Former Royal Press Secretary Says "There Isn't An Excuse For Not Bringing" Son Archie To The UK With Meghan And Harry

Mar 05, 2020 by apost team

A former press secretary for the Queen criticized Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for not bringing their baby Archie to the UK with him. Dickie Arbiter, an ex-palace press secretary accused the couple of being inconsiderate and referenced Prince Philip's old age for the reasoning behind his statement. 

On Nine News Australia, former palace insider Dickie Arbiter said that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry choosing not to bring baby Archie to the UK for the final royal engagements would be "inconsiderate." The criticism from Arbiter is based upon the couple's new move from the UK to Canada as well as the Queen's upcoming 94th birthday in April and Prince Philip's 99th in June.

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In the event that Harry and Meghan would not bring baby Archie to the UK Arbiter said: 

"it's inconsiderate... and the Queen is going to be 94 in April, she's not going to be with us much longer. Prince Philip is going to be 99 in June, he's not going to be here much longer. You've got to be practical, he was in hospital at Christmas, he looked pretty frail when he came out, and he's up at Sandringham, nobody's seen him, and he is frail. People do get frail at that age and it would be a great pity if Archie wasn't brought over so that his great-grandparents could see him."

Arbiter continued the banter between him and the other news anchors as he said:

"I'm sorry, there isn't an excuse for not bringing him. After all, he's got to meet his family, his family are not going to get a chance to see him for quite some time, because Harry and Meghan are going to be in Canada or the United States."

Arbiter further commented on how speculations should still be taken into consideration and said:

"There's always the excuse, 'well he's too young to fly;' babies fly all the time, they flew Archie down to Southern Africa in October for that visit, so it wasn't too far to take him there, so I believe that they should bring him."

Since the announcement that they will step down as senior members of the Royal Family in January, Meghan and Harry have been doing a number of last public events before their status change. Dickie criticized the couple while claiming that Meghan is "certainly taking the lead in everything" and Harry is "following along."

Meghan will be joining Harry tonight at the Endeavor Fund Awards which recognizes sick, wounded, injured military personnel or veterans who have used sport and other adventurous ways to facilitate their rehabilitation. 

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