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MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry showed unseen footage of Archie playing on the beach in their Oprah chat - and said his favourite word is “hydrate”.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex said they are now “thriving” as they showed their young family having fun with their dogs and revealed they have a chicken coop Montecito mansion, located near Santa Barbara, .
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In the black and white clip, the young tot, who turns two in May, can be seen playing next to proud mum Meghan, who is dressed in a cap and tracksuit.
Archie gives his mum a hug, before cheekily running through the legs of the person filming, who appears to be dad Prince Harry.
The family's dogs Guy and Pula can be seen running nearby.
Earlier in the chat on Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, the couple revealed they are having a baby girl in the summer.
They also revealed they have homed a number of rescue chickens, and the coop boasts a cute sign reading 'Archie's Chick Inn'.
Meghan explained that being "able to live authentically" was vital to her and Harry.
"This kind of stuff is so basic, but it's really fulfilling and about getting back to basics," she said.
The couple were seen showing Oprah around the coop, with the chickens saved from a nearby factory farm.
Also in the interview, Oprah asked Harry: “What delights you now in your everyday experiences and the things you cherish in your life here with Archie and Meghan?”
Harry said: “This year has been crazy for everybody. But to have outdoor space where I can go for walks with Archie, we can go for walks as a family and with the dogs.
“We can go for hikes or go down to the beach which is so close.
“All of these things, I guess the highlight for me is sticking him on the back of a bicycle in his little baby seat and taking him on a bike ride which is something I was never able to do when I was young.”
Harry said Archie likes to point out things like “palm tree” and “house” as he goes past.
Oprah then asked what Archie’s favourite word is, and Meghan replied: “He’s on a roll, in the past couple of weeks it’s been ‘hydrate’ which is hysterical.”
Harry added: “Every time someone leaves the house it is ‘drive safe’, which is really sweet.”
Meghan chipped in: “He’s not even two yet.”
The duchess added that the family are now "thriving" in their life in LA and their story has a "happy ending".
She told Oprah: "Now because we are actually on the other side, we actually have not just survived but we are thriving. It's miracles.
"I think all of those things I was hoping for have happened."
Oprah asked Harry how he felt learning he would have a daughter, and Harry gushed: “Amazing. Just grateful.
“To have any child, any one or any two, would have been amazing. But to have a boy and then a girl, what more can you ask for. We’ve got our family—the four of us and our two dogs.”
Oprah added: “Done?” and Meghan responded, “Done. Two is it.”
The explosive interview, conducted by talk-show powerhouse Oprah, aired on CBS in the US on Sunday night, and will be shown in the UK on ITV on Monday at 9pm.
The “primetime special” with Meghan and Harry was initially set to last 90 minutes, but CBS extended it to two hours.
Meghan and Harry signed up for the interview to have the freedom to "speak their truth".
Oprah confirmed ahead of the two-hour special airing that "no subject is off-limits”.
In a dramatic preview of their tell-all interview, Harry said that his "biggest concern was history repeating itself" in a hint towards his mother's own struggle in the Firm.
Meghan cradled her baby bump while the host asked her whether she was "silent, or silenced" by the Royal Family.
And the Duchess of Sussex also accused Buckingham Palace of “perpetuating falsehoods”.
In the clip, released by CBS, Meghan claims she wasn’t even allowed to speak to Oprah in 2018 without someone listening in.
A clearly angry Meghan said: “I don’t know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.
“And if that comes with risk of losing things, there is a lot that has been lost already.”
Meghan Markle chose a dress with a secret meaning for her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, it is claimed.
claimed that the £3,600 long triple silk georgette dress features a lotus flower design, which Meghan chose for its “symbolic meaning of revival”.
They wrote: “The lotus flower’s daily resurrection is considered proof of its determination and will to live.
“The Duchess understands that a lotus seed can withstand thousands of years without water, able to germinate over two centuries later.
“This ‘refusal to accept defeat’ is very much how she sees her own battle against the pressures of royal life.”
The royal couple apparently failed to inform the monarch of their plans to chat to the American chat show host.
News of the big interview emerged after the couple announced Meghan's third pregnancy - and days before Buckingham Palace confirmed the pair will never return as senior royals.
Members of the Royal family usually run potential TV interview opportunities past the Queen in advance.
A global TV audience of hundreds of millions in 70 countries is expected to watch the interview.
Royal insiders said members of the family were not planning to stay up until 1am, when the Stateside interview will be screened UK time.
Instead, the Queen will be given a breakfast briefing by aides this morning.
Sources close to her said she will continue to focus on national issues this week.
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