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Meghan and Harry share snaps of their European summer holiday as pro-Sussex People magazine reveals they stayed at Princess Diana’s childhood home with Archie and Lilibet
The article reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared photographs from a European family holiday, including a visit to Althorp, Princess Diana’s childhood home and burial site. It says the visit allowed their children, Archie and Lilibet, to see a place closely associated with their late grandmother, while also highlighting the family’s reported travel and security arrangements during Harry’s UK visit.
According to the article, the family stayed at Althorp as guests of Harry’s uncle, Earl Spencer, and laid flowers at Diana’s grave with Archie and Lilibet. The photographs also showed time in Portugal, including beaches, a pool and a fish restaurant; Harry reportedly travelled to Britain alone initially after plans for the family to stay at Buckingham Palace were withdrawn. Archie is seven and Lilibet is five, while Diana died in Paris in 1997, when Harry was 12.
In short
- Sussexes reportedly visited Diana’s childhood home with their children.
- Photos also showed a family holiday in Portugal.
- Harry’s UK trip was reportedly affected by accommodation and security concerns.
Explained simply
Princess Diana, Prince Harry's late mother, died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when Harry was aged 12. Althorp, a stately home in Northamptonshire, was her childhood home and the location of her grave.
Harry and Meghan have two children: Archie, now seven, and Lilibet, now five. Neither child knew Diana, yet the family connection to her remains significant.
Harry's uncle, Earl Spencer, owns and maintains Althorp as a private family home. During their recent European summer holiday, the family visited the estate, allowing Archie and Lilibet to see a place closely associated with their late grandmother.