Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have announced that they are expecting their second child, meaning that their 1 year-old son Archie is about to become a big brother.

“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,” a spokesperson for Meghan and Harry told People Magazine.

Meghan and Harry have reportedly been “over the moon” ever since they welcomed Archie in May of 2019.

“It’s magic. It’s pretty amazing. I have the best two guys in the world, so I’m really happy,” Meghan said just after Archie’s birth. “He’s just been a dream.”

“It’s been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine,” Harry added. “[We look forward to spending] precious times with him as he slowly, slowly starts to grow up.”

This comes months after Meghan revealed in an op-ed for The New York Times that she had tragically suffered a miscarriage last summer.

“It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: Make breakfast. Feed the dogs. Take vitamins. Find that missing sock. Pick up the rogue crayon that rolled under the table. Throw my hair in a ponytail before getting my son from his crib,” she wrote. “After changing his diaper, I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right. 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. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears,” Meghan added. “Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal.”

She went on to say that she watched Harry’s “heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine.”

Meghan explained that she felt that she needed to speak out about her experience after she learned how common miscarriages are.

“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few. In the pain of our loss, my husband and I discovered that in a room of 100 women, 10 to 20 of them will have suffered from miscarriage,” she wrote. “Yet despite the staggering commonality of this pain, the conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame, and perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning.”

“Some have bravely shared their stories; they have opened the door, knowing that when one person speaks truth, it gives license for all of us to do the same,” Meghan continued. “We have learned that when people ask how any of us are doing, and when they really listen to the answer, with an open heart and mind, the load of grief often becomes lighter — for all of us. In being invited to share our pain, together we take the first steps toward healing.”

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