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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 23
Harry and Meghan Withhold Archie, Lilibet School Photos as Children Start U.K. Classes in September
Updated
Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 23

Harry and Meghan Withhold Archie, Lilibet School Photos as Children Start U.K. Classes in September

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 23

Summary

  • Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, will begin school in Britain in September, but Harry and Meghan do not plan to release first-day photos or birthday portraits.
  • The couple is also withholding their children's school and the location of their new U.K. home, with British media reportedly reminded not to publish either detail.
  • Meghan tied that stance to school privacy concerns she voiced in 2022, when she said U.K. drop-offs could become a "press pen of 40 people snapping pictures."
  • William and Kate use a more managed public approach, recently releasing a portrait and an 18-second video for Prince George's 13th birthday.
  • Harry and Meghan still share family images selectively on their own terms, including an 11-photo July post showing Archie in a cockpit and Harry tossing Lilibet into a pool.

Insights

Will the Sussexes’ strict media blackout protect their children, or will it trigger an unprecedented paparazzi hunt at British school gates?
How did Harry and Meghan secretly resolve their major UK security hurdle before bringing their children back across the pond?
With their sudden return to British soil, could this highly guarded school move become the ultimate catalyst for a royal reconciliation?