Prince Harry opened up Wednesday about being a father of two, one month after Meghan Markle welcomed their daughter, Lilibet Diana.
Making a surprise appearance at the 2021 WellChild Awards in London, Harry — who will attend Thursday’s memorial in honor of his late mother, Princess Diana — spoke to fellow dad Ed Sheeran about parenthood.
“Congratulations, a girl, right?” Sheeran asked Harry, according to Hello Magazine. “We just had a little girl [daughter Lyra] ten months ago now. You’re still in the trenches now! How do you manage with two?”
Harry, who is also a dad to 2-year-old son Archie Harrison, responded, “Two is definitely a juggle.”
In early June, Harry and Meghan announced the arrival of baby Lilibet Diana, who was named in honor of Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II — whose private nickname is Lilibet — and his late mother.
Harry, 36, is said to have told a guest at Wednesday’s event, “We’ve been lucky so far, she’s very chilled and seems happy to just sit there while Archie is running around like crazy.”
Since splitting from the royal family in early 2020, Harry and Meghan currently resident in Montecito, Calif. Meghan, 39, remained stateside while Harry returned to the UK for the unveiling of a statue honoring Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.
Harry will be joined by older brother Prince William amid tense relations over the past several months. William’s wife, Kate Middleton, will not be in attendance.
“I think keeping the numbers down is a perfect ‘excuse’ for Catherine to stay away. William is fed up with the drama and Catherine doesn’t need to be dragged into this,” a source previously told Page Six of the event.
“They are planning a private family visit with their children, and that private moment is far more important than the public rhetoric,” the source continued.
In addition to Kate, Prince Charles will also reportedly skip the event as “old wounds” could be resurfaced.
Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, a year before her tragic death in a Paris car crash.
