Although Mother’s Day already occurred in the UK, today is Mother’s Day in the US.
To honour the day, the couple shared a photo of the new mum holding Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s feet on the Sussex Royal Instagram account.
The never-before-seen photo was captioned: “Paying tribute to all mothers today - past, present, mothers-to-be, and those lost but forever remembered. We honour and celebrate each and every one of you.
“Today is Mother’s Day in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya, Japan, and several countries across Europe. This is the first Mother’s Day for The Duchess of Sussex.”
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The post concluded with a poem by Nayyirah Waheed, published in her 2013 collection, salt.
In the photo, the duchess, who gave birth on 6 May, holds her newborn son’s feet in her hands in front of a background of purple forget-me-nots, one of late Princess Diana’s favourite flowers.
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The touching tribute, which remembers Prince Harry's own mother while celebrating new motherhood, has since been liked more than 570,000 times.
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