Prince Harry Was Worried About Archie’s Hair Growth

Every new parent has concerns about their baby’s development, and Prince Harry is no different. Specifically, he was worried about baby Archie’s hair growth. However, Meghan Markle recently got some proof that he is right on track.

Milly Sutherland, 11, and her mom Angela, 50, got to chat with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a reception for winners of the Well Child Awards earlier this week. They revealed to Harper’s Bazaar that Meghan recently had Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor start socializing with other infants.

“I just took Archie for his first [playgroup] class,” the Duchess of Sussex reportedly told them. “It was a lot of fun. He loved it.”

Harry, however, was just glad that they got to take a look at other infants’ heads. The Duke of Sussex wondered if Archie should have a little more up top by now.

“Harry said he’d had no hair for five months, but Meghan told him she had taken him to the playgroup and she said there were other children there with the same amount of hair or even less," Angela added.

It’s clear that Archie takes after Harry when it comes to hair. “Meghan said he has [red hair] and Harry said he definitely is [a redhead]; you can see it in his eyebrows," Angela revealed.

If he takes after his father, Archie will have a few decades with his ginger locks before starting to lose it. Prince Harry and Prince William both developed bald spots in their adulthood.

Prince Harry’s bald patch has grown in recent years, and while stress can play a part, Dr. Asim Shahmalak from Manchester’s Crown Clinic told The Sun that genetics play a bigger part.

“A much more significant factor, though, is the strong baldness gene running through the whole Windsor family,” he told the outlet. “It started with Prince Philip and has now been passed down to Prince Charles and on to his sons Prince William and Prince Harry.”

Time will tell just how much Archie takes after his father in the hair department.