Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their first child Archie Harrison to the world on May 6, 2019. The Sussexes firstborn arrived a year after Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William’s youngest Prince Louis, whose birthday is April 23, 2018. While the two royal boys are close in age, Archie has already beaten Louis to this royal rite of passage.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are currently in Pakistan for a five-day royal tour.

Kate and Wills’ latest trip abroad is considered their most sensitive to date.

The complex security picture in Pakistan which has a tense relationship with its neighbour India and borders Afghanistan prompted the Cambridges to leave all three of their children at home for the trip.

While Prince George, six, and Princess Charlotte, four, are both busy with school, one-year-old Prince Louis is still to young for nursery and will spend the time at home with the nanny.

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Kate’s parents Carole and Michael Middleton are also understood to be lending a hand with child care while Wills and Kate are away.

Unlike baby Archie Harrison who travelled with Meghan and Harry to South Africa for their 10-day tour last month, Louis is yet to make an official trip abroad with mum and day.

Baby Archie stole the show in South Africa when his parents took him to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu for tea but Louis still hasn’t made his royal tour debut.

Prince George jetted abroad with Wills and Kate to New Zealand when he was eight-months-old in 2011.

The Cambridges took both Prince George and Princess Charlotte on a week-long tour to Germany and Poland in 2017.

However, the security considerations in Pakistan meant little Louis missed out this time.

Pakistan has been in dispute with its neighbour India over the control of Kashmir since the 1940s.

While the security in Pakistan has improved in recent years, a terrorist attack in Pulwama in February heightened tensions in the region.

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The royals will travel will a hefty entourage to ensure their safety through the Pakistan tour.

They will travel the length of the country with the aim of meeting as many Pakistanis as possible.

One royal commentator has claimed Kate and Prince William are the best royals for the sensitive trip due to their previous experience of complex diplomacy.

Ahead of the tour royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: “The forthcoming tour of Pakistan by William and Kate is a visit to a friendly Commonwealth country which is likely to enhance the belief that in an area where there are sensitive issues – the Cambridges are the perfect choice.

William visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories last year and this, the first official visit to one of the world’s most sensitive areas by a member of the royal family, was considered a triumph.”

Mr Fitzwilliams added: “Their visit to Pakistan is a complex tour owing to logistical and security considerations and they will not be accompanied by any of their three children, two of whom are currently at school.”

On their first packed day of engagements, Kate and Wills met school children, visited a national park and visited both Pakistan’s president and Prime Minister before heading to a glitzy dinner this evening.

They arrived at the iconic Pakistan National Monument in a traditional tuk-tuk before heading inside for a dinner held in their honour.

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