Son of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to be baptised

DOMINIC LIPINSKI / POOL / AFP

The son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is expected to be baptised later on Saturday.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct the rite during a private ceremony. 

Close family and friends will attend the christening, which will take place inside a private chapel at Windsor Castle.

However the Queen will not be there. 

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6 this year. 

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