Meghan Markle’s Mother’s Day tribute to Archie honoured Princess Diana

For her very first Mother’s Day as a mum, Meghan Markle posted a message to Instagram paying tribute to her husband’s late mother, Princess Diana, and all the other mothers in the world.

The duchess became a mum just one week ago on Monday May 6 at 5.26am when she and husband, Prince Harry, welcomed their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, yet it seems as though she’s an experienced hand at navigating the world of parenthood already.

Markle’s Instagram post struck the perfect tone as well as paying respectful, but subtle tribute to Prince Harry’s beloved mum, who she will never meet, yet always manages to include in her and Prince Harry’s lives.

Taking to the couple’s official Instagram account, @sussexroyal, Markle posted an adorable image of Archie’s feet cradled in her hand, against a backdrop of forget-me-not flowers. The Duchess of Sussex captioned the post: “Paying tribute to all mothers today—past, present, mothers-to-be, and those lost but forever remembered. We honour and celebrate each and every one of you. Today is Mother’s Day in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya, Japan, and several countries across Europe.”

The post further noted that this Mother’s Day is the Duchess of Sussex’s first.

While the reference to mothers who have been “lost but forever remembered” is a very clear nod to her husband’s mum, who passed away after a tragic car accident on August 31, 1997, the choice of forget-me-not blooms in the background is also a tribute to Princess Diana. The flowers were the princess’s favourite, a fact Markle knows and has referenced before.

When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wed with great ceremony and pomp at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on May 19, 2018, Markle’s wedding bouquet included forget-me-not flowers. Prince Harry famously hand-picked the flowers from a private garden of Kensington Palace for Markle’s bouquet, notably including Princess Diana’s favourite flowers in the bouquet.

The forget-me-nots were just one of the touching ways the couple paid tribute to Princess Diana during their wedding; among other nods, when Markle changed into her second wedding dress—a bespoke Stella McCartney gown—for the wedding reception at Frogmore House, she changed her jewellery, wearing aquamarine cocktail ring that once belonged to Princess Diana.

With this new wonderful chapter in Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s lives, it looks as though Princess Diana will continue to be remembered and included at every important stage.

This article originally appeared at Vogue.com.au

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