MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry will be welcoming a second child to to the world this year, adding to the growing number of the Queen’s great grandchildren.
But how many cousins will Baby Sussex have? Here’s all you need to know.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex gushed over their ‘amazing’ baby boyPA:Press Association
Who are the Queen’s great grandchildren?
The Queen will have 10 great grandchildren once Meghan and Harry give birth to their second child.
Savannah Philips
The first of the Queen’s great grandchildren is Savannah Phillips, who is now 10 and was born to Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly.
Peter is Mark Phillips and Princess Anne’s son.
Savannah Phillips was the Queen’s first great-grandchildGetty – Contributor
Isla Philips
The second is eight-year-old Isla Philips, Savannah’s sister.
Her full name is Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips.
Despite being included in the order of succession, Savannah does not hold a royal title.
This is all because Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips rejected the Queen’s offer of a royal title for their son Peter when he was born in 1977.
Isla Phillips was born in 2012Getty – Contributor
Prince George
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their first son, Prince George, who is now seven.
He is third in line to the throne.
All smiles as George and Louis enjoy quality time with Prince William
Mia Tindall
Then came Mia Tindall, who is the seven-year-old daughter of Zara Phillips, Princess Anne’s daughter, and Mike Tindall.
Mike and Zara Tindall tragically lost a baby
Princess Charlotte
Kate and William had their second child, Princess Charlotte in 2015.
She is now five.
Her middle names are those of both her late grandmother, Princess Diana, and her great-grandmother Her Majesty The Queen.
Her full name, including her title, is Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge
Prince Louis
Then in 2018, the couple had Prince Louis, who is now two.
He made history as the heaviest heir to the throne in a century, weighing 8lb 7oz when he was born on April 23, 2018.
Lena Tindall
Great grandchild number seven is Lena Tindall, who is also two.
Like her mum, she won’t have a royal title.
Zara’s previous pregnancy announcement with with Lena came just a year after tragically losing a child in December 2016 to a miscarriage.
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their first baby Archie in May 2019 and are now expecting their second.
Baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019 – meaning he is 18 months old.
He was christened exactly two months later.
The release of the official birth certificate revealed that the young royal was born at Portland Hospital in London at 5.26am.
Baby Brooksbank
Number nine is Princess Eugenie and Jack brooksbank’s baby, who’s name has not been revealed yet.
Princess Eugenie welcomed her first child into the world on February 9.
Baby Mountbatten-Windsor
Meghan and Harry’s new little one will be the 10th great grandchild.
How many grandchildren are there?
The Queen has four children herself – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
Prince Charles
Prince Charles, was the Queen’s first child and the heir appearent to the British throne.
Prince Charles had Princes William and Harry with the late Princess Diana.
He and Princess Diana got a divorce before her tragic death in 1997. He went on to marry Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
Princess Anne
Princess Anne had Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips with Mark Phillips.
She is 15th in line to the throne and was the first royal to compete in the Olympics after she qualified for the equestrian three-day event in the 1976 Montreal games.
Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew had Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
Prince Edward
Prince Edward had Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn, with Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Zara Tindall gave birth to the Queen’s seventh great-grandchild in June 2018Getty Images – Getty
Prince Louis, Kate and William’s third child, was born weighing 8lbs 7oz at 11:01am on April 23, 2018PA:Press Association
What is the age difference between the royal cousins?
Prince Louis could be in the same school year as Lena Elizabeth, with them being born less than three months apart.
And the age difference between the majority of the great-grandchildren is fairly slim, with only eight years separating the eldest with Zara’s youngest daughter.
That means there are nine years between Savannah and Meghan and Harry’s little one.
The Queen’s children had a 16-year gap between the eldest and the youngest, with Prince Charles born in 1948 and Prince Edward born in 1964.
The Cambridges have a cousin on Kate Middleton’s side.
Kate’s sister, Pippa, had her first child with husband James Matthews.
Baby Arthur was born in October 2018.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex gushed over their ‘amazing’ baby boyPA:Press Association
Baby Sussex was introduced to the world two days after he was born on Monday May 6PA:Press Association
When was the royal baby be introduced to the world?
Meghan and Harry beamed on May 8 as they introduced their “amazing” baby boy to the world – and revealed his name as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
The new parents appeared tired but ecstatic as they cradled the newborn, with giddy bearded dad Harry joking his son “already has facial hair”.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s low key announcement at Windsor Castle is in stark contrast to Kate Middleton and Prince William’s baby reveals that saw hundreds of photographers snap pictures of their three children hours after they were born.
Where the baby boy was born will be revealed in the birth certificate – which must be completed within 42 days of the birth.
New mum Meghan, 37, stunned in a white dress that bared her arms as she stood by grinning new dad Prince Harry, 34, who cradled their little boy.
She gushed over life after welcoming her little boy, saying: “It’s magic.
“It’s pretty amazing. I have the best two guys in the world, so I’m really happy.”
And she said the baby boy, who is just two days old, already had the “sweetest temperament” – adding “he’s the dream”.
