Prince Harry Hugs Archie and Lili in Rare Father’s Day Photo

Meghan Markle is toasting her husband, Prince Harry, on Father’s Day 2026 amid his continued estrangement from his royal family members.

“They’re so lucky to have you. We all are,” Meghan, 44, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, June 21, sharing a photo of Harry, 44, cuddling kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. “Happy Father’s Day to our one and only.”

In the sweet family photo, Harry knelt on the ground as Archie, 7, and Lili, 5, both wrapped their arms around their dad.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex became parents in 2019, welcoming son Archie. Lili followed two years later in 2021 after the family’s move to the United States.

Harry and Meghan publicly stepped down from their official duties as senior working royals in 2020, instead opting for private lives in the former actress’ native California. The family of four eventually settled in Montecito, where they live with multiple rescue dogs.

“We were looking in this area, and this house kept popping up online in searches,” Meghan told The Cut in 2022 of finding her family’s dream home. “We didn’t have jobs, so we just were not going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible. It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping. It’s like, ‘I don’t want to go and look at all the things that I can’t afford. That doesn’t feel good.’”

Despite their initial hesitations, Harry and Meghan went to tour the house.

“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” the As Ever founder recalled to the outlet at the time. “They’re connected at the bottom. He goes, ‘My love, it’s us.’  And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa.’ … You walk in and [feel] joy. And exhale. And calm. It’s healing. You feel free.”

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly planning to bring their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, across the pond for the first time in years. Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, are scheduled to travel to England for the Invictus Games in July, and BBC News reports that Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, will […]

As Meghan and Harry made a home in California, they’ve seldom brought Archie and Lili across the pond over security concerns.

“I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” Harry told the BBC in May 2025 after losing an appeal for security. “I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done.”

For the first time in four years, Harry and Meghan are reportedly considering traveling with their kids to England in July for the Invictus Games.