Two days after welcoming their tiny human into the world, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have faced the world’s media to introduce their son.
But as we watched little Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor sleep soundly in his father’s arms as the couple walked towards a wall of cameras, we had many burning questions – none of which were answered in their brief appearance.
Watch the family’s first appearance in front of the media. Post continues after video.
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Why are you guys so bitchy?! Does it make you feel better about yourselves? I was OVER pregnancy, with only my husband as my audience. Imagine having the WORLD watching and judging your every move.
The days of sycophancy towards members of the RF are long gone. Harry and Meghan have given themselves very public and visible roles, requiring teams of PR movers and shakers, security etc - all at tax payers' expense. They both manipulate the media for their own agenda, so if the blow back from the public isn't always glowing that is the price they pay for their celebrity.
Living off the public purse in luxury is her compensation. You don't want to be under a microscope: don't marry into the British royal family. Pretty simple.
"But guys, you named your son Archie. And the only person we can think of is KJ Apa, the actor who plays Archie in the Netflix drama Riverdale."
Meanwhile, the majority of the population who weren't born just a second ago are probably thinking more about the red-headed protagonist of the Archie comics, and/or Archie Bunker.
Archie in Riverdale *is* the Archie from the comics. Sort of. One of those modern updates.
Yeah, but that's probably not known to the generation who get their pop culture from Netflix and social media (as evidenced by the citation in this article). ;)
My first thought was Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse.
Here's a snippet of a review that sounds eerily familiar.
"The story deals with Archie, a young man who finds out after a hasty wedding to a beautiful girl that his new bride comes complete with a huge pile of money and a terrifying father who hates him."
I personally think of the several Archies at the primary schools I teach at. It's hardly an uncommon name these days. It's been in the NSW Top 50 for the past 10 years or so.