Royalty, yes, but also parents

MOST mothers of a two-and-a-half-day-old baby are barely able to get their slippers on, let alone shoe-horn their swollen feet into a pair of 13cm nude stilettos, or cantilever a bruised body into a pair of Spanx.

But the Duchess of Sussex is no ordinary woman.

And so it was that with not a hint of supportstocking in sight, she introduced Archie Harrison Mountbatten-windsor.

Meghan is a big fan of wearing white for significant occasions. She wore it when the couple announced their engagement and yesterday was no exception.

Her sleeveless tuxedo dress was, like the rest of her, immaculate. At least she didn’t have to worry about negotiating those vertiginous heels at the same time as carrying her precious little bundle of joy.

Harry, proud father, took care of that, holding his son in the crook of his right arm like a priceless Ming vase.

Like any new dad, he looked a little nervous to be entrusted with such an important and complex task, but Meghan’s constant touch, guiding him to their place in front of the cameras and leading him from the room afterwards, was no doubt a great source of reassurance.

If the setting for the photo-call, majestic St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle, felt a tad stuffy, with its crimson carpet, wood panelling and marble busts, the duke and duchess presented a thoroughly relaxed and modern tableau of new parenthood.

We didn’t get to see much of the newborn himself, just enough to denote a faint blue shadow on his upper lip – a sign of the bane of every new mother’s life, wind.

Radiant as she was, Meghan did seem a little impatient to get away from the cameras. | Daily Mail