Meghan Markle Reveals Archie Nursery Fire Incident

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son Archie was at the center of a frightening moment during the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s 2019 South Africa tour when a fire broke out in his nursery. The incident surfaced in conversation when Meghan spoke to Serena Williams on the first episode of the Archetypes podcast, sharing details that kept the family on edge in those early hours after the event. At the time, Archie was just four months old, a tender age that amplified the worry. The family’s nanny, Lauren, acted quickly to feed Archie, a task that became a small but vital pause in a moment that could have spiraled much worse. The account makes clear how fragile early parenthood can be, even for public figures who appear to navigate glamour with ease, and how those tiny moments can become weather vanes for a family’s emotional weather in the spotlight.