Harry and Meghan are preparing to welcome a brother or sister for their young son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. The news comes after the duchess suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage in the summer of 2020, and just days after she won a privacy case against Associated Newspapers Limited. A spokesperson for Meghan and Harry said: “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”

The couple shared a black and white picture of themselves, sat under a tree, with Harry resting his hand on Meghan’s head as she lay in his lap cradling her bump.

The couple quit their roles as senior working royals in March 2020 in a quest for personal and financial freedom.

They now live in an £11 million house in Montecito in California.

Misan Harriman, a friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the photographer who took the photo that accompanied their pregnancy announcement, tweeted: “Meg, I was there at your wedding to witness this love story begin, and my friend, I am honoured to capture it grow.

“Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on this joyous news!”

The Duchess was previously praised for her honesty in The New York Times, where she said her heart was “shattered” by the loss, but she wanted to help break down the stigma of talking about miscarriage.

She also described how she was looking after Archie one morning in July when she felt “a sharp cramp”.

She wrote: ‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.

“Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand.”

Meghan also made her first public appearance since announcing she she had suffered a miscarriage in July.

Speaking on a video message for CNN Heroes TV special, she celebrated the “quiet heroes” who supported those facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She did not mention her miscarriage in the video, but said this year had been “a year that has been universally challenging for everyone”.

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