Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's vibrant 'Spencer' red hair is identical to great-uncle's Charles Spencer

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have both inherited beautiful red hair and the link to their family can be seen whenever their great-uncle, Charles Spencer , shares old photos from the Spencer archive...

Earlier this year, the ninth Earl Spencer shared a family photo of himself taken 50 years ago alongside his elder sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale , and their close family friend James. In the image, both Charles and Sarah's flame-red locks couldn't go unnoticed.

Captioning the post, Charles penned: "A photograph (taken by my father) from 50 years ago, in the gardens of Park House, in Norfolk, which was 'home' till I was 11 (and still is, to me, in many ways). My sister Sarah stands behind me, and family friend James is cross legged in front: I ended up being godfather to his son, in fact, 20 years later.

"Memories of such a happy time and place - those Norfolk childhood years were golden."

Prince Harry has previously spoken about his little ones having "very strong" Spencer genes in a candid interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert .

"The Spencer gene is very, very strong. I actually really, genuinely thought at the beginning of my relationship [with Meghan] that should this go the distance and we have kids that there's no way the ginger gene will stand up to my wife's genes, but I was wrong!"

In his Netflix series, Harry & Meghan , which aired in 2022, Prince Harry also shared just how much his little girl reminds him of his mother, Princess Diana , and her side of the family.

He said in the final episode: "I think at the moment I see a lot of my wife in Archie and a lot of my mum in Lilibet. She's very Spencer-like. She's got the same blue eyes."

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As well as Lady Sarah and Charles, Princess Diana's other sister Lady Jane Fellowes also had beautiful red hair. Harry has always had a warm relationship with his aunt and uncles and that bond is reported to still be close since Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle left the UK in 2020.