Prince Harry was “obsessed” with keeping Archie’s birth privately: the book

Prince Harry was reportedly kidnapped by hiding details about the birth of Archie’s son.

“One source described Harry as” almost morbidly obsessed “with keeping Archie’s birth as secret as possible, writes royal expert Katie Nicholl in her new book, The New Royals: Legacy Queen Elizabeth and the Future of the Crown “.

This quest for secrecy allegedly breached an “unwritten contract between the royal family and society” who was eager and expected to hear all the details about the new royal baby as soon as Meghan Markle was born.

“Behind the scenes, things were so tense that more than one official – as I know from my own experience – was reduced to tears of frustration and despair,” added Rebecca English, Royal Daily Mail Editor.

Usually, after a royal birth, the father, mother and newborn baby pose on the steps of the hospital surrounded by kind people and photographers and answer a few questions before leaving.

But, according to Nicholl, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to change all that.

When Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019, the couple managed to trick the press when he actually arrived.

“Harry has always liked to outsmart the media,” writes Nicholl. “He and Meghan were delighted to have safely delivered their son to a private hospital in Portland, London, even before the palace’s press office confirmed that the Duchess was giving birth.”

Two days later, the couple attended a brief photo opportunity with one reporter to ask questions.

“But it all felt scene-driven, with pre-approved questions, one journalist and one photographer,” continues Nicholl. “He showed the growing gap between Harry’s public expectations and what he felt obliged to give.”

Alum “Suit” looked tired and uncomfortable at the time. Likewise, Prince William’s wife, Kate Middleton, also confessed that she had a hard time getting postpartum photo shoots, and Nicholl wrote that the Princess of Wales “agreed because she would one day become the queen and mother of the king, so there was no legitimate interest. public”.

In addition, Markle, 41, and Harry, 38, also had a private baptism ceremony and refused to reveal the names of Archie’s godparents.

However, Nicholl notes that while the Sussexes may have “served as an ace in the pursuit of privacy and tear another page out of the royal notebook,” they also destroyed Crown’s relationship with “the press, broadcasters, and therefore the public, who felt deceived by that experience – whether it was a fair expectation or not. “