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Baby Archie makes appearance on royal tour of Africa | Baby Archie makes appearance on royal tour of Africa |
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced their baby son Archie to renowned anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. | |
It is the first time the four-month-old has been seen in public on the couple's 10-day tour of Africa. | |
Archie was seen smiling in his mother's arms and was held up on her lap. | Archie was seen smiling in his mother's arms and was held up on her lap. |
Prince Harry and Meghan joked about their son's time in front of the cameras as they greeted the archbishop and his daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe. | |
"He's an old soul," said Meghan, while Harry remarked: "I think he is used to it already." | |
A Nobel Peace Prize winner for his opposition to apartheid, the archbishop said he was "thrilled" by the "rare privilege and honour" of meeting the royals. | |
He spent half an hour with the couple and Archie at his Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, based in a centuries-old building which was constructed by enslaved people. | |
The couple also posted a video to their official SussexRoyal Instagram account of their arrival at the meeting with the archbishop in Cape Town, with the caption: "Arch meets Archie!" | |
On their tour so far, the duke and duchess have visited South Africa's oldest mosque and visited a charity which provides mental health support for young people. | On their tour so far, the duke and duchess have visited South Africa's oldest mosque and visited a charity which provides mental health support for young people. |
Meghan told teenage girls in a deprived part of South Africa she was visiting the country not only as a member of the Royal Family, but also "as a woman of colour and as your sister". |