Duchess of Sussex reveals Archie loves ‘The Bench’

MEGHAN Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, says her 2-year-old son Archie already has a voracious appetite for books.

The 39-year-old said Archie was a fan of her new picture book, The Bench, which was inspired by her husband Prince Harry’s relationship with their son.

She said: “I knew our son would notice all of those elements, and he loves the book, which is great because he has a voracious appetite for books and constantly when we read him a book he goes ‘again, again, again’. But now the fact he loves The Bench and we can say ‘Mommy wrote this for you’ feels amazing.”

The duchess, who lives in California with her young family, also revealed the book featured some personal touches.

She said: “I think you can find sweet little moments that we hid in there – of my favourite flower, even my husband’s mom’s favourite flower: forget-me-nots.

“We wanted to make sure those were included in there. There are many, many special details and love that went into this book.”

The former Suits actress, who has a newborn daughter, Lilibet, with

Harry, previously bought her husband a bench for Father’s Day, and admitted to being inspired to write poetry after watching the 36-year-old royal spend time with their son.

“As most of us do, you go, what am I going to get them as a gift? And I thought I just wanted something sentimental and a place for him to have as a bit of a home base with our son. I often find, and especially in this past year, I think so many of us realised how much happens in the quiet.

“It was definitely moments like that, watching them from out of the window and watching (Harry) just, you know, rock him (Archie) to sleep or carry him or, you know ... those lived experiences, from my observation, are the things that I infused in this poem.” |