Prince Harry and Meghan Markle celebrated son Prince Archie‘s seventh birthday on May 6th. And the former Suits actress shared two never-before-seen pictures with her 4.2M Instagram followers to mark the special occasion!
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, captioned the two-image carousel: “7 years later…happy birthday to our sweet boy.” She finished the caption with a simple white heart emoji.
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Meghan Markle Shares Unseen Pictures Of Her Kids To Mark Prince Archie's 7th Birthday
The first picture was a never-before-seen image of Prince Harry lying on a bed, with baby Archie sleeping on him while covered with a white blanket. The second showed Prince Archie and younger sister Princess Lilibet standing in shallow water at the beach. The picture was taken from behind so their faces weren't visible, which was one of the things that angered fans on social media.
Other people on social media slammed Meghan for sharing pictures of their children despite her husband's reported pleas to keep them out of the public eye, which is something they have referenced on multiple occasions. "What an insult to her husband," one reader wrote on a previous Daily Mail article featuring pictures she had posted. "The Worldwide Privacy Tour continues," quipped a second, a a third asked: "Why make something so personal public when they are after privacy?"
Others mocked the fact that Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's faces were hidden again in Meghan's latest post. And other fans drew comparisons to Prince William and Kate Middleton's birthday post for their youngest child Prince Louis being taken at the beach, suggesting Meghan had once again copied them.
Internet Reactions
As always, the comments section of the With Love, Meghan star's post was turned off, but fans and critics alike still found plenty of other places online to sound off!
"Staged as ever," slammed one Reddit user. "I thought they wanted privacy?" asked a second, as a third jokingly asked, "On social media… surely not?" in reference to their previous pleas for privacy.
"Soon as I saw people say she had posted new pics of Archie, I was like, 'of the back of his head, I'm sure,'" joked a fourth, as a fifth echoed: "Oh look another photo of the back of their heads." "Happy birthday to the back of that child's head," said a sixth. "She would do better showing nothing at all," thought a seventh, as others drew comparisons between Prince Louis' beach pictures.
"Wasn't Louis' birthday video on the beach too? Always copying," slammed an eighth, as a ninth exclaimed: "Oh wait. A beach photo just like Prince Louis?" "Had to be at the beach as well," agreed a tenth, as an eleventh said: "Of course, the beach. She has to copy (one up) everything the Waleses post."
"I feel bad for Archie," wrote a twelfth. "That poor child. I do genuinely wish him a happy birthday," a thirteenth concurred, as a fourteenth added: "Poor, lonely looking kids, just wish they could get out, play with other kids, be with cousins, aunts and uncles, create some happy memories." "Poor kid having to be a pawn in her attention-seeking games," said a fifteenth.
