Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, the children of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, made a rare public appearance this week in Los Angeles, delighting many royal watchers. The siblings joined their parents at an event linked to the couple’s Archewell Foundation, with Meghan sharing several sweet snapshots on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.
While thousands of fans gushed over finally seeing updated photos of the low-profile Sussex children, a corner of the internet quickly zeroed in on one detail: how dramatically Princess Lilibet appears to have grown compared to images shared just a few months ago.
Lilibet, who turned four in June 2025 and was born in Santa Barbara in 2021, was last widely seen in a photo posted by Meghan on September 1, 2025. That image showed Archie (now six) and Lilibet visiting the set of their mother’s Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan during filming of its second season.
Side-by-side comparisons soon flooded X (formerly Twitter), with users questioning the apparent growth spurt in what they initially believed was a short timeframe.
One widely shared post juxtaposed the September set photo with the new Archewell outing picture, captioning it: “My how Lilibet has grown in just a couple of weeks 🤔”
Others chimed in:
- “The child in plaid is at least a second grader.”
- “She’s standing on something, but the girl has grown quite a bit.”
The confusion stems from uncertainty over exactly when the Netflix set photo was taken. Although it was posted on September 1, filming for the second season of With Love, Meghan is believed to have wrapped months earlier—possibly as far back as spring 2025.
Supporters of the Sussexes were quick to point this out in the comments: “Considering the photo on the left was taken last spring, we’re not talking about a couple of weeks…” Another added, “These kids grow like weeds at that age—nothing suspicious here.”
The light-hearted debate highlights how rarely Harry and Meghan share images of their children, making every new photo an event—and apparently fertile ground for royal sleuths armed with measuring tapes and timelines.
