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Archie Mountbatten-Windsor isn't the only royal baby with a mixed race heritage

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor has been widely hailed for making history as the first biracial baby born in the British Royal Family's modern history.

The newest royal is the first child of Prince Harry and former actress Meghan Markle, whose mother is African-American. His birth is seen by many as an important symbol of progress for the centuries-old monarchy.

While Archie is certainly the most high-profile royal baby with a mixed-race heritage, he isn't the only one within the extended Royal Family.

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Archie Mountbatten-Windsor isn't the only biracial baby within the modern Royal Family. Supplied

As Hello! magazine points out, Lady Davina Windsor—daughter of Queen Elizabeth's first cousin—shares two children with her ex-husband, a New Zealander of Maori descent.

Lady Davina, who is 31st in line to the British throne, wed builder Gary Lewis in 2004 at Kensington Palace, having met him during a holiday in Bali four years earlier.

Their wedding made history, as Lewis was the first person of known Maori descent to marry into the Royal Family.

Lady Davina Windsor and Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis and Lady Davina Windsor on their wedding day. Getty

The couple went on to welcome two children: daughter Senna Kowhai in 2010, and son Tāne Mahuta in 2012.

Senna and Tāne are currently 32nd and 33rd in the line of succession, after their mother, whose father is the Duke of Gloucester—a cousin of the Queen on her father's side.

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Lewis and Lady Davina were based in London before moving to Auckland in 2009, according to Stuff.

They were also among the attendees at Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011.

The former couple pictured with their daughter Senna in 2012. Getty

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The couple divorced last year.

Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, born on May 6, is seventh in line to the throne after Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and his father.

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