The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter Lilibet “Lili” Diana has finally made her debut in the family's Christmas card this year, some six months after her birth.
In the snapshot taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski, Meghan, 39, can be seen leaning on her husband's shoulder while she holds her little girl up in the air. Harry, 36, is shown looking at his beaming newborn while their firstborn child, 2-year-old son Archie Harrison, sits on his lap, Page Six reported.
In the family portrait, Harry, Meghan, and Archie are all in jeans while Lili dons a white dress to match her redheaded big brother’s button-down shirt.
“This year, 2021, we welcomed our daughter, Lilibet, to the world,” the card is captioned. “Archie made us a ‘Mama’ and a ‘Papa,’ and Lili made us a family.”
Lubomirski previously also photographed the couple for their engagement and wedding day portraits, the Daily Beast noted. This time, he strategically snapped Archie face forwards, for the first time in a year.
The family welcomed their baby girl, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces at the time, on June 4 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.
“She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from across the globe,” the Sussexes said in a statement at the time.
Their newest arrival, the eighth in line to the British throne, is named in honor of the prince’s late mother, Princess Diana, and his paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose family nickname is Lilibet.
The Sussexes revealed they were expecting a baby girl during their bombshell March interview with Oprah Winfrey, which also came months after the “Suits” alum revealed she had suffered a devastating miscarriage in July 2020.
The royals, including Harry’s older brother, Prince William, and sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, would later publicly congratulate the Sussexes on the birth of their daughter.
“The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been informed and are delighted with the news of the birth of a daughter for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
Meghan and Harry controversially left their royal posts in early 2020 and currently live in a $14-million mansion in Montecito, California.
Meanwhile, this holiday season, the couple also announced that their Archewell Foundation will give donations to various organizations that “honor and protect families,” including Marshall Plan for Moms and Paid Leave For All.
Among the beneficiaries are the families being relocated from Afghanistan and American families in need of paid parental leave, according to The Guardian.
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