2024 is setting up to be a monumental year for the young royal, Prince Archie, as he hits his first major milestone – turning five, and will potentially be making more habitual public appearances with his parents.
The son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, since their controversial step back from Royal duties back in 2020, has had a relatively secluded upbringing, with his notoriously private parents only sporadically sharing snippets of their lives with their firstborn child, Archie (4), and his younger sister Lilibet (2).
In a rare and surprising disclosure about Archie’s life on James Corden’s The Late Late Show in 2021, the doting dad, Harry, delighted Royal fans all over by revealing that his son’s inaugural word was a complicated one – ‘crocodile’, gifted to him by none other than his great grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
As Harry divulged whilst on a tour of LA atop a double-decker bus: “My son is now over a year and a half, he is hysterical, he’s got the most amazing personality, he’s already putting two, three words together, he’s already singing songs. His first word was ‘crocodile’, three syllables.”
Meghan, ever the model mother, revealed during a chat with The Cut in 2022 how she takes teaching Archie etiquette very seriously. She shared: “We always tell him, ‘Manners make the man. Manners, manners, manners, manners, manners’.”
Another glimpse into their family life was offered when they launched their Netflix docu-series in 2022, opening up their Montecito home in California to the cameras. Now, with Prince Archie on the cusp of his fifth birthday, this year could be a game-changer for the young Royal, as per OK!.
Starting school
This year marks a significant chapter for Archie as he’s set to embark on his educational journey by starting elementary school. Unlike UK kids who hit the classroom after their fourth birthday, stateside youngsters typically begin their schooling at five or six years old.
The exact school Archie will attend remains under wraps, but Montecito local Richard Mineards has hinted at a wealth of top-notch schools in the vicinity for Meghan and Harry to consider. Speaking to HELLO!, Mineards said, “We have very good schools, which are not like England public schools but they’re state schools. And we have a very good one called Cold Spring School which has got great ratings and that’s in their catchment area.”
