{"id":357572,"date":"2025-12-19T04:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357572\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T04:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:49:14","slug":"prince-harry-refutes-claims-he-referred-to-prince-archie-as-his-little-african-child-to-jane-goodall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357572\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry refutes claims he referred to Prince Archie as his ‘little African child’ to Jane Goodall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry<\/a> has strongly denied claims<\/a> he referred to his son Prince Archie<\/a> as his “little African child.”<\/p>\n

The claim was made by journalist Tina Brown during an interview on fellow journalist Katie Couric’s YouTube show Next Question with Katie Couric.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex’s alleged remark came up in a conversation between Brown and the late primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall,<\/a> who she claims noted the odd comment.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Prince Harry has denied claims he referred to Prince Archie as “his little African child.” (AP)<\/p>\n

“Jane Goodall, before she died, I had a lunch with her,” Brown said to Couric.<\/p>\n

“She was one of the only people outside the family that went to see Archie when he was born.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Brown went on to claim “Harry said, ‘This is my little African child.'”<\/p>\n

The journalist said Harry continued, saying, “‘It’s going to be my child who, you know, wild child, essentially.'”<\/p>\n

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\"Meghan,The alleged comment came up in a conversation between Tina Brown and Dr. Jane Goodall, Brown claimed. (Instagram\/meghan)<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the royal refuted the claim in a statement to People<\/a>, saying that “the Duke of Sussex has never said anything remotely resembling what is being claimed.”<\/p>\n

The spokesperson claimed Brown was “inventing these words and attributing them to a highly respected woman who is deceased and unable to correct the record.”<\/p>\n

The allegations were discussed amid wider conversation in Brown’s interview about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepping back from royal roles in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n

Brown said, “I’m told that the Queen always thought that Harry would go off and want to be out of the royal family.”<\/p>\n

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“They all expected him to kind of go to Africa and become a person who focused on conservation of animals<\/a> in Africa and live a kind of off-the-grid life, is what they all thought.”<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and Goodall met in December 2018 when he invited her to Kensington Palace to discuss their shared passion for environmental conservation.<\/p>\n

He and Meghan released a statement following Goodall’s death in October, referring to the late conservationist as a “visionary humanitarian, scientist, friend to the planet, and friend to us.<\/a>“<\/p>\n

\"JaneGoodall was a renowned primatologist and conservationist. (Apic\/Getty)She and Harry first met in 2018, when she was invited to Kensington Palace. (Chris Allerton\/British Vogue)<\/p>\n

“She held our son, Archie, when he was first born, and showered love and care to those who were privileged to know her,” the statement continued.<\/p>\n

“She will be deeply missed.”<\/p>\n

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