Meghan Markle reveals son Archie’s nursery caught fire in 2019 when she was away on South Africa tour

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle has revealed that her and Prince Harry‘s son Archie’s life could have been in danger had it not been for his nanny Lauren. In 2019, when the couple was on their South Africa tour, Archie’s nursery had caught fire. Meghan credits Archie’s nanny for staying the ba’s side and keeping him safe.
Archie, who was 4-months-old at that time was supposed to be sleeping in his nursery but the nanny decided to take him for a snack. According to Page Six, Meghan spoke about the incident during a conversation with Serena Williams in a podcast. She said, “Her instinct was like, ‘Let me just bring him with me before I put him down’”. She noted that the caretaker was from Zimbabwe and would often carry the child “on her back with a mud cloth”.

Meghan further revealed that the reason behind the fire was that the heater in the nursery had caught fire and since there was no smoke detector in the room, the fire was only realised once someone smelled the smoke. “He (Archie) was supposed to be sleeping in there,” as she shared, “Of course, as a mother, you go, ‘Oh, my God.’ Everyone’s in tears, everyone’s shaken.”
Immediately after the incident took place, the Duke and the Duchess were expected to attend “another royal engagement” which did not make sense to Markle, “I was like, ‘Can you just tell people what happened?’ … Optically, the focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels.” Talking about the decision they took, Meghan revealed, “We did. We had to leave our ba,” and added. “Even though we were being moved to another place afterwards, we still had to leave him and go do another official engagement.”
Meghan and Harry together have two children, son Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor and daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor.