The Duke of Sussex spoke
openly about Archie’s hopes for the future, revealing that the youngster wants
to follow in his footsteps. “To be role models, or the role models, that
each of you are taking strength, and it takes courage,” he told the assembled
crowd. “When I talk to my son Archie about what he wants to be when he
grows up, some days it’s an astronaut, other days it’s a pilot – a helicopter
pilot obviously.”
However, it does appear that
the two-year-old does have another career aspiration that many his age might,
as Harry added: “Or Kwazii from Octonauts. If you’re laughing, then you’ve
seen that.”
During his military service in
Afghanistan, the Duke served as an Apache helicopter co-pilot gunner, taking on
the role from between 2012 and 2013.
But the Duke did reveal that
he had shared some words of wisdom with his young son, explaining: “But
what I remind him is that no matter what you want to be when you grow up, it’s
your character that matters most, and nothing would make his mum and me prouder
than to see him have the character of what we see before us today.”
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The Duke was a helicopter co-pilot in Afghanistan
The Duke and Duchess rarely
speak publicly about their children, but earlier this year, Harry revealed that
his young son had already started at school.
As he spoke about mental
well-being with tennis superstar Serena Williams and BetterUp CEO Alexi
Robichaux, he spoke about his daily routine with his son.
He shared: “Even if you
do have 15 minutes’ slate of white space, I now put in about half an hour or 45
minutes in the morning when I’m like ‘Okay, one of the kids has gone to school,
the other one is taking a nap.’ There’s a break in our programme.”
