Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced yesterday that to celebrate the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child, Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, Canada would be donated $100,000 to the Breakfast Club of Canada.
The Prime Minister congratulated the couple in his statement and said he was looking forward to a future Sussex family visit to the Great White North.
Mr Trudeau said:
“Canadians were overjoyed that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed into their family a new baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. We look forward to hosting them all on a future visit to Canada.
“To celebrate the birth, Canada will donate $100,000 to the Breakfast Club of Canada, an organisation that works to nurture children’s potential by providing healthy breakfasts before school. Every day, the Club helps feed more than 220,000 students in over 1,600 schools across the country, to make sure young Canadians get the healthy start they need to thrive. The donation announced today will help bring the Breakfast Club to five new schools, reaching over 500 more children daily. This represents more than 100,000 breakfasts over a school year.
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, Sophie and I extend our warmest congratulations to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal Family.”
Canada is close to US-born Meghan’s heart as she lived in Toronto, Ontario, for years while filming her hit television series Suits. Toronto was also the location where the couple made their first public appearance together as a couple during the 2017 Invictus Games.
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on 6 May 2019 at the Portland Hospital in London to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. He is seventh in line to the throne, and unlike his first cousins, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte, he does not hold a title.