THE DUCHESS of Sussex revealed she and Prince Harry were torn over what to call their son, an Invictus Games competitor has said.

The couple named their baby boy Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor after he was born on May 6, 2019.

Meghan Markle is said to have told the parent of a little boy called Harrison that she and the Duke of Sussex could not decide whether to choose Archie or Harrison as a first name.

Sherry McBain said her wife Mandy brought their child Harrison to a children’s book reading attended by the Duchess at the games in The Hague, and the pair got chatting.

Ms McBain said: “She was like ‘Harrison, that’s Archie’s middle name’, and Mandy was like ‘Yeah, I know’.

“They were just having a chat because Harry and Meghan couldn’t decide between Archie and Harrison for the first name.”

Archie entered the top 10 names for boys in England and Wales for the first time in 2020, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

Archie saw a surge in popularity, jumping 10 places from 19th to ninth, while 2,944 babies were named Archie in 2020, up from 2,544 in 2019.

Harry and Meghan named their daughter – born on June 4, 2021 – Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana.

Ms McBain, a nursing officer in the RAF, said: “My little boy Harrison was just over the moon that a princess has read him a story, so that went down really well with all the UK children.”

She said she was told Meghan was “really open” and “very friendly” at the event.

“Harrison was drawing pictures and telling her that it was a picture of a tram.

“I don’t think it quite looked like a tram, so she was very gracious and said that’s a brilliant tram, so he was delighted."

Ms McBain, who has been taking part in sitting volleyball and archery for Team UK, said of the Invictus Games: “It’s made a massive difference for me. It’s the difference in the fact that I’m still serving.

“I was diagnosed with delayed complex PTSD. This journey has just meant that actually I can still live a life instead of hiding, and not stepping out of the house and just being broken.

“I owe so much to the Invictus Games and everything that it has done for me and for my family.”