Meghan pens children’s book inspired by Prince Harry

LOs AngELEs: Meghan Markle is set to release a children’s book titled The Bench inspired by her husband Prince Harry’s bond with their son Archie, the couple’s foundation announced.

The book, illustrated by Christian Robinson, will be out on June 8 as Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, awaits the birth of her second child.

“The Bench started as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born. That poem became this story,” Meghan said on Tuesday.

She said the book aimed to capture “the warmth, joy, and comfort of the relationship between fathers and sons from all walks of life”.

“My hope is that The Bench resonates with every family, no matter the makeup, as much as it does with mine,” she added.

Archie will turn two today. Harry and Meghan, whose father is white and mother is black, quit the British royal family and moved to California last year.

An television interview they gave to Oprah Winfrey in March – in which they claimed an unnamed royal had asked how dark their baby’s skin would be – plunged the monarchy into a major crisis.