{"id":212097,"date":"2025-12-19T22:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/prince-harry-addresses-claims-he-referred-to-archie-as-his-little-african-child\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:29:26","slug":"prince-harry-addresses-claims-he-referred-to-archie-as-his-little-african-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/prince-harry-addresses-claims-he-referred-to-archie-as-his-little-african-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Addresses Claims He Referred to Archie as His &#8216;Little African Child&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with Katie Couric, journalist Tina Brown made a shocking allegation about Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Brown described a conversation between herself and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/jane-goodall-cause-of-death-conservationist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the late Jane Goodall<\/a> in which Goodall claimed that she once witnessed Harry refer to his son as \u201cmy little African child.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJane Goodall, before she died, I had a lunch with her, and she said that she went to see\u2026 she was one of the only people outside the family that went to see Archie when he was born,\u201d Brown said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R), and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose for a photo with their newborn baby son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London on May 8, 2019. \" class=\"wp-image-543698 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-2048x1517.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-960x711.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-1080x800.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-1200x889.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1142161983-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R), and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose for a photo with their newborn baby son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, in St George\u2019s Hall at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London on May 8, 2019. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (DOMINIC LIPINSKI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd Harry said, \u2018This is my little African child.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goodall explained that Harry did not intend to be racially insensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, the remark seemed to be his way of saying that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/meghan-markle-denied-archie-lilibet-their-birthright-her-dad-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intended to raise Archie<\/a> in a way that was less stuffy and formal than his own upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be my child who, you know \u2014 wild child, essentially. They were going to have this time together, living a life off the grid as it were,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she was absolutely stunned when he chose the life that he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex looks on during day six of the Invictus Games D\u00c3\u00bcsseldorf 2023 on September 15, 2023 in Duesseldorf, Germany. \" class=\"wp-image-543699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex looks on during day six of the Invictus Games D\u00c3\u00bcsseldorf 2023 on September 15, 2023 in Duesseldorf, Germany. \" class=\"wp-image-543699 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1682210741-3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex looks on during day six of the Invictus Games D\u00c3\u00bcsseldorf 2023 on September 15, 2023 in Duesseldorf, Germany. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Lukas Schulze\/Getty Images for Invictus Games D\u00fcsseldorf 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brown mentioned the incident as evidence of how far Harry has strayed from the life he intended to lead.<\/p>\n<p>But naturally, most media outlets latched on to a different angle, and Harry is now being accused of using wildly tone deaf and insensitive language to refer to his own child.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Harry were quick to issue a statement denying that he ever made such a comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Duke of Sussex has never said anything remotely resembling what is being claimed,\u201d the statement read (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-harry-slams-claim-called-prince-archie-my-little-african-child-11872706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTina Brown knows exactly what she\u2019s doing by inventing these words and attributing them to a highly respected woman who is deceased and unable to correct the record.\u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the Project Healthy Minds 3rd Annual Gala at Spring Studios on October 09, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-543700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-960x1200.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291.jpg 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the Project Healthy Minds 3rd Annual Gala at Spring Studios on October 09, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-543700 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291-960x1200.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291.jpg 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240181291.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the Project Healthy Minds 3rd Annual Gala at Spring Studios on October 09, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brown responded by admitting that she may have misquoted Harry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Katie Couric\u2019s podcast yesterday, I recounted what Jane Goodall said to me in June of this year about Prince Harry,\u201d she said in a statement issued to People.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe remembered affectionately Harry saying when Archie was born, \u2018I want you to come and meet my African Child,&#8217;\u201d Brown continued, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe actually said, \u2018Africa child,\u2019 but I was speaking too quickly. Aside from that inadvertent mistake, everything else in Ms. Goodall\u2019s conversation with me, I rendered accurately.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sure Harry appreciates the clarification. But he probably would have preferred for Brown to just keep that whole anecdote to herself.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/prince-harry-addresses-claims-he-referred-to-archie-as-his-little-african-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes During a recent interview with Katie Couric, journalist Tina Brown made a shocking allegation about Prince Harry. Brown described a conversation between herself and the late Jane Goodall in which Goodall claimed that she once witnessed Harry refer to his son as \u201cmy little African child.\u201d \u201cJane Goodall, before she died, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}