Archie sits in plane cockpit & Lilibet is thrown in pool by dad Harry as Meghan ‘reveals’ secret hideout in hols album

MEGHAN Markle has shared a collection of rare new snaps from her summer holiday with Prince Harry and their children. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, posted the collection to social media, offering a rare glimpse into family life and potentially revealing their secret European hideout. Meghan Markle has shared a series of family holiday snaps Credit: Instagram One shows Prince Archie in the cockpit of a plane Credit: Instagram Meghan posted a carousel of 11 pictures with the caption “Summer holiday” alongside a sun emoji on Thursday. One shows Prince Archie, 7, sitting in the cockpit of a plane donning a pilot’s cap as he holds onto the controls. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! Another shows Prince Harry, 41, in a cap playfully throwing Princess Lilibet, 5, into the air over a swimming pool. The Duke and Duchess are also pictured laughing over dinner while others show Harry and their two children frolicking at the beach as Meghan watches on. Another shows Prince Harry throwing Princess Lilibet into the air at a swimming pool Credit: Instagram The Duchess of Sussex posted the carousel of photos to her Instagram on Thursday Credit: Instagram They show the family frolicking together at the beach Credit: Instagram One snap also indicates the Sussexes were in Portugal this summer Credit: Instagram But one photo shows the potential location of the family’s hideout on the continent while Harry was in the UK this summer to attend the Invictus Games in Birmingham. He had planned for Meghan and the kids to accompany him for the trip but their arrival was eventually delayed due to security concerns. The snap shows the menu of beachside fish restaurant, O Melidense in Melides – a coastal town just south of Lisbon sometimes referred to as the “Hamptons of Portugal”. The Sun reported in 2024 that the Duke and Duchess had bought a new home in Portugal. Most read in Royals They were said to have snapped up a luxurious property in Alentejo, the same region as Melides and just a stone’s throw away from Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank. After their holiday, Harry and Meghan took Archie and Lilibet to meet Charles and Camilla at Highgrove in a “private family occasion”. It was the first time Charles, 77, has met his grandchildren in four years and only the second meeting with Lilibet. It was their first family gathering since the shock claims made by the Sussexes in their six-part Netflix documentary six months later. Harry has met his dad alone twice in the last two years after he jetted back when he discovered he had cancer and a short face-to-face at Clarence House last September. The Sun first revealed in January, he wanted to bring Meghan and it later emerged he would bring Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5. Another snap of Prince Archie shows him holding a stick as he watches the sunset Credit: Instagram Princess Lilibet can be seen clutching a handbag on the grass Credit: Instagram But plans were thrown into disarray when Harry moaned about his failure to get armed security and the King’s patience “snapped” over his dithering. Just hours after landing he was humiliated after losing his £50m media trial and blasted the court’s decision as a ‘whitewash’. Meghan arrived with the children on July 10 but did not attend any public events with her husband. During his stay, Prince Harry was also seen leaving his mum Di’s ancestral pile where he was due to visit her grave with Meghan, Archie and Lilibet. The Duke of Sussex, 41, was driven from Althorp — home of Di’s brother Earl Spencer — to the final leg of his UK visit. The Sun previously reported he and Meghan, 44, wanted to take Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, on their first trip to Di’s grave, on an island in the Northants estate. Comment now