How Meghan Markle Creates Virtual Scrapbooks for Archie and Lili

Meghan Markle offered a sneak peek into how she’s making childhood memories last for her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

On Monday, the Duchess of Sussex appeared on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show,” hosted by the founder of IT Cosmetics.

During the episode, Meghan opened up about how she approaches parenting her and Prince Harry’s children, Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3, telling Lima, one of her longtime friends, a favorite way to document her kids’ lives.

A virtual scrapbook for Archie and Lili

Meghan and Lima chatted about their children throughout the episode, with Meghan wearing a sweatshirt with Archie and Lili’s names embroidered on it.

Lima eventually asked Meghan what she hopes Lili will say about her mother when she grows up. Meghan said she hopes both of her children feel how much she loves them.

“I know that they’ll feel like, ‘Oh my gosh, no one has ever loved someone more than the way our mom loved us,'” Meghan said at the 58-minute mark. “And I put that in practice. That’s part of every day, how I show up for them.”

“I read a lot of parenting books,” the duchess added. “I really want to be good at it. I think a lot of stuff comes naturally, and a lot of stuff you can also just, we can all use tools.”

Meghan also said that she has been writing emails to Archie and Lili almost every night to help ensure they feel her love as they grow older. She explained that she took inspiration from a friend who was doing the same for her children.

Meghan described the emails’ content as “the things you’re not going to frame, the things you’re not going to put pen to paper in a journal,” but that offer a record of her kids’ childhoods.

“It doesn’t have to be a heavy lift, and you can email them like, ‘Here’s your report card from today,’ or ‘Oh my gosh, you said the funniest thing this morning’ or ‘Here’s a picture of you two having breakfast,'” she continued.

“I thought it was such a great time capsule to create for them because I still have scrapbooks and photo albums, but we’re past that generation now,” she said.

Meghan said she planned to give the email accounts to Archie and Lili when they near adulthood.

“They will end up at one point in their life, maybe when they’re 16 or when they’re 18, that I say, here’s an email that I’ve been keeping for you for your whole life,” Meghan said. “And here’s everything and every moment that I wanted to tell you how much I love you and like how proud I am of you.”

Partners in parenting

Meghan and Harry are raising their children in California, keeping them away from public events since they stepped back as senior royals. Meghan occasionally offers glimpses of her kids on her Instagram, but their faces aren’t visible in her shots.

Meghan also spoke about her relationship with Harry on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show,” saying, “That man loves me so much” at the 54-minute mark.

“We’ve built a beautiful life, and we have two healthy, beautiful children,” she said. “I always think about it like the end of ‘Super Mario Brothers’ when you get to the final, final level. And what’s the goal in ‘Super Mario?’ They’re like, ‘slay the dragon, save the princess.’ I’m like, ‘That’s my husband.'”

“He’s just going to do whatever he can to make sure that our family is safe and protected and we’re uplifted and still make time for date nights,” she said.

Meghan and Harry met in 2016 and tied the knot in 2018. They stepped back as senior royals in 2020 and have lived in Montecito, California, ever since.

Meghan said on the podcast that she and Harry are in more of a honeymoon phase than ever, describing Harry as “a fox.”

“My husband’s very, very handsome, but his heart is even more beautiful,” she said.