Queen wishes great grandson Archie a happy first birthday: Royals including grandpa Prince Charles and Prince William and Kate send best wishes as youngest royal turns one today
- Duke and Duchess of Sussex to celebrate the first birthday of firstborn Archie while in lockdown in California
- Royal fans are desperately calling for the couple to release a photograph of Archie, as is royal tradition
- Royal expert said the couple plan to treat Archie to an 'organic, sugar-free cake', and splash around in pool
- Prince William and Kate Middleton among the first to wish baby Archie a Happy Birthday on their Instagram
- Charles and Camilla also shared their best wishes sharing an image of the youngster at his 2019 christening
The Queen has today sent her best wishes to great grandson baby Archie on his first birthday - as parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan a celebration for the youngster at their Los Angeles mansion.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating the birthday of their first and only child Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor while under lockdown in the US.
Royals including The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Charles and Camilla have shared birthday wishes with Archie in Instagram posts which all featured pictures of the young royal.
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.'
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.
Fans have taken to Twitter to call for a photo of the youngster on his birthday - as is royal tradition. The milestone is likely to be marked by just Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, in person.
The couple are in lock-down in their Los Angeles home with California governor Gavin Newsom having issued a 'stay-at-home' order in the state.
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
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.'
Meanwhile she also claimed that while the family are busy settling into life in LA, the thought of having a 'little brother or sister for Archie' is 'very much on the agenda' as the couple are still considering having another child.
The royal expert also said it was unlikely the little royal would be showered with gifts on the big day, saying that he 'has everything he needs.'
She added that the couple would likely appreciate presents 'with meaning', such as donations to children's charities.
The young royal has experienced an eventful 12 months since he was born at London's Portland Hospital – first living in a cottage in the grounds of Windsor Castle, then an exclusive home on Vancouver Island in Canada and now in the sprawling metropolis known as the City of Angels.
America is where they plan to bring up their son after walking away from the royal family in order to become financially independent, after their hopes of earning money while still supporting the Queen were ruled out.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will today celebrate the first birthday of their son Archie while under lockdown in the US (the are pictured together holding their son Archie during a visit to the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa on September 25, 2019)
Archie was born on May 6, 2019, and a few days after his birth his parents proudly showed him to the world, before the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh saw the infant for the first time (Harry and Meghan are pictured revealing their son Archie to the public for the fist time during a photocall in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Berkshire on May 8, 2019)
Archie was born on May 6 last year at 5.26am, weighing 7lb 3oz, and a few days after his birth his parents proudly showed him to the world, before the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh saw the infant for the first time.
Meghan's mother Doria Ragland, a yoga instructor and social worker, was pictured at the royal gathering and she has been a constant presence in the Sussexes lives, and lives in Los Angeles where Meghan grew up and went to school.
Fans will be hoping the couple follow royal tradition and release a picture of Archie, who has rarely been seen in public.
One Twitter user, The Regal Watcher, said: 'Alright, here's hoping for we get a new photo of sweet little Archie tomorrow in celebration of his first birthday.'
Archie was born on May 6 2019 at 5.26am, weighing 7lb 3oz, and a few days after his birth his parents proudly showed him to the world. Pictured: Prince Harry with young Archie
One Twitter user said: 'I think they'll break the chain of releasing photographs of the royal children on their birthday.
'They will deliver a thank you message to all their fans for the money raised in support of Archie, either a video message or a posted note on a social media site.'
He received his greatest exposure when the Sussexes took their son on his first royal tour, visiting South Africa last autumn when he was four months old.
The royal baby received a welcome kiss from Archbishop Desmond Tutu when Harry and Meghan introduced him to one of the heroes of the anti-Apartheid movement.
Archie made an impression with the Archbishop's daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, who joked the young royal favoured 'ladies better' when she caught him glancing in her direction and Meghan declared 'he likes to flirt'.
Earlier in 2019 Archie was photographed in his mother's arms while his father took part in a charity polo match.
Meghan and Harry are the subject of a highly anticipated book, due for publication in August, which its authors have said they want to be a 'definitive story' about the couple.
And in another development in their lives, the duchess lost the first High Court skirmish in her claim against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over publication of a 'private and confidential' letter to her estranged father.
She is suing Associated Newspapers over an article which reproduced parts of a handwritten note she sent to Mr Markle, 75, in August 2018, three months after he was unable to walk her down the aisle following a heart attack.
The former Suits actress claims her father's decision to make the letter public in February 2019 – days after he was 'vilified' by five of her closest friends in a US magazine - had breached her privacy, copyright and data protection rights in a case now dubbed 'Markle vs Markle'.
Large parts of her case against Associated Newspapers were dismissed as 'irrelevant', 'inadequate' and 'impermissibly vague' by a top judge last week, including her claims of a malicious media 'agenda' against her.
Mr Justice Warby has also 'struck out' her allegations that journalists had acted dishonestly and had caused the rift between her and her estranged father Thomas by 'digging up dirt' to portray Meghan in a 'negative light'.
He said in his judgment: 'I have struck out all the passages attacked in the application notice.
'Some of the allegations are struck out as irrelevant to the purpose for which they are pleaded.
'Some are struck out on the further or alternative ground that they are inadequately detailed.
'I have also acted so as to confine the case to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purpose of doing justice between these parties.'
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to celebrate their son Archie's first birthday with an 'organic, sugar-free cake', a splash around in their pool and a video call with the Cambridge children, according to a royal expert
From Queen Elizabeth to baby Archie: Royal babies through the years
Princess Elizabeth: Now the Queen, Elizabeth arrived third in line to the throne on April 21 1926. She was born by caesarean section in her maternal grandparents' London home, 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, while the home secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks waited in the next room. The presence of the government minister was an age-old custom designed to ensure that no substitute had been smuggled in hidden in a warming pan or similar receptacle. Apparently one of Elizabeth's first acts was to yawn at Sir William.
Elizabeth's father George VI only became king after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936, so when she was born, the princess was not expected to be Queen. Pictured: Princess Elizabeth waves to crowds as she arrives back in Piccadilly in 1928.
Prince Charles: Now the Prince of Wales, baby Charles was born at Buckingham Palace – the Queen had all four of her children at home. The Duke of Edinburgh, said to be 'not indifferent but restless', played squash while his wife was in labour. Baby Charles arrived at 9:14pm on November 14, 1948, weighing 7lb 6oz. Pictured: Princess Elizabeth holding her son Charles after his christening. Charles's birth was the first in centuries without a government minister present to witness the arrival of a future heir to the throne.
Princess Anne: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's second child, and their only daughter, Anne, now the Princess Royal, was born in 1950. Elizabeth wrote to a friend how she hoped Charles (pictured left) would take kindly to his new sibling, joking how he encountered one baby and 'tried to pull her toes off and poke her eyes out'.
Four months later, Archie was pictured alongside his parents in South Africa during his first official tour. Royal fans were quick to point out the facial similarities between Prince Harry as a baby and his young son.
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