Princes Lilibet is growing up, and the 4-year-old has never looked more like her mama, Meghan Markle! The As Ever founder shared a rare new video of her daughter, who she shares with husband Prince Harry, and one detail makes her look like her mom’s mini-me.
The Duchess of Sussex posted a video on her Instagram story yesterday from the Montecito home she shares with her husband and their kids, Lilibet and Prince Archie, 6. In the clip, Markle wrote, “Morning surprise from my husband,” per Hello! The surprise in question? A huge, black-and-white framed photo of the family’s late dog Guy, who died in 2024.
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Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussexand Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrive at the 2023 Invictus Games in Duesseldorf, western Germany on September 13, 2023. The Invictus Games, an international sports competition for wounded soldiers founded by British royal Prince Harry in 2014 run from September 9 to 16, 2023 in Duesseldorf. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Princess Lilibet dances around in pink pajamas in the video, clearly just as excited about the gift as her mom. She even leans forward to kiss the picture of the beagle, making our hearts melt! The one part that stuck out for us: how dark Lilibet’s long hair is getting! The redhead’s wavy mane appeared to be darkening just like her mom’s dark waves. It could just be the lighting from the video, but it was shocking see how similar Lilibet looks to her mom now. (See screenshots from Hello!)
Back in January, Markle shared the heartbreaking news that their family dog died. “In Memory of Guy,” she wrote on a video on Instagram. “In 2015, I adopted a beagle from a dog rescue in Canada. He had been at a kill shelter in Kentucky and given a few days to live. I swooped him up….and fell in love.”
She added in her lengthy note, “He was with me at Suits, when I got engaged, (and then married), when I became a mom….he was with me for everything: the quiet, the chaos, the calm, the comfort.” (Are you crying yet?!)
Guy, who appears in Markle’s series With Love, Meghan, was also beloved by Prince Harry and the kids. The video includes clips of Archie walking the family pet and with Lilibet playing with the dogs.
The Sussexes also have a rescue beagle named Mamma Mia, a rescue lab named Pula, and several chickens in a coop, but the kids are hoping to get a cat one day.
In a new episode of With Love that premiered on Netflix this week, Markle candidly shared, per Hello!, “My kids really want a cat. Really want a cat.”
Pets are a big responsibility, but seeing how tender-hearted Archie and Lilibet are and how loving of their pets, we bet they would be great cat owners.
Before you go, check out all the times Meghan Markle has gotten candid about the joys and challenges of being a mom.