Meghan and Harry introduce baby Archie on African tour

We’re going to bring our latest updates on Archie’s appearance during the royals’ South African tour to a close. Head here for more coverage of Archie’s debut.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 25: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex holds her baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor as they meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation during their royal tour of South Africa on September 25, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images)

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu offers gifts to the Sussexes during their visit. Henk Kruger/AFP/Getty Images

While visiting the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation on Wednesday, Archie, Meghan and Harry received a special basket of presents.

According to the UK’s PA Media news agency, the four-month-old was given an illustrated copy of a book written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, called “Desmond and the very mean word.”

The book centers around a memory from Tutu’s South African childhood, PA Media reported. In the story, a young Desmond is full of pride at the prospect of taking his new bicycle for a ride around his neighborhood but is hurt when a group of boys shout a mean word at him. The book reveals how he discovers compassion despite the upset.

Archie was also presented with other gifts including a book of Children’s Bible Stories and a children’s songbook featuring work by Patricia Schonstein, who founded a pre-school in South Africa in 1984, in open defiance of apartheid regulations.

Harry was given a framed photograph of his mother Diana meeting Nelson Mandela in 1997. A second copy was given to him for his brother, William, the Duke of Cambridge, PA Media reported.

Archie seemed at ease during the engagement, despite all the attention being lavished on him. Toby Melville/Pool/Getty Images

The wait is over – Archie has made an appearance during the royal tour to South Africa.

All week, eagle-eyed royal fans had been waiting for a glimpse of the four-month-old royal.

On Wednesday, he finally joined his parents in front of the cameras at a meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Cue the sighs and “isn’t he cute?” comments as pictures emerged of the adorable tot in his mother’s arms.

Archie was dressed for the occasion in a pair of simple blue and white-striped organic cotton dungarees from popular clothing company, H&M. Retailing for ￡12.99 (around $16), his outfit is from the brand’s Conscious collection, suggesting his mom’s desire to dress sustainably appears to extend to what she dresses her son in as well.

Meghan donned a blue Veronica Beard dress for the couple's visit to District Six earlier this week. She previously wore the outfit during the couple's Commonwealth tour to Tonga last fall. Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Throughout the trip, Meghan has been praised for recycling a number of her outfits.

On Tuesday evening, she appeared in the striped Marvin Grant maxi dress she had previously worn on Sydney’s Bondi Beach during the couple’s Commonwealth tour last fall.

Earlier in the week, Meghan also reused a blue Veronica Beard shirt dress from the same tour for her visit to the District Six museum in Cape Town.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, laughs while meeting female entrepreneurs at Woodstock Exchange during her royal tour of South Africa on Wednesday. Chris Jackson/Pool/Getty Images

After all the excitement of this morning, the royal itinerary splits now, with Harry heading off to Botswana for a working visit.

Meghan took a short break over lunch and is now stepping out for her first solo engagements of the tour.

Her first stop is the Woodstock Exchange where she is meeting female entrepreneurs and investors working in the tech industry. Later, she will head to mothers2mothers, a charity that trains women with HIV as frontline health workers.

And for those wondering what Archie will be up to, he is staying behind with his mom in Cape Town. The family will reunite in Johannesburg early next week.

Nazli Edross-Fakier met Harry and Meghan when they visited her sister's home in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. Lauren Said-Moorhouse/CNN

As well as treating us to Archie’s first appearance here in Cape Town, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have opened up about parenting at other engagements on the royal tour.

On Tuesday, Meghan and Harry told wellwishers in Cape Town that their baby son has been enjoying his visit to the city.

Meghan “said Archie is the most calm, beautiful, easy baby,” Nazli Edross-Fakier, 61, told CNN, adding that the new mother had told her: “He travels well — he slept most of the time on her chest. And then Daddy said, ‘He’s come alive, he’s shouting and screaming and carrying on.’”

Edross-Fakier met the royal couple when they visited her sister Shaamila Samoodien’s home in Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon.

During their visit, the family served the royals tea and koeksisters, a popular doughnut-like South African snack, flavored with cinnamon, aniseed and cardamom.

“They were like two normal people that came into our home.” said Edross-Fakier. “There was nothing ostentatious or pretentious about them and I think they were just happy to be sitting down, taking a breather from all the people and the cameras.

“It was like having friends over for tea.”

The Official Twitter account of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has posted a series of photographs from this morning’s event with the Sussexes.

In one shot, Prince Harry can be seen hand-in-hand with the 87-year-old Nobel laureate while a separate group photograph shows off one of the gifts the family received – a framed image of Harry’s mother Diana meeting Nelson Mandela during her visit in 1997.

A third image posted by the account highlighting the “GENERATIONAL MIX” shows the group sat around the coffee table – all eyes on Archie, obviously.

CNN’s Royal Correspondent Max Foster points out that while the Archbishop’s daughter, Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe may have joked about all the cameras at Wednesday’s meeting, the event did mark a significant milestone for the Baby Sussex.

“The reality is [that] this is the first experience of a lifetime of media moments for young Archie, so a big moment in his life,” Foster reported.

“We shouldn’t forget that this is a rare appearance by Desmond Tutu — this aging icon of the anti-apartheid movement here. He’s not seen very often in public so this was a historic piece of video in two senses,” he continued.

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The Duke and Duchess’s official Instagram account has posted a photo of Archie’s first official engagement.

In the accompanying post, the royal couple said they were “honored” to be able to present their son to “one of the world’s great champions of equality.”

A follow-up post on the account shared a black and white photograph of Archie in the arms of his mother while receiving a kiss on the forehead from retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex introduced their young son, Archie, to Desmond Tutu on Wednesday.

Little Archie was the star of the show when the Sussexes met Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Wednesday.

The royals were welcomed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Tutu and his daughter, Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe on a visit to their legacy foundation in Cape Town.

Inside, the group sat down around a coffee table laden with an impressive display of snacks.

The group shared a laugh over the number of cameras clamoring to get shots of the young royal. The UK’s PA Media news agency reports that Harry said “he is used to it already.”

“He’s an old soul,” Meghan said of four-month-old Archie.

Tutu-Gxashe joked: “You like the ladies,” to the baby, adding: “He’s going to be a ladies’ man.”

During the meeting – which lasted roughly half an hour – PA Media reports Tutu said he was “thrilled” by the “rare privilege and honor” of meeting the young British royals.

Wednesday’s meeting was not the first time Prince Harry has met the 87-year-old retired archbishop.

In 2015, he presented the South African statesman with the Insignia of an Honorary member of the Order of the Companions of Honour on behalf of the Queen, recognizing his services to UK communities and International Peace and Reconciliation.?

Tutu, the first black archbishop of Cape Town, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts to end apartheid.

The pictures are in! Take a look at Archie’s debut on the royal tour of southern Africa:

Archie and his parents, Meghan and Harry, are meeting South African elder statesman Desmond Tutu and his daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe.

The images show the Duchess of Sussex beaming as she introduces baby Archie – dressed in pale blue trousers and a white top – to the pair.

One of the photos appears to show Tutu shaking the four-month-old’s hand.

Footage posted to the official Sussex Royal Instagram account shows baby Archie being cradled by his mother Meghan as the family walk to meet Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Wednesday morning in Cape Town, South Africa.

Beaming from ear to ear, Meghan coos “here we go” at the adorable four-month-old in her arms while proud father Harry looks on in delight.

The family can be seen walking along a corridor while Harry continues to make sounds as they go, prompting a squeal of amusement from his young son.

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Royal fans can squeal with delight because baby Archie has finally made his debut on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour of South Africa.

Harry and Meghan brought their four-month-old to meet beloved elder statesman Desmond Tutu when the family visited their legacy foundation in Cape Town on Wednesday morning.

A royal source told CNN ahead of the tour that the Sussexes were hoping to include their son “at some point” but had been unable to say exactly when, as his age made a public appearance difficult to schedule.

Archie is thought to be youngest royal to go on an official tour, taking the title from his cousin Prince George who traveled with his parents to Australia in 2014 when he was just eight months old.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, chats with attendees during a reception celebrating young people in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday evening.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter that they are excited to visit the beloved elder statesman, according to the UK’s PA Media news agency.

The royal couple will stop by their legacy foundation in Cape Town on Wednesday morning.

Harry and Meghan met Tutu’s daughter, Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, while attending a youth reception at the British High Commissioner’s residence on Tuesday evening.

“They were saying that they were happy to be here and looking forward to meeting my father … and hopefully they will have some time for conversation,” Tutu-Gxashe told PA.

Tutu-Gxashe also said her 87-year-old father – who has been ill recently – was “doing OK.”

“He is up and down,” she added.

As Harry and Meghan prepare to head out for day three of their official visit to South Africa, they’ve shared a behind-the-scenes video on their Instagram account.

The footage is a compilation of clips from the Duke’s solo engagement with the City of Cape Town Marine Unit in Kalk Bay on Tuesday.

After meeting the officers – who are being trained by British Royal Marines – the group traveled to Seal Island to learn about abalone poaching.

Abalone, a type of sea snail, is considered a culinary delicacy but it is now at critically low levels due to over-exploitation.

Meghan and Harry visited Auwal Mosque, the country's oldest masjid, on Tuesday during their royal tour of South Africa

Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Sussex will meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday, day three of their tour of South Africa.

Following that meeting, the pair will split up for a few days. Harry will travel to Botswana for a working visit. Meghan will remain in Cape Town – with son Archie – and undertake her first solo engagements of the tour.

This afternoon she’ll head to an event for women entrepreneurs at Woodstock Exchange where she will join a round-table discussion on the value of building networks. The Duchess will then stop in to visit mothers2mothers, a non-profit that educates and employs women living with HIV.