{"id":631951,"date":"2026-09-22T00:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/631951\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:56:11","slug":"prince-harry-reveals-how-he-handled-archie-and-lilibets-monday-morning-blues-following-u-k-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/631951\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Reveals How He Handled Archie and Lilibet\u2019s \u2018Monday Morning Blues\u2019 Following U.K. Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> turned a &#8220;tricky&#8221; morning with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Archie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/tag\/prince-archie\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Archie<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Lilibet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/tag\/princess-lilibet\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Lilibet<\/a> into an opportunity to teach his children about his charity work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry, 42, revealed that Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, were dealing with the &#8220;Monday morning blues&#8221; before school according to a report <a data-ylk=\"slk:HELLO!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/924611\/prince-harry-reveals-tricky-morning-prince-archie-princess-lilibet-inspired-important-conversation-wellchild-exclusive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HELLO!<\/a> published on Monday, September 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;At breakfast this morning, they had a bit of Monday morning blues,&#8221; Harry said, per the report. &#8220;There&#8217;s always something like Sunday night blues or boarding school\u2026 when you&#8217;ve been away, or before you go to school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Duke of Sussex decided to change the subject by explaining what he would be doing at the WellChild Awards later that day. &#8220;But at breakfast this morning, I decided, &#8216;You know what? You&#8217;re being a little bit tricky, so I&#8217;m going to tell you exactly what I&#8217;m doing tonight.&#8217; And they were genuinely fascinated and asking all sorts of questions,&#8221; he said, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;span class=&quot;wp-desc-text&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Netflix (2)&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_examiner_239\/5d4e46c106c90d7ba4699bd7dd6cf006.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry added that he and wife <a data-ylk=\"slk:Meghan Markle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/tag\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> want their two children to understand the importance of their work. &#8220;So, like with all of my work and their mum&#8217;s work as well, whatever we can do to try to instill some of that awareness, I think is absolutely crucial,&#8221; he said, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry and Meghan, 45, recently <a data-ylk=\"slk:returned to the U.K.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/why-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-return-to-the-u-k-after-6-years-is-an-admission-of-failure\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">returned to the U.K.<\/a> with Archie and Lilibet after living in California. The <a data-ylk=\"slk:family has been back in Britain;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/prince-harry-is-full-of-swagger-ahead-of-u-k-return-its-really-aggravating-for-prince-william\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">family has been back in Britain<\/a> since the end of August, and Harry said they <a data-ylk=\"slk:have been settling into their new life;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/prince-harrys-u-k-move-driven-by-finances-money-and-inheritance-are-part-of-the-calculation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">have been settling into their new life<\/a> with country walks and some classic British foods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the report, Harry said beans on toast &#8220;hadn&#8217;t gone down very well&#8221; when his children tried it in California several years ago, but they have become fans of another British staple since the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Is that a British thing? Because it&#8217;s always been in my life, and now the kids are eating Marmite on crumpets, which is big for me,&#8221; he said, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;span class=&quot;wp-desc-text&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Francis Dias\/Newspix International \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1166\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_examiner_239\/b0e1e66aa5afdd6572d85d610a3a4f86.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Francis Dias\/Newspix International \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry, who has served as a patron of WellChild since 2007, also reflected on how fatherhood has changed his perspective when meeting seriously ill children and their families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Once you become a parent, it does change everything,&#8221; he said, per HELLO!. &#8220;It&#8217;s not the fact that for all the years that I wasn&#8217;t a parent that meeting the kids didn&#8217;t matter as much, but you suddenly realise how grateful you are to have kids that aren&#8217;t sick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those encounters have also helped the royal put everyday frustrations into perspective. &#8220;Of course, it&#8217;s all relative, but the inspiration that I get from these guys \u2013 not just the kids, but the parents themselves \u2013 it fills me up for a whole year,&#8221; Harry said, per the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry Reveals How He Handled Archie and Lilibet&#039;s &#039;Monday Morning Blues&#039; Following U.K. Move;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/prince-harry-reveals-how-he-handled-archie-and-lilibets-monday-morning-blues-following-u-k-move\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry Reveals How He Handled Archie and Lilibet&#8217;s &#8216;Monday Morning Blues&#8217; Following U.K. Move<\/a> first appeared on <a data-ylk=\"slk:National Examiner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">National Examiner<\/a>. 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