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'Harry and Meghan creating a fortress to protect their baby'

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People on Twitter have already commented Meghan Markle on her gorgeous look, not to mention the duchess’s ability to pull the beautiful ensemble together just days after the birth. Photo: Getty Images
It’s been a big month for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who not only moved house but also welcomes their adorable baby son, Archie, into the world. Photo: Getty Images

It’s been a big month for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who not only moved house but also welcomed their adorable baby son, Archie, into the world.

One of the reasons why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose to move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor is because they want to keep their newborn son away from the spotlight.

Speaking on Yahoo UK’s The Royal Box, author Katie Nicholl says the royal couple ‘knew they could create a fortress there’.

“They could just get away, and that they felt that Kensington Palace was very much a goldfish bowl,” she said.

Harry and Meghan moved into the renovated Grade-II listed property at the beginning of April, ahead of the birth of their first child.

One of the reasons why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose to move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor is because they want to keep their newborn son away from the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images
One of the reasons why the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose to move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor is because they want to keep their newborn son away from the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images
Prince Harry went on to say he doesn’t know who the baby looks like yet and that he’s ‘changing every single day’. Photo: Getty Images
Their decision to move was announced last year by Kensington Palace. Their new abode had to undergo extensive renovations, thought to have cost $5.5 million, to turn it from staff accommodation to a 10-bedroom family home.. Photo: Getty Images

Their decision to move was announced last year by Kensington Palace. Their new abode had to undergo extensive renovations, thought to have cost $5.5 million, to turn it from staff accommodation to a 10-bedroom family home.

Situated in the Berkshire countryside amid 35 acres of land, Frogmore Cottage is more secluded than their previous abode Nottingham Cottage, which is within the grounds of Kensington Palace in London.

Similarly, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent their first years of parenthood raising their two eldest children George, five and Charlotte, three, at their Norfolk Anmer Hall. They moved to their current residence Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace in January 2017.

Katie says that Harry and Meghan could follow the example of other royal relatives when it comes to raising their child.

She says if they look at the Countess of Wessex, for example and how she and Prince Edward have raised their children, they actually live really ordinary lives and they’re just a stone’s throw away over at Bagshot Park.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their baby son, who was born on Monday morning, during a photocall in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Berkshire. Photo: AAP
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their baby son, who was born on Monday morning, during a photocall in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Berkshire. Photo: AAP

“They go to regular schools, yes, they go horse riding with the Queen and of course, they are royal children, but they enjoy a life away from the spotlight and I think that’s really what Harry aspires to,” she said.

Meghan and Harry’s son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born at 05:26 on May 6th, weighing 7lb 3oz.

The couple have decided to not to choose a courtesy title for their son - they could have used Earl of Dumbarton, one of Harry’s subsidiaries given to him on his wedding day.

Words by Danielle Stacey

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