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Press Association 2021
Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their son Archie during a meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Toby Melville/PA)
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will celebrate the second birthday of their son, who helped inspire his mother’s new picture book.
Archie turns two on Thursday and has spent much of his life living in north America with his parents, Harry and Meghan.
The duchess has revealed her son and husband and their special bond was the inspiration behind her first children’s publication, The Bench.
The little boy has only been seen rarely during the past 12 months, but did feature in a black and white video clip released in March, showing him walking along a beach watched by his parents and the family’s pet dog, Guy.