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Prince Harry has revealed that he kept a box of his late mother Princess Diana’s hair on his nightstand, which he believes served as some sort of good luck charm that helped him and Meghan conceive their daughter. first son.
The 38-year-old made the very intimate admission in his explosive new memoir Spare, detailing the moment he and Meghan Markle, 41, found out they were expecting son Archie, as well as revealing the other ‘good omen’ who indicated to him that they would be parents.
According to Harry, Meghan took two home pregnancy tests in the bathroom at Nottingham Cottage, where they lived in 2018; however, she “fell asleep” while he was waiting for her and woke up to find that she had placed the two pieces of evidence on her nightstand. next to the couple’s bed.
Harry writes that he “just kept a few things” on his nightstand, including a “blue box of my mother’s hair”, saying that he immediately thought of that special possession when he saw the pregnancy tests.
‘Good, I thought, good. Let’s see what mom can do about this situation,’ she wrote.
Prince Harry has revealed the two ‘good omens’ he saw while he and Meghan Markle were trying to conceive their first child, Archie (seen together in February 2019)
According to Harry, 38, his late mother Diana played a role in Meghan’s pregnancy, with the duke revealing that his wife placed his pregnancy test near a box of her hair on her nightstand.
Soon after, the Sussexes found out that the tests came back positive, and Harry remembers thinking, ‘Thank you, Mum.’
However, Meghan’s decision to place the tests so close to Diana’s hair wasn’t the only good omen Harry saw as the couple tried to conceive.
The other lucky moment occurred while the couple was visiting Castle Mey, the Queen Mother’s former home in Scotland, when they came across a group of seals while walking along the coast.
Harry writes that he “just kept a few things” on his nightstand, including a “blue box of my mother’s hair”, saying that he immediately thought of that special possession when he saw the pregnancy tests.
Harry says he began to “serenade” the seals, but received “nothing” in response, until his wife began to join in their song.
When Meghan started her own choir, the duke claims the animals “responded” to him with their own “seal opera” in what he claims was a clear indication of Meghan’s “magic”.
“She really is magical I thought,” he wrote. Even the seals know it.
In celebration of the ‘good omen’, Harry remembers stripping down and jumping into the water, swimming towards the seals.
However, while Harry and Meghan viewed the ‘seal opera’ as nothing less than a ‘fairy tale’, they were snapped back to reality when they returned to the castle, where Charles’s chef quickly told them they shouldn’t have tried to call the seal care.
According to Harry, the chef, who was Australian, warned them that parts of the Scottish coast were “infested with killer whales” and that “luring” the seals to shore with their singing was like “luring” them to a “bloody death”. ‘.
Still, the ‘grim’ turn the story took didn’t stop Harry from paying tribute to the seals upon learning his wife was pregnant; In addition to thanking his mother, he also thanked the ‘selkies’, mythological creatures that transform from seal to human.
The second “good omen” occurred during a trip to Castle Mey in Scotland (pictured), when Harry says a group of seals began to serenade his “magical” wife, Meghan.
Harry and Meghan welcomed their first child Archie (pictured together in September 2019) in May 2019
Although the exact date of the trip is not known, Harry and Meghan reportedly traveled to Scotland during the summer of 2018, when they spent time at Castle Mey with the then-Prince Charles, while visiting the Queen at Balmoral.
Weeks later, the Sussexes announced to the world that they were expecting their first child, having shared the news with William and Kate at Princess Eugenie’s wedding on October 12, a moment Harry also details in his book.
According to Harry, he and Meghan divulged their happy announcement to the Prince and Princess of Wales at a cocktail party after the wedding reception for Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, and the Duke explained that he felt compelled to tell his family the news. in person before the couple. he departed for his 2018 tour of Australia shortly thereafter.
He added that they chose his cousin Eugenie’s wedding in Windsor to make the announcement as the wider members of the royal family would be attending.
Before the drinks reception, the couple intercepted Charles at his Windsor office and Harry said he was delighted to see his father’s ‘big smile’ after finding out he was going to be a grandfather for the fourth time.
Following this, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex headed to St George’s Hall, where the drinks reception was taking place, to tell Prince William.
He echoed his father’s sentiment and urged them to tell Kate immediately. The Princess of Wales was across the room talking to her sister Pippa Middleton, who was expecting her son Arthur at the time.
Harry and Meghan welcomed their first son, Archie, in May 2019, less than a year before they left royal life for the US, where they are now raising their children in a mansion in $14.65 million in Montecito, California.
Having shared the news of their first pregnancy via an official palace statement, the couple decided to reveal that they were expecting a second child in a very different way: They posted a series of images of themselves posing on the grounds of their home on Valentine’s Day 2021, with Meghan showing off her growing baby bump.
The news came just months after Meghan revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage in an article for the New York Times.
Harry and Meghan welcomed their daughter Lilibet, named after the late Queen’s childhood nickname, in June of that year.
Writing about the moment his daughter was born, the Duke of Sussex described it as a “safer and calmer” experience than the arrival of his son two years earlier, revealing that he actually helped bring Lilibet into the world.
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