Hours after the world saw its first glimpse of Meghan and Harry's new son, the newborn's name was revealed on their official Instagram account as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. While there are no rules for choosing names, the British royal family likes to honor those who came before them. Bookmakers had Arthur and Edward, as well as Philip (a nod to Harry's grandfather), among their top choices for a newborn son. "Instead of a traditional royal name, they chose a name they loved," said CNN's royal correspondent Max Foster. Archie Harrison may not have any precedent in the royal family, apart from Archibald Douglas , the 6th Earl of Angus who was Scotland's King James V's stepfather until Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of England's Henry VIII, divorced him in the 16th century.

Source: CNN May 08, 2019 17:48 UTC