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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reveal they're having a baby girl in their interview with Oprah Winfrey

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Meghan Markle cradles her baby bump in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. CBS
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting a baby girl, they revealed in their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on Sunday.

Prince Harry told Winfrey he was feeling "just grateful."

"To have any child, any one or any two would've been amazing, but to have a boy and then a girl — what more could you ask for?" he said. "Now we've got our family. We've got the four of us, our two dogs."

When Winfrey asked, "Two is it?" Markle and Harry responded, "Two is it."

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Markle and Prince Harry said their baby girl is due in the summer.  CBS

The couple's first child, Archie, was born in May 2019.

Markle and Harry have not announced an expected due date, although they said the baby girl is due in the "summer time." The child will presumably be the Queen's 10th great-grandchild.

Markle previously shared in an essay for The New York Times titled "The Losses We Share" that she suffered a miscarriage in July 2020.

"Sitting in a hospital bed, watching my husband's heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine, I realized that the only way to begin to heal is to first ask, 'Are you OK?'" she wrote.

The two-hour TV event with Oprah Winfrey on CBS on Sunday was Harry and Markle's first sit-down interview since they stepped down as senior royals in January 2020.

The couple ended their official duties as senior royals in April 2020. They later moved to California with Archie.

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Talia Lakritz
Talia Lakritz
Talia Lakritz is a Life correspondent at Business Insider covering politics and power through a visual storytelling lens. She has reported from the White House as well as military installations, mansions, and museums across the country, bringing readers inside fascinating places through immersive features.Previously, she wrote for The New York Jewish Week and SciShow Space.Talia holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Barnard College of Columbia University and ordination as an interfaith minister from One Spirit Learning Alliance. She hopes to one day visit all 50 states and all 14 public presidential libraries.Politics and power:Visual features:Human interest: