Baby Archie, Meghan, and Harry meet Archbishop Tutu and the photos are adorable

When Arch met Arch. ❤️
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Baby Archie, Meghan, and Harry meet Archbishop Tutu and the photos are adorable
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son Archie meet with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Credit: HENK KRUGER / afp / getty images

If you're looking for something to distract yourself from the political turmoil that's clutching the world at present, you're in luck. The royal family has an absolute overload of cuteness to bestow upon you. And it's nothing short of a gift.

Baby Archie — child of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, AKA the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — has had a rather eventful day meeting Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa.

"Arch meets Archie!" declared an Instagram post on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official account.


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"This morning The Duke and Duchess were honoured to introduce their son Archie, to Archbishop, Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Thandeka," the post continued. "The Archbishop, a globally respected figure in anti-apartheid movement, is one of the world’s great champions of equality, and has spent his life tirelessly battling injustice."

The Apartheid — which comes from the Afrikaans word for 'apartness' — was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.

We don't often get treated with photos of Archie — just a peek here and there — but in this instance, there are loads of photos of this momentous occasion. So, here's a roundup of the cutest photos from the time Archie met Arch(bishop Tutu).

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A big day for Archie. Credit: Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images

Archie meets Archbishop Tutu.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Leah Tutu at the Tutu Legacy Foundation. Credit: HENK KRUGER/AFP/Getty Images

Look at Archie's little face.

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Harry, Meghan, and Archie. Credit: Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images

An aerial view of Meghan and Archie.

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Credit: Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images
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A royal bundle of joy. Credit: Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images

Archie meets Archbishop Tutu.

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Cuteness overload.

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Rachel Thompson
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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