The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who settled into Montecito, California last year, announced they are expecting a sibling to Archie, one, on Valentine’s Day. The news was shared alongside an image of the couple resting beneath a tree in a loving gaze.
Harry has his hand placed on Meghan’s head as she lays in his lap, cradling the bump.
The first seven royals in the line of succession to the throne are the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Harry and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
And now their latest addition to the family joins the list as number eight.
It means the Duke of York, who was born second place in 1960, will drop to ninth place.
Meghan suffered a miscarriage in July 2020, revealed in a moving piece for The New York Times.
The 39-year-old described it as “an almost unbearable grief”.
The couple’s first child, Archie, was born on May 6, 2019.
