--- title: See Meghan Markle's Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate description: The birth certificate revealed the previously secret location where Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave birth to Archie. canonical: https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-17T16:43:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:06.739Z og:title: Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate is Revealed og:description: The certificate confirms the previously-secret location where Meghan Markle gave birth og:url: https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f74c5f71b5ece57/69894a0cb3fce308840c3a0d/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate-1.jpg?branch=production&width=802&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 802 og:image:height: 451 og:image:alt: The Duke & Duchess Of Sussex Pose With Their Newborn Son og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate is Revealed twitter:description: The certificate confirms the previously-secret location where Meghan Markle gave birth twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f74c5f71b5ece57/69894a0cb3fce308840c3a0d/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate-1.jpg?branch=production&width=802&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate Is Released > Sponsored content. 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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose with their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor during a photocall in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle on May 8, 2019 in Windsor, England. WPA Pool—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 17, 2019 4:43 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/person-of-the-year-2018-meghan-markle-runner-up/) and [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5583876/prince-harry-royal-baby-comments/) decided to buck royal tradition for the birth of their son, [Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor](http://time.com/5585773/royal-baby-archie-harrison-name-meaning/). While most members of the [British royal family](http://time.com/5238004/royal-family-tree/), including Princess Anne, Princess Diana, and [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/5577305/prince-harry-and-kate-middleton-anzac-day/), the Duchess of Cambridge, chose to give birth at the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, Markle opted for a different maternity ward. For the sake of privacy, though, exactly which [one she chose was a secret](http://time.com/5566675/meghan-markle-frimley-hospital/) — until now. After weeks of speculation, the [birthplace of the newest royal baby](http://time.com/5559841/royal-baby-birth-plan-history/) has been confirmed with the reveal of Archie’s birth certificate. Under British law, all births must be registered within six weeks. Once done so, birth certificates become public records.  The birth certificate of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who was born at the Portland Hospital in London. Jonathan Brady - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images While it was initially believed that Archie was born on May 6th at [their home Frogmore Cottage](http://time.com/5590470/prince-harry-invasive-photos-damages-apology/), it turns out that while Markle and Prince Harry didn’t stray _that_ far from royal norms. Baby Archie was born at the private Portland Hospital in Westminster, London. He wasn’t the first member of the royal family to be born there, either. Sarah, Duchess of York, welcomed her two children at the hospital, as did both Lady Sarah Chatto and Serena-Armstrong Jones, Countess of Snowdon (the daughter and daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth’s sister, Princess Margaret respectively). The birth certificate lists Archie’s full name, as well as those of his parents, and lists his parents’ occupations as “Prince and Princess of the United Kingdom,” which is certainly a nice thing to put on a business card. (Kate Middleton’s occupation was listed similarly on her childrens’ birth certificates.) Archie himself does not yet have a royal title, likely because Prince Harry and Markle “want a normal life for their children,” royal expert Marlene Koenig [previously told TIME](http://time.com/5585816/royal-baby-archie-harrison-title/). The news of Archie’s birthplace comes just ahead of the [first wedding anniversary](http://time.com/5284344/royal-wedding-meghan-markle-prince-harry-time-cover/) of his parents, who are also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/"},"headline":"Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate Is Released","datePublished":"2019-05-17T16:43:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:06.739Z","description":"The certificate confirms the previously-secret location where Meghan Markle gave birth","url":"https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","British Royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f74c5f71b5ece57/69894a0cb3fce308840c3a0d/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f74c5f71b5ece57/69894a0cb3fce308840c3a0d/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke & Duchess Of Sussex Pose With Their Newborn Son","caption":"The Duke & Duchess Of Sussex Pose With Their Newborn Son","creditText":"WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5591120/royal-baby-archie-birth-certificate/","name":"Royal Baby Archie's Birth Certificate Is Released"}}]}] ```