MEGHAN Markle is known for keeping details about her children’s lives pretty private.
But the Duchess of Sussex, 43, has opened up about who son Archie, five, and daughter Lilibet, three, call ‘uncle.’
Meghan has revealed which of her pals is called ‘uncle’ by Archie and Lilibet[/caption]
Daniel Martin is a longtime friend of Meghan Markle[/caption]
Her new Netflix show, titled With Love, Meghan, gives viewers a look inside her home and family life, alongside some of her famous pals.
The first episode of the show included Meghan’s friend and makeup artist Daniel Martin, and it turns out he also shares a close bond with Archie and Lilibet.
“He has just been in my life for the before, during, and after, shall we say, and he’s very much a mainstay,” Meghan said in the episode.
She continued: “Uncle Daniel, the kids call him.
“They know Daniel very well, and I love him to pieces.”
During the episode, the pair dote over their close relationship, but Meghan notably was shocked to discover Daniel is left-handed.
There were other curious cues their friendship might not be as close as they want viewers to believe too, like the fact Meghan had to ask if he liked tomatoes.
She also labelled the peanut butter pretzel snack she made for him as she wasn’t sure if he was allergic.
Notably, Harry and Meghan’s children also have an uncle in Prince William, but the two families have had a strained relationship over the past few years.
Their bond only worsened after the Sussexes made a number of accusations against the Royal Family in their Netflix docuseries.
And it is thought the brothers’ frosty relationship was made worse after the publication of Spare, in which Harry suggested Kate was cold towards Meghan.
During the episode, Meghan and Daniel were all smiles as they whipped up some tasty dishes together, including a pasta dish and a sumptuous cake topped with raspberries.
As well as dishing up grub, the duo also got crafty and make beeswax candles, using the wax from Meghan’s own hive.
But the makeup artist wasn’t the only one of Meghan’s close pals to make an appearance on the show – actress Mindy Kaling also starred in one episode and caused a stir when she didn’t use Meghan’s married name.
“It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I’m Sussex now,” Meghan said to Mindy after the US Office star referred to her as ‘Meghan Markle‘.
The California-based pair have also attracted criticism for only visiting Sussex once when they held several engagements seven years ago.
But speaking to People magazine in the US, Meghan now claims the title is important to her.
she said: “It’s our shared name as a family, and I guess I hadn’t recognised how meaningful that would be to me until we had children.
“I love that that is something that Archie, Lili, H and I all have together. It means a lot to me.”
The Sussex name, she adds, “is part of our love story”.
Meghan and Harry are also the Earl and Countess of Dumbarton but rarely use the title and are not expected to pass it onto Archie.
They are banned as part of the Megxit agreement from using their “Sussex Royal” brand although the website remains.
And last year they set up ‘The Office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’ with Meghan’s coat of arms.
Archie and Lilibet apparently call Meghan’s friend ‘uncle’[/caption]
Prince William and Harry’s relationship has been strained over recent years[/caption]
A timeline of Prince Harry’s family feud
The first hints of friction reportedly came after William was introduced to Meghan when she was staying at Kensington Palace.
Once she’d returned home to Canada, William and Harry sat down for a brother-to-brother chat.
He knew Harry was already head-over-heels for her but it has been claimed he advised him to take it slowly.
The younger prince reportedly didn’t take too kindly to the advice, with one royal source saying he “went mental”.
Then in June 2019 Harry and Meghan officially split off from the charity they shared with William and Kate.
The Royal Foundation will be divided between the Sussexes and Cambridges as the couples focus on their own separate charitable endeavours.
Prince William and Prince Harry first established the Royal Foundation in 2009 before Kate joined two years later shortly after their engagement was announced.
The trio would often appear together at events and the Foundation had huge successes with projects like the Invictus Games for injured veterans and the mental health Heads Together campaign.
The Royal Foundation said the decision was made following the conclusion of a review into its structure – but added both couples will continue to work together in the future.
Harry and Meg were living in close proximity to Kate and Wills within the Kensington Palace estate, but they switched to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor before baby Archie was born.
The move further increased rumours of a fallout.
Harry also hinted in his ITV documentary “Harry and Meghan, An African Journey” that he and his brother had grown apart.
In 2021, Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey where Harry accused his dad of cutting him off financially.
Harry then jetted back to UK to join William in unveiling a statue to their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace. But sources claimed William didn’t want to attend the memorial amid their ongoing rift.
In 2022, just before their grandmother the Queen died, sources claimed Kate acts as a “peacemaker” between the brothers.
Harry claimed his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan, in his memoir.
In Spare, Harry said William branded Meghan “rude” and “difficult” during a row.
Harry alleged William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.
He said he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.
In January this year, Harry flew in to be with Charles after the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis.
Harry flew back to the US the following day – without seeing Wills.
In May he visited the UK for a three-day visit without seeing King Charles or Prince William.
