Archie’s former nanny describes life with Harry and Meghan as unseen photos of the Sussex children revealed
‘They were really hands-on parents,’ says former nanny
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Your support makes all the difference.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s former nanny has spoken about working for the couple in their joint Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan, which features several never-before-seen photos of their first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor.
In the fourth episode of the show, Lorren Khumalo recalls being hired by the couple to care for Archie.
“When I arrive at Frogmore Cottage, I see this guy: he’s tall, he’s ginger, and he’s walking barefoot,” she said.
“And I have gone and bought a new pair of shoes in Clarks. And suddenly whatever I thought or felt, the formality just sort of slid, and I felt so at ease.”
New photographs of Archie show him playing in the bath, being fed by his father, and sitting with his parents and grandmother, Meghan’s mother Doria.
“They were really hands-on parents,” Khumalo adds. “In the morning when he woke up, first thing, mum and dad would come in.
“They would be with their baby, she would feed him. And after that, I’ll take over and normally we would go for a morning walk.”
Meghan recalled Khumalo asking her if she could tie Archie around her back with a mud cloth “like we do in Zimbabwe” before a photograph of her doing so flashes onto the screen.
“It was brilliant,” said Harry of the carrying tactic.
The documentary sheds light on the run up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018 and what led them to step down from their roles as senior members of the royal family in 2020.
You can read live updates from the latest episodes of Harry & Meghan here.
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