In an interview with The Cut in 2022, Meghan Markle shared her desire for her children to grow up with perfect manners in their own home. At the time, she revealed that she and her husband were trying to teach Archie, now 5, the importance of manners. Meghan told the newspaper: “We always tell him: Manners make the man. Manners, manners, manners, manners.”
Meghan and Harry hoped to give Archie “as normal a life as possible” by moving to the US after stepping back from their roles as senior members of the Royal Family in 2020. The couple then welcomed their daughter Princess Lilibet, now three, in 2021.
In an interview with The Cut, Meghan also revealed that her then-3-year-old son was very popular with his classmates. The proud mother described her son as “a happy kid who would bring fresh fruit for his classmates all week and loved to play ‘roar’ at recess.”
Archie was less than a year old when he moved to the US with his parents. He spent his early months at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. Away from royal life, Archie and Lilibet are said to have a “more relaxed upbringing” than Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Style expert Bella Hignett told GB News that this is evident in the way Meghan and Harry’s children dress. “Archie and Lilibet will still have some restraint when it comes to dressing. But they will be much less formal. This will be more evident as they grow up in California, where the style of dress is much more relaxed.” Ms Hignett added: “The climate and the fact that they don’t have to attend as many formal events means that the dress code will generally be more casual.”