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Meghan Markle Confirms Prince Archie Is a Budding Redhead

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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The world has been wondering what Prince Archie would look like since before he was born — no exaggeration. Now that he's five months old, folks are finally starting to get answers. Case in point: Meghan Markle just revealed that Archie is following in his father's footsteps as a redhead.

The long-awaited news was announced at the WellChild Awards in London on Tuesday, October 15, while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chatted with attendee Angela Sunderland, 50, and her daughter Milly, 11. The mother-daughter duo allegedly asked the royal couple specifically about Archie's hair color during their conversation, to which they happily confirmed that he is indeed a budding redhead.

"Meghan said he has [red hair] and Harry said he definitely has, and you can see it in his eyebrows," Sunderland told the press. "Harry said he’d had no hair for five months, but Meghan told him she had taken [Archie] to the playgroup and she said there were other children there with the same amount of hair or even less."

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While it's still not possible to tell just how red Archie's hair will be, it is already apparent in certain photos — especially when you see him next to Prince Harry and can compare their hues. As for whether he'll end up looking like Markle, right now it's safe to say that the little prince is definitely taking after his pops.


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