Meghan shares unseen photos of her children to mark wedding anniversary

The Duchess of Sussex has shared previously unseen images of her children as she marked her seventh wedding anniversary on Instagram.

Meghan, 43, posted a message on social media thanking those “who have loved and supported us throughout our love story”.

The post featured a noticeboard displaying an array of snapshots of Meghan with the Duke of Sussex from their private family album, including several of Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 3.

“Seven years of marriage. A lifetime of stories,” the duchess wrote.

“Thanks to all of you (whether by our side, or from afar) who have loved and supported us throughout our love story – we appreciate you. Happy anniversary!”

The mood board, titled “Our love story”, includes a photograph of Archie clutching his younger sister’s arms as he tenderly kisses her head in front of a Christmas tree. Another shows Harry and Meghan painting with their children in the garden and another depicts the foursome on a beach.

The post, said by a source to “capture a celebratory moment”, featured an array of highlights from each year Harry and Meghan have been together.

The earliest images were taken during private holidays, among them trips to London and Botswana, in 2016, before their relationship was publicly known, and previously unreleased images from their official engagement shoot in 2017.

A previously unseen photograph taken on the day Harry proposed to Meghan is also included, as is a picture of their trip to Norway to see the Northern Lights early in 2017.

Photographs from 2018 include a wedding portrait by Alexi Lubomirski and a sketch of the duchess’ coat of arms for their joint coat of arms.

Meghan also wrote out the lyrics to Stand by Me by Ben E King, which was played at their wedding.

An image from the couple’s 2019 Australia tour, when they announced Meghan was pregnant with Archie, includes a hongi between the couple in New Zealand, a sonogram, a pregnancy portrait and an intimate image of Harry with Prince Archie, taken within an hour of his birth, were chosen to capture 2019.

Meghan also posted before and after shots of one of their final official engagements, the Mountbatten Festival of Music at the Royal Albert Hall on March 8, 2020.

The couple posed in casual clothes before dressing up for the concert.

Since moving to the US, Harry and Meghan have fiercely guarded their children’s privacy. But the duchess has increasingly posted photographs of them on her Instagram feed, often with their faces obscured.

- Republished via the NZ Herald with permission.