Archie makes guest appearance during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first podcast
Couple’s first podcast episode also featured special guests including Sir Elton John and James Corden
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Your support makes all the difference.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s one-and-a-half-year-old son Archie made a guest appearance during the couple’s first podcast episode, marking the first time royal fans have heard the toddler speak.
On Tuesday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released their first Spotify podcast, a Holiday Special episode, which featured guests including Sir Elton John, Stacey Abrams, James Corden, author Matt Haig and George the Poet.
During the 33-minute episode released by the duke and duchess’s newly formed Archewell Audio production company, the couple focused much of the conversation on positive life lessons and acts of kindness amid the pandemic.
However, towards the end of the holiday special, Meghan and Harry’s son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor also took the opportunity to say a few words, at the prompting of his parents.
“You can speak into it,” Prince Harry can be heard telling his son, before Meghan asks: “Archie, is it fun?”
The 19-month-old repeats after his mother and says: “Fun,” prompting the duchess to laugh.
The duke then directs Archie to repeat after him, starting: “Happy,” followed by “new”.
After repeating “new,” Archie was able to complete the well-wishes on his own, speaking into the microphone: “New...Year.”
The sweet conversation was met with laughter from Archie’s parents, with Meghan exclaiming: “Yay!” while Harry added: “Boom.”
The duke and duchess’s first podcast, and Archie’s guest debut, comes after the couple announced they had signed an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify earlier this month.
In a trailer released at the time, Harry said the couple’s Archewell Audio production company would be about bringing “forward different perspectives and voices that perhaps you haven’t heard before - and find[ing] our common ground”.
The Holiday Special is available to listen to on Spotify now.
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