’t the Duchess of Sussex...

IABUQueen · 08/05/2019 17:13

Actually at first I wasn’t sure what I thought of Archie. But seeing how much scrutany this woman gets, if “brave and genuine” is the meaning she is after, I quite like the name now and I hope her son inspires and motivates her through her mothering days to stay true to herself and ignore all the scrutany that aims to diminish her individuality and sense of self.

Good choice Meghan.

contrary13 · 08/05/2019 17:30

I might be wrong, but wasn't there a report a few weeks (?month) back where George announced to someone that he was called Archie?

And yes; mostly every new mother looks shocked, over-joyed, radiant, hormonal... particularly the first time round. I know I did. It's not meant as a criticism - at least not on my part. I like Meghan. I remember Harry as a newborn, himself, never mind walking behind his mother's coffin. His carrying the baby into the hall where the press were assembled? Entirely expected. Meghan constantly touching the baby to reassure herself that he was okay? Entirely normal (actually, this is the thing, she's probably still trying to wrap her mind around the fact that he was inside her this time last week!). The fluff-picking, however...? I still have my doubts. But you know what? Not my baby, not my issue. I wouldn't blame Harry in the slightest, though, if he were a control freak, given the fact that his mother died when he was a young adolescent, and that he's had to endure years of ridicule/doubt as to whether or not he's Charles' biological son.

And maybe the name Harrison, or "Harry's son" (as another poster pointed out) was chosen to prevent any doubt on this baby's parentage.

Archie (is he going to be a Prince, or...?) is beautiful. His parents are a good unit. He's going to live a gilded life of privilege, one way or another. I simply hope that he lives a long and healthy life... and that his parents love and cherish him before themselves.

Nanamilly · 08/05/2019 17:37

I might be wrong, but wasn't there a report a few weeks (?month) back where George announced to someone that he was called Archie?

Yes. I just referred to it on another thread.

Agednotwine · 08/05/2019 17:39

We didn't get to see baby's hair though! Is it dark or fair I wonder? I think the hat was purposely covering his eyebrows even!

Nanamilly · 08/05/2019 17:39

I think the name means - brave and bold son of Harry.

As for picking the fluff of the baby’s hat. Harry’s a military man it was probable a very natural thing for him to do.

Agednotwine · 08/05/2019 17:39

Who - Prince George mentioned the baby was Archie?

Nanamilly · 08/05/2019 17:41

Who - Prince George mentioned the baby was Archie?

I think you need to re-read the post mentioning George.

Agednotwine · 08/05/2019 17:43

Or you could explain it in unequivocal terms.............?

SamanthaBrique · 08/05/2019 17:49

There was a piece in The Sun (not always the most reliable of sources) quoting some woman who said she'd encountered Prince George, who told her he was called Archie. Even if it was a true story kids call themselves all sorts of things, he might be insisting his name's Steve by now!

Agednotwine · 08/05/2019 17:57

Ah - little George may have overheard something and decided he didn't like being usurped by an Archie so took the name on for himself lol.

contrary13 · 08/05/2019 17:58

www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a27407336/prince-george-revealed-baby-sussex-name/

George Cambridge announced to a "commoner" (or, y'know, another human being) that he (George) was called Archie. Which means that, like everyone else, the gender of/potential names for Archie Sussex must have been bandied around in front of little ears...

Nothing wrong with that. Harry and Meghan are first time parents, would have been excited beyond measure (and now are probably just very tired), and why wouldn't a 5 year old announce a name he'd heard and probably quite liked the sound of? In a couple of decades, though, will George Cambridge be given the credit for naming Archie Sussex?

And yes; any name for a member of the royal family in direct line to the throne (which... 8th, as it stands at the moment) has to be approved by the monarch. It's courtesy, if nothing else.

Davros · 08/05/2019 18:02

Archie. Isn't that a nickname for Arthur?

QueenOfTheAndals · 08/05/2019 18:03

Not that I know of?

Mominatrix · 08/05/2019 18:10

According to the BBC, Archie has no titles. Good on the Sussex's.

contrary13 · 08/05/2019 18:26

"Archie has no titles. Good on the Sussex's."

It's hardly the first time this has happened. Princess Anne's two children were plain Master and Miss, after all - and that was when the Queen offered (I'm told a few times) to make them thus. And although Prince Andew (whose daughters are both Princesses) and Prince Edward (whose children are a Lord and Lady) took precedence over their older sister in the ranking order of "in line to the throne", Princess Anne was adamant that her children be raised - and I'm quoting my grandmother here, because Peter and I're the same age - "like normal people".

Why shouldn't the child of the 6th in line to the throne (ie, the new baby is 7th at the moment) be any different? After all, isn't Master Archie's grandpapa Prince Charles looking to streamline the monarchy so that, essentially, Prince Harry and his offspring don't count in the grand scheme of things?

thelastgoldeneagle · 08/05/2019 18:30

Archie. Isn't that a nickname for Arthur?

No, it's the shortened form of Archibald.

Agednotwine · 08/05/2019 18:31

We've a phrase in Irish - cluaseanna mór ar muice beag (spelling may be off - never seen it written down). We'd say it when we were talking among adults and a little one strayed in - basically meaning - shut up talking - a little one has wandered in.

Literally translated, little piglets have big ears.

It's very likely little Prince George overheard the name. Out of the mouth of babes eh?

SchrodingersBrexit · 08/05/2019 18:32

I think MM looked a bit nervous and uncomfortable at first, but that's totally understandable. It must be very odd to have your very precious newborn being paraded in front of the cameras. She's used to acting and performing a role as a royal, this is entirely different.

I thought she looked much more comfortable towards the end.

MarshaBradyo · 08/05/2019 18:39

Good on them re the lack of title

threedeepatthebar · 08/05/2019 18:42

I think she looked awkward and all the fussing with her hair and the baby was just so she had something to do with her hands