Prince Harry says Lilibet is ‘blessed’ with Meghan Markle’s long hair

Prince Harry gave some great insight into his daughter, Lilibet, at the WellChild Awards.

According to Sophie Vokes-Dudgeonthe chief content officer HELLO!Harry, 40, “talked animatedly about his own children” ahead of the WellChild Awards on September 30. (Harry shares Lilibet, 3, and son Archie, 5, with wife Meghan Markle.)

“Archie and Lili are blessed with their mother’s thick hair, he modestly told us, marveling that it won’t be long before Lili can sit on hers,” Vokes-Dudgeon wrote for the outlet.

Harry previously spoke about his children’s hair in January 2023 when he said he initially doubted Spencer’s ‘ginger gene’ would be passed on to his children.

“At the beginning of my relationship, I really thought, if this goes this far and we have children, there’s no way ginger can match my wife’s genes,” he joked as he talked. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at the time. “I was wrong.”

Harry noted that his children “definitely” look like his late mother, Princess Diana.

“The Spencer gene is very, very strong,” he added. “The ginger is strong.”

In August, a family friend revealed it We weekly that Harry and Meghan, 43, are very hands-on parents with Lilibet and Archie.

“They take the kids to school, pick them up, and are very active and present with them all day,” the source said, noting that Harry and Meghan want their children to have a normal upbringing. ‘They are so well-mannered. Archie is sweet and curious and playful, and Lili is lively and happy.

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That same month, Meghan shared that Lili had “found her voice,” which was a major milestone in her life.

“I think part of the role modeling that I definitely try to do as a mother is to encourage our daughter,” Markle shared during a panel titled Afro-Descendant Women and Power: Voice of Equity. “And at the age of three she found her voice.”

Meghan noted that she is “proud” of Lilibet.

“That’s how we create the conditions where there’s a ripple effect where young girls and young women know that if someone else encourages them to use their voice and be heard, that’s what they’re going to do,” she said. the time. “They’re going to create a very different environment than so many of us grew up in, where our voices were meant to be smaller.”