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Can Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Kids Ever Be US President?

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4 March 2021

Can Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Kids Ever Be US President?

The British are coming, this time as possible presidential candidates, if jokes about the children of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to be taken seriously.

As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry await the birth of their second child (announced in February 2021), whose due date has not been revealed, many asked about the possibility that their children would be eligible to run for the U. S. presidency some day.

Snopes reporter Nur Ibrahim has more.

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