For over a year, the world has been captivated by the ongoing saga of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Their story, which initially seemed like a fairy tale, involved stepping back from royal life and starting a new chapter in California.
The couple expressed a desire for privacy, particularly for their young family, as they distanced themselves from royal duties. However, People magazine now claims to reveal a shocking twist—that Harry and Meghan's entire story about having children was fabricated, and they never had any children at all.
To understand how we got here, let's revisit the timeline. In 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in a spectacular ceremony that was broadcast to millions around the world. Shortly afterward, in 2019, they announced that Meghan was pregnant with their first child. In May of that year, baby Archie was born, and photos of the happy couple with their newborn appeared in countless newspapers and magazines. Fast forward to 2021, when Meghan and Harry again made headlines during their highly publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey, where they revealed they were expecting their second child, a daughter. Photographs of Meghan with a noticeable baby bump circulated widely, further fueling the public’s interest.
However, something curious began to unfold. Despite Meghan's second pregnancy being widely reported, no official confirmation of their daughter’s birth was ever made public, and no photos of their supposed daughter, Lilibet, were released. While many fans commended the couple for choosing to keep their children out of the spotlight for privacy reasons, some skeptics started to question their intentions. After all, why would two people so insistent on privacy agree to a highly publicized interview?
People magazine now alleges that the entire narrative was a carefully orchestrated hoax. According to their inside sources, Archie and Lilibet never existed. These sources claim that Harry and Meghan used prosthetic baby bumps during public appearances and even hired child actors to pose as their children in staged photographs. The magazine suggests that the couple’s real motive was to craft a public image of being down-to-earth parents who had turned away from the trappings of fame. This, the magazine argues, helped them build a brand in the United States.
The allegations are certainly sensational. The magazine asserts that in all the public photos of Meghan holding baby Archie, the child's face is always obscured or turned away from the camera, and there are no clear images of him. Likewise, no photos of Lilibet have ever been released to the public, not even the customary birth announcement photo that is typical for royal babies. These gaps in the public record have led some to question why, if the couple is so determined to maintain privacy, they have continued to give high-profile interviews without ever sharing images of their children. According to People's sources, the answer is simple: the children were never real.
But the story takes an even stranger turn. The magazine’s anonymous insiders claim that now, two years into this elaborate deception, Harry and Meghan are planning to quietly "disappear" their fictitious children. Allegedly, they have orchestrated a plan to phase the children out of public awareness by staging a disappearance around Halloween. This would conveniently explain the children's sudden absence and allow the couple to travel more freely without being questioned about their whereabouts. According to these sources, future public appearances by Harry and Meghan will feature the couple looking carefree, without the need for strollers or car seats, slowly erasing the children from their narrative.
While these claims may seem far-fetched, People insists they have mounting evidence. They point out that in video calls where the couple has supposedly appeared with their children, some skeptics believe the "babies" shown were simply lifelike dolls, further fueling speculation. The sources even suggest that the couple has used these props to maintain the illusion of parenthood in carefully staged videos and interviews.
Of course, these allegations, if true, would be explosive, but thus far, there is no concrete proof. Harry and Meghan have not responded to the accusations, and the magazine’s sources remain anonymous. However, the claims have generated a great deal of intrigue, with conspiracy theories swirling around the couple’s every move. The question on everyone’s mind now is whether Harry and Meghan really faked not one but two children without the public catching on—a scenario that seems almost too bizarre to believe but not entirely unheard of in the realm of celebrity and Hollywood.
As Halloween approaches, all eyes will be on the couple to see if they follow the pattern laid out by the anonymous sources. Will they start appearing more frequently without their children, as predicted? Will they take steps to distance themselves from the family narrative they’ve built? Fans and critics alike will be watching closely for any signs that the story could be true. Whether these allegations are ultimately proven or not, one thing is clear: People magazine has stirred up a massive controversy with this exposé, and if Harry and Meghan want to refute these claims, they will need to do so convincingly to quell the growing storm of speculation.
