With his cheeky grin and head of strawberry blonde hair, birthday boy Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is the spitting image of his father Prince Harry in an adorable family video shared on social media this morning.
Archie, who turns one today, shows off his first teeth as he smiles at his father behind the camera while mother Meghan Markle, 38, reads him children’s book Duck! Rabbit!.
The sweet video, thought to have been filmed at their Los Angeles home, was met with great excitement from royal fans, who noted how much Archie looked like Harry, 35, at the same age.
The video was shared on the Save the Children Instagram account this morning and is part of a fundraising campaign that sees celebrities reading storybooks.
It comes after the Queen led senior royals including Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in wishing Archie a happy first birthday on Instagram.
With his cheeky smile and head of strawberry blonde hair, birthday boy Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is the spitting image of his father Prince Harry in an adorable family video shared on social media today, pictured
A picture taken by the Duke of Sussex of Meghan reading Duck! Rabbit! to their son Archie as part of a charity campaign
Royal fans noted how much baby Archie looks like his father Prince Harry at the same age (seen right) in the new video
Dozens of royal fans said one-year-old Archie looks like a ‘mini’ version of his father as they wished him a happy birthday
The video was posted on Save the Children UK’s Instagram page in support of the charity’s Save with Stories campaign, which aims to raise funds for children and families struggling due to the coronavirus crisis in the UK and around the world.
A string of A-listers have taken part in the campaign, including Eddie Redmayne, Jennifer Garner and Lily James.
A caption with the video said: ‘Duck! Rabbit!’ with Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (and Harry, The Duke of Sussex behind the camera), read to their son Archie for his 1st birthday. Happy Birthday, Archie!’
In the video, Archie is dressed in a simple short white romper while Meghan is dressed down in a loose-fitting denim shirt, which she accessorised with a stack of beaded bracelets.
Fans were delighted to be given an updated look at the toddler, who appears to be taking after his father’s colouring. One posted: ‘OMG he is Prince Harry’s double!’ Another wrote: ‘Archie is Harry’s mini me’.
Another added: ‘Oh my god! He is Harry’s twin wow! What a adorable boy!! King Archie rules!’
In the video Meghan wraps one arm around her son and uses the other to hold the book. In one playful moment Archie throws a book to the ground.
Eager to keep Archie engaged, the former actress makes duck sounds and nuzzles into the toddler as she reads.
Archie sports a full head of hair and is wearing a T-shirt in the video, while Meghan, 38, is radiant in a casual denim shirt
Eager to keep Archie engaged in the book, the former actress makes duck sounds and nuzzles into the toddler as she reads
Meghan pointed to the words and pictures in the book while one-year-old Archie grabbed onto the pages
The video was posted on Save the Children UK’s Instagram page in support of the charity’s Save with Stories campaign. The couple follow a string of A-listers who have taken part
Taking to social media, parents praised the Duchess for capturing the realities of family life, with one commenting: ‘So real!!!!! What parent hasn’t had their young child lose attention during a story?’.
Another added: ‘Oh my heart! So cute! The struggles of reading with a toddler on your lap is real! My little one also wants to read every other book besides the one mommy is reading.’
The Sussex family are in lock-down in their Los Angeles home after California governor Gavin Newsom issued a ‘stay-at-home’ order in the state.
A royal expert said Harry and Meghan plan to treat Archie to an ‘organic, sugar-free cake’, a splash around in their pool and a video call with the Cambridge children as part of his birthday celebrations.
Proud mother Meghan is seen holding the book with one hand and sitting with the other wrapped around her smiling son
Eager to keep Archie engaged in the book, the former actress shows makes ducks sounds and nuzzles into the toddler as she reads
This morning the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall all took to Instagram to share public well-wishes to Archie.
A post on the monarch’s official Twitter account said: ‘Happy Birthday to Archie Mountbatten-Windsor who is celebrating his first birthday today! Archie is The Queen’s eighth great-grandchild.’
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on their official Kensington Palace Instagram account, said: ‘Wishing Archie a very happy first birthday today!’
While Prince Charles and Camilla said on the Clarence House Instagram account: ‘A very Happy Birthday to Archie, who turns one today.’
Royal expert Katie Nicholl revealed yesterday how the couple plan to celebrate Archie’s first birthday, telling OK! magazine: ‘The Queen will wish him happy birthday this week via Zoom as will the Cambridge children.
‘They haven’t seen their little cousin in months so they’ve been looking forward to seeing how much he’s grown.’
The Queen was among the first to wish baby Archie a Happy Birthday. She is pictured being introduced to baby Archie in May last year. Little Archie Harrison was introduced to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Meghan’s mother Doria by his proud parents
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also shared their best wishes with baby Archie. The couple shared a photograph of Archie from his christening. The official christening photograph released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shows the Duke and Duchess with their son, Archie and (left to right) the Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales, Ms Doria Ragland, Princess Diana’s sisters Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duchess of Cambridge in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle
Prince Charles and Camilla also shared their best wishes with baby Archie who turns one today. The couple shared a photograph of Archie with in his father’s arms following his christening in July 2019