It seems little Prince Archie is a child of great taste. Only, his parents, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, aren’t quite willing to foot the bill.
Recently, Markle revealed to an audience how the influential people the couple surrounds themselves with are rubbing off on their children.
While moderating a Q&A at a special screening of Netflix’s short film The After with David Oyelowo and director Misan Harriman at a private residence in Montecito, California, the Duchess of Sussex shared that her first-born was highly taken with Harriman after the two met.
Harriman, a photographer who has captured the family’s portraits in the past, has even inspired Archie to pursue similar work.
“The inspiration runs deep,” she began. “Misan was showing [Archie] how to do photography the last time he was with us, and I bought Archie a camera, and he said, ‘But it’s not a Leica like Misan,'” she told the crowd, according to People.
Leica cameras, as many might know, are high-end cameras manufactured in Germany and are known for their higher price points that can set you back around $15,000 AUD.
“I said, ‘You are not getting a Leica! Not even for Christmas,'” she laughed.
“So, thank you for the inspiration across the board,” she added to the director.
Funnily enough, Prince Archie’s love of photography may have come from his dad’s side of the family. Queen Elizabeth II was often spotted with a camera— including her very own Leica. She especially enjoyed flexing her photography skills at horse shows when her husband, Prince Philip, competed in carriage driving.
