Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their second child since their marriage nearly three years ago.
The couple are “overjoyed,” a spokesperson for the family said Sunday. Harry and Meghan’s first child, a son named Archie, who will turn 2 in May, is seventh in line to the throne. Their charitable foundation, Archewell, is named after their son.
Meghan revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage in July, writing about the loss in a New York Times opinion article in November. “Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few,” she wrote.
After Archie was born in 2019, Harry spoke to reporters at a news conference, smiling happily, outside the couple’s former home, Frogmore Cottage.
“It’s been the most amazing experience I can ever possibly imagine,” Harry said. “How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension, and we’re both absolutely thrilled.”
He has spoken emotionally about fatherhood, telling front-line workers last year during an Easter video call that he has spent his coronavirus isolation savoring time with Archie.
“There’s a hell of a lot of positives that are happening at the same time and being able to have family time — so much family time — that you almost think, ‘Do I feel guilty for having so much family time?'” Harry said. “You’ve got to celebrate those moments where you are just on the floor rolling around in hysterics.”
Meghan has spoken openly about the struggle of undergoing media scrutiny during her pregnancy and after Archie’s birth in an interview with London’s ITV News in 2019.
“Look, any woman, especially when they’re pregnant — you’re really vulnerable,” she said. “So that was made really challenging. And then, when you have a newborn, you know?”
Her interview resonated with many mothers, who supported Meghan online and shared their own memories about the stress of new motherhood.