NZ family scores 'royal flush' thanks to baby Archie's arrival

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with their newborn son. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with their newborn son. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP

Published May 10, 2019

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Wellington - All four children in a New

Zealand family have Royal namesakes after Britain's Prince Harry

and his wife Meghan named their newborn son Archie earlier this

week, it was reported on Friday.

"It's a royal flush - what are the chances?" Jo Stafford,

who lives in Otago in the southeastern region on New Zealand's

South Island, told the Otago Daily Times.

Stafford's children are Charlotte, 11, Harry, 9, George, 7,

and Archie, 4.

"It was just a fluke. We've always just really loved those

names," Stafford told the Otago Daily Times.

"First, Prince George came along, then Princess Charlotte —

which we thought was just a coincidence. But now Archie ... "

she said.

She said she was inundated with messages from her friends

when they heard the news of the royal baby's name.

Reuters could not independently verify the report.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan announced on Wednesday they

had named their newborn son, the seventh-in-line to the British

throne, Archie. 

Reuters

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