Meghan Markle posts Montecito pumpkin patch video with Harry carving

Meghan Markle posted a short Instagram video on Sunday showing the Sussex family enjoying an autumn outing at a pumpkin patch in Montecito, California, with Prince Harry carving a jack o lantern while their two young children explored pumpkin rows and a corn maze. The clip, captioned "Happy Sunday" and set to the Mamas and the Papas song California Dreamin, offered a brief, curated glimpse of family life as Halloween approaches.

The montage opens on a field of pumpkins and a scarecrow, then shifts to footage of the couple’s son running along a pumpkin-bordered path and their daughter sitting in a wagon pulled by Meghan. Several scenes show Harry carving a large pumpkin, including a sped-up clip posted to Meghan’s Instagram Story that concludes with a smiling jack o lantern. The parents are filmed holding hands as they watch the children. Meghan kept the children’s faces out of view in the footage, consistent with other family posts intended to protect their privacy. Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, also appears in some clips.

The post follows a pattern of selective public sharing by the couple, who live in Montecito. In recent months they have posted family moments from visits to...