Meghan says children’s book is ‘love story’
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed her son Archie loves the book she wrote which she said is about having a "deep connection" with someone in "good times or bad".
Meghan has released a children's book called The Bench inspired by the relationship between Harry and Archie, and has described it as "a love story".
The book, dedicated to "the man and the boy who make my heart go pumppump", includes a nod to daughter Lilibet "Lili" Diana who was born earlier this month, and also a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, in the form of her favourite flower.
Meghan has already said The Bench started as a poem she wrote for Harry on Father's Day, the month after Archie was born, in 2019.
In an interview on NPR Weekend radio, recorded before the birth of Lili and broadcast on Sunday, Meghan spoke about the bench she bought Harry as a gift for his first Father's Day.
"I thought I just wanted something sentimental and a place for him to have as a bit of a home base with our son," she said. Meghan added: "I often find, and especially in this past year, I think so many of us realise how much happens in the quiet.
"In the story I'm observing this love between my husband and our son, and imagining what it will be as they have more shared moments as our son gets older, so from scraping a knee to having a heart broken, whatever it is, that they always reset at this bench and have this moment to bond."
The publication went on sale on June 8.