Harry and Meghan’s Royal Baby Is The Best Thing To Happen To Riverdale

By Lauren Rearick


The world of Riverdale already inspired two spinoff series, a Hot Topic clothing line, and multiple, albeit implausible, fan theories, yet its latest influence might be downright royal. Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle of Sussex reported the name of their newborn on Wednesday (May 8), and it’s a moniker that several on Riverdale are already familiar with.


Right after sharing the news of their newborn’s arrival earlier this week, the royal family member formally announced his name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The name isn’t exactly Archie Andrews, although fans on social media rapidly began wondering if Riverdale’s resident musician-turned-boxer partially inspired the decision.


Some on Twitter dubbed Markle a “superfan” of Riverdale writing, “Harry and meghan just called their (most likely) ginger child archie..... They’re riverdale stans! Women and males we got em!” One fan even used a very suitable Archie GIF, tweeting, “I guess Harry and Meghan are big fans of Riverdale to name their kid Archie.”


Actor Casey Cott, who portrays Kevin Keller on the series, also joined in on the social media opinions, tweeting, “Kevin would have been better.” Yet, other fans may disagree, as this user contemplated naming the child in honor of another Riverdale preference, writing, “This opens up a whole new question: Is Meghan or Harry the big Riverdale fan? Would Elizabeth II have been OK with a Jughead in the royal family?” (We don't know about Jughead, although Forsythe Pendleton sounds pretty royal to us.)


Along with poking fun at the name, this Twitter user came up with an idea for a royal version of Riverdale tweeting, “It has also been reported that the new baby's best friend will be Prince Jughead, stay in Riverdale Castle, and will be fought over by Duchesses Betty and Veronica.”


Unfortunately, it appears that we’ll have to go without a member of the royal family member being named in honor of a Southside Serpent or Kevin, yet the announcement did reach the ears of Archie Comics. In what would be today’s most humours tweet, Archie Comics tweeted, “i'm baby.”